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Fernando Vargas W., LL.M.
Partner
Email: fernando.vargas@pachecocoto.com
Phone: +506 2505 0900
Languages: Spanish, English and Level 2 Portuguese
HEAD OF Telecommunications and member of the Corporate Law Division
Mr. Vargas, a Partner of PACHECO COTO, is a dynamic member of the Business and Corporate Law Division, where he is Director of Telecommunications and has participated as counsel of transnational and local companies in important and complex business transactions concerning mergers and acquisitions, contracts, international investment including free trade zone operations, telecommunications and infrastructure development.
Mr. Vargas has also participated and directed the acquisition and financing of numerous large properties throughout Costa Rica.
Education
- Georgetown University Law Center (LL.M. Common Law Studies, 1998)
- Universidad Autónoma de Centroamérica (Licentiate in Law, Cum Laude Mention, 1995)
Bar Admission
- Admitted to the Bar of the Republic of Costa Rica, 1995
Specialist
- Business & Corporate Law – with emphasis in M&A and complex business transactions (including commercial contracts, international investment focused on free trade zone operations, telecommunications and infrastructure development).
- Real Estate Law – Acquisition and financing of real estate.
Publications
- “Costa Rica”, (Co-authored with Humberto Pacheco A., M.C.L.), Spitz Tax Haven Encyclopaedia, 2001- 2010; and Butterworths Offshore Services, 2010.
- “The Costa Rican Free Trade Zone Regime", New York State Bar Association Practicum, Winter Edition, 2010.
Member
- Costa Rican Bar Association (Admitted to Bar, 1995).
- International Bar Association.
- New York State Bar Association.
- Inter-American Bar Association.
- Costa Rican American Chamber of Commerce (Legal Affairs Committee).
- Costa Rican Investment Promotion Agency (CINDE)
Personal
- Listed in Chambers Latin America Guide 2011 as “Leader in the Field”, Corporate and Business Law category.
- Listed in Latin Lawyer 250 - ‘Best Latin American Law Firms, Costa Rica' 2008-2010.
- Registered in Marquis Who’s Who Legal 2009 - mergers and acquisitions.