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Partners. LATAM & Caribbean Manager. Mauricio París @ mauricioparis Practice areas: Arbitration, Privacy, Corporate / M & A. Ranked by Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 as leading lawyer in Costa Rica in Dispute Resolution.
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Partners LATAM & Caribbean Manager • Mauricio París @mauricioparis • Practice areas: Arbitration, Privacy, Corporate / M & A. • Ranked by Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 as leading lawyer in Costa Rica in Dispute Resolution.
ECIJA’s operation in Central America and the Caribbean began on June 2018, as result of the merger between Expertis and ECIJA. This merger adds more than 70 lawyers and over 5 million USD annual billing to ECIJA. • Chambers & Partners and The Legal 500 highlights the team´s efforts in the following areas: Dispute Resolution, Real Estate, Corporate M&A and Intellectual Property. • The Firm ECIJA CAC has offices in Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Guatemala and El Salvador. The team applies Legal Project Management (LPM) tols for the management and control of their projects, which provides a better customer experience and value.
Theteam Our global team 11 19 72 +400 partners professionals countries offices 2 Continents
Global presence Global presence SPAIN Las Palmas de Gran Canaria SPAIN Madrid SPAIN Barcelona SPAIN Valencia SPAIN Zaragoza SPAIN Santa Cruz de Tenerife COSTA RICA San José PORTUGAL Lisboa USA Miami CHILE Santiago de Chile EL SALVADOR San Salvador DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Santo Domingo HONDURAS San Pedro Sula HONDURAS Tegucigalpa GUATEMALA Ciudad de Guatemala DOWNLOADING DOWNLOADING PANAMA Panama City NICARAGUA Managua Puerto Rico San Juan
Regional presence Regional presence Puerto Rico • Future expansion to Puerto Rico with a 6 partners law firm. Honduras • 2 partners (1 ranked by Chambers & Partners – Rosalinda Cruz) • 16 lawyers Dominican Republic • 4 partners (1 ranked by Chambers & Partners –Polibio Valenzuela • 16 lawyers Nicaragua El Salvador Guatemala Costa Rica • 2 partners • 6 lawyers • 3 partners • 10 lawyers • 2 partners • 5 lawyers • 5 partners (2 ranked by Chambers & Partners – Mauricio París & Guillermo Zúñiga) • 20 lawyers Panama • Future expansion to Ciudad de Panamá with a 3 partners law firm
Key regional facts Key facts of the region Honduras Dominican Republic • 112,492 km2 • 9 million inhabitants • 6,068 GDP Per Capita • Free trade Agreement with EU & US • 48,311 km2 • 10.3 million inhabitants • 19,452 GDP Per Capita • Free trade Agreement with US El Salvador Guatemala Nicaragua • 21,041 km2 • 6.07 million inhabitants • 8,724 GDP Per Capita • Free trade Agreements with EU & US • 108,890 km2. • 15.7 million inhabitants • 8,711 GDP Per Capita • 129,494 km2 • 5.7 million inhabitants • 5,681 GDP Per Capita • Free trade Agreements with EU & US Costa Rica • 51,100 km2 • 4.14 million inhabitants • 18,394 GDP Per Capita • Free trade Agreements with EU & US Panama • 78,200 km2 • 3,24 million inhabitants • 28,810 GDP Per Capita • Free trade Agreement with EU & US
Acknowledgements ECIJA strategic sector focused approach is clearly reflected through a first tier rank in TMT (Technology, Media and Telecoms), but the firm is more tan TMT, we are a full service firm ranked by the most prestigious international legal rankings: ECIJA is ranked in the following bands in Chambers & Partners ECIJA Costa Rica: Real Estate and Dispute Resolution ECIJA Dominican Republic: Corporate ECIJA Honduras: Corporate, Dispute Resolution and Intellectual Property. ECIJA CAC has four partners ranked as leading individuals in their respective fields as stated by Chamber & Partners. ECIJA CAC is also ranked by the prestigious The Legal 500 directory across several practice areas
Practice Areas Intellectual & Industrial Property Risk & Compliance Dispute Resolution: Litigation and Arbitration Human Rights Privacy & Data Protection Tax Law Real Estate Employ,ent Law Information Technology Banking Law Corporate / M&A Renewableenergy & resources Consumer law Competition Law
“The super-responsive specialists at ECIJA take the time to understand their client’s business and also demonstrate in-depth industry knowledge and great business acumen” Gabriela Bogantes Legal Director Pfizer Central America & Caribbean
Nextsteps We aim to be the leading regional firm in Central America and the Caribbean in all M&A, Dispute Resolution, Energy and Technology practices Consolidate partnerships with several Caribbean jurisdictions, such as Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago. We are expanding our services to Puerto Rico in June and Panama in August.