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Hernán Pacheco O., LL.M.
Partner

Email: hernan.pacheco@pachecocoto.com

Phone: +506 2258 1619

Languages: English, Spanish

Head of the Business and Corporate Law Division

 

Hernan Pacheco heads PACHECO COTO'S Business Law Division, guiding its attorneys on all matters related to local and international Mergers and Acquisitions, Joint Ventures, Corporate Restructuring, Project Finance, Distribution, Agency and Franchise Agreements, International Trade, Foreign Investment and Civil and Commercial Contracts.

Mr. Pacheco has extensive experience with cross-border transactions and has advised both local and foreign clients on the acquisition of commercial and industrial groups, and with investments in Costa Rica and abroad.

Education

• Harvard Law School, P.I.L, 1992
• University of Hull, England, LL.M., 1988
• Autonomous University of Central America, Licentiate in Law, Cumm Laude Probatus and Notary Public, Costa Rica, 1986

Bar Admission

• Admitted to the Bar of the Republic of Costa Rica, 1986

Publications

• “Contracting with the State”, LatinFinance, 1996
• Addendum to “Investment Climate in Costa Rica” (by Humberto Pacheco A., M.C.L.), Forbes Magazine and Council of the Americas Conference, The Latin American Market, New York, 1996
• “Privately Financed Infrastructure in Central America”, Forbes Magazine Worldwide Infrastructure Partnerships, New York, 1998
• “Dispute Resolution in Costa Rica”, Forbes Magazine and Council of the Americas, Fourth Latin American Conference, Aventura, Florida, 1998
• “Contracting with the State”, Forbes Magazine and Council of the Americas, Fourth Latin American Conference, Aventura, Florida, 1998
• “Tax Regime of International Franchising in Latin America”, International Bar Association, Cancun Conference, 2001
• “Distribution and Agency in Central America”, Practicum, NYSBA Meeting, New York State Bar Association, 2005
  

Lecturer

• Forbes Magazine and Council of the Americas Conference, The Latin American Market, Chairman of the Central American Session, New York, 1996
• Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce, Investment Climate in Central America, Fort Worth, Texas, 1998
• Forbes Magazine, Worldwide Infrastructure Partnerships, New York, 1998
• Forbes Magazine and Council of the Americas, Fourth Latin American Conference, Aventura, Florida, 1998
• IX Meeting of the FTAA Negotiations Committee, Managua, Nicaragua, 2001
• E-Business Central America Conference, San José, Costa Rica, 2001
• New York State Bar Association, International Law and Practice Committee, Santiago, Chile, 2004
• Instituto Tecnológico de Monterey, sede Toluca, Costa Rica-Mexico, 10 Years of Trade and Investment, Toluca, Mexico, 2005
• Star Alliance Coference, Stewart Title, The Investment Chapter under DR-CAFTA, Houston, Texas, 2005.
  

Boards of Directors

• American Chamber of Commerce of Costa Rica (Secretary of the Board 1997-1998, Vice-president 1999 - 2005, President 2005 - 2007)
• International Center of Conciliation and Arbitration (CICA) (Director 1999-2001, President 2001-2003 )
• Alliance of Western Hemisphere Infrastructure Professionals (Founder and President 1999-2000)

Member

• Costa Rican Bar Association (admitted to Bar 1986)
  
• Inter-American Bar Association
• International Bar Association
• New York State Bar Association (Chairman of the Costa Rican Chaptert 2005)
• American Chamber of Commerce of Costa Rica (Secretary of the Board 1997-98;  Vice-president of the Board 1999-2004;  President of the Board 2005-2007)
• Alliance of Western Hemisphere Infrastructure Professionals (President 1999-2000)
• International Center of Arbitration and Concilliation (CICA) (Director 1999-2001;  President 2001-2003)

Personal

• Listed by Chambers and Partners in ¨Best in His Field¨category - Corporate and Business Law (2005 and 2006)
• Partner:  PACHECO COTO

       Languages:  Spanish and English