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LARA LEGAL CORP

We are an independent legal firm with both local and international presence. Our main objective is to offer integral solutions that fulfill our excellence standards. We have multidisciplinary professionals who will offer you cutting edge results regarding all your legal needs.

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Our team

We are a team of highly qualified professionals with solutions to all legal needs.

Lic. Manrique Lara

Founder and Managing Partner

Lic. Manrique Lara Bolaños

MANRIQUE LARA BOLAÑOS, born in San José, Costa Rica; admitted and incorporated to the Costa Rican Bar in 1984. Education: University of Costa Rica, 1984 (Lawyer and Notary Public). University of Costa Rica (UCR), 1996 (Specialty in the field Criminal Sciences). University of Costa Rica (UCR), 2000 (Master of Criminal Sciences) University of Castilla y la Macha (UCLM, Toledo Spain) Specialization in Criminal Procedure Law 2015, Specialization in Tax Fraud 2016, Specialization in Economic Criminal Law 2017, Specialty in Criminal Process 2018, Specialty in Corporate Criminal Law 2019.

Languages: Spanish and English.

Areas of practice: Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and Economic Criminal Law. Litigation in Criminal, Civil, and Administrative Law. He has more than 35 years of experience as an advisor to national and transnational companies in the areas of Business Law, Commercial Law, Criminal and Economic Law. Member of the Latin American Bar Association (USA) and International Association of Criminal Law (AIDP).

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Lic. Cristina Lara

Director

Cristina Lara Rodríguez

Cristina is the Managing Director at Lara Legal Corp and is in charge of the firm´s general strategy as well as its communications and operations.

Cristina graduated from Tufts University (Boston, MA) with a Communications and Mass Media degree in 2004. She has more than 10 years of experience in business and communication consulting. She began her legal career in 2011 and expects her degree in Law from the Universidad de La Salle in 2019. Cristina specializes in startup legal management, providing both administrative and legal advice to entrepreneurs and new companies.

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Lic. Mauricio Lara

Junior Partner

Lic. Mauricio Lara Ramos

Mauricio specializes in legal consulting in international tax planning and regulatory compliance for electronic payment and blockchain based technologies.

He has been invited as a speaker to multiple conferences regarding banking, digital payments and compliance in Costa Rica and the US. His paper: “The Last Decade of Cash” was presented in October of 2014 at the International Information Technology Forum held in San José, Costa Rica by the Costa Rican Bar Association.

Mr. Lara is a member of the Costa Rican Bar Association and the American Bar Association. He is also a Certified Financial Crimes Specialist by the Association of Certified Financial Crime Specialist (www.acfcs.org) a leading authority in compliance and financial regulation. He also holds a Certification in Financial Market Regulation from the Kent College of Law of the Illinois Institute of Technology.

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Lic. Andrés Calvo

Senior Attorney

Lic. Andrés Calvo Herra

In 2003 graduated with honors (Summa cum laude probatus) at the Universidad Autónoma de Centroamérica and obtained his law and Notary Public degree. Joined the Costa Rican Bar Association in 2004. In 2015 he Graduated with honors from Universidad para la Cooperación Internacional UCI with a Master’s in Business Law. In September 2017, he participated in the International Diploma Program in Business Administration for Lawyers at INCAE BUSINESS SCHOOL and Georgetown University Mc Donough School of Business. Mr. Calvo speaks both Spanish and English. Practice areas: Business Law; Contracts, Corporate and Commercial Law; Intellectual property; Trademarks, Immigration Law. He advises national and transnational companies in Business Law branches such as Modern Commercial Contracts, Corporate and Civil Law. He also has extensive experience as a Notary Public specifically in corporate affairs, real estate, trusts and condominiums.

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Lic. Carlos Robles

Senior Attorney

Lic. Carlos Robles Macaya

Born in San José, Costa Rica; admitted and incorporated to the Bar Association, 1982. Education: The American University, Washington College of Law, Master's Degree in International Banking Law; University of Costa Rica, 1981 (Lawyer and Notary Public).

Languages: Spanish and English.

Practice Areas: Banking, Business Law, Trusts, Contracts, Corporate and Commercial Law; Litigant in areas of Civil, Commercial, Criminal, Labor, Family and Penitentiary Law. He has more than 30 years of experience as an advisor to national and transnational companies in Banking, Corporate and Financial Law.

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Lic. Hernán Velasco

Senior Attorney

Lic. Hernán Velasco Sasso

Born in San José, Costa Rica; admitted and incorporated to the Costa Rican Bar Association, 1994. Education: Universidad de San José, 1993 (Lawyer and Notary Public). Universidad para la Cooperación Internacional (U.C.I.), 1998 (Master in Business Law).

Languages: Spanish and English.

Practice areas: Business Law; Contracts, Corporate and Commercial Law; Intellectual property; Trademarks, Consumer Rights, Compliance Standards, Anti-Monopoly Laws, Immigration Law, Civil, Commercial and Labor Law litigation. He has over 25 years of experience as an advisor to national and transnational companies in Business Law branches such as modern commercial contracts, labor law, corporate and civil law, Anti-Monopoly Laws, compliance regulations and arbitration. He also has extensive experience in his practice as a Notary Public, especially in corporate matters, real estate, trusts and condominiums.

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Lic. Warner Porras

Senior Attorney

Lic. Warner Porras Guzmán

Graduated from the University of Costa Rica as an Attorney and Notary Public, he joined the Costa Rican Bar Association in 2001. He specialize in the areas of Corporate and Real Estate Law, and has extensive experience in advising national and foreign companies in Commercial, Labor, and Civil Law. He has been legal director in many judicial cases, as well as Immigration and Industrial Property proceedings. As a Notary Public he has ample experience in Notary and Registry Law especially in matters concerning Real Estate, Loans, Trusts and Condominiums.

Languages: English and Spanish.

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Lic. Karolina Ureña

Senior Attorney

Lic. Warner Porras Guzmán

La Licda. Ureña es graduada de la Universidad Hispanoamericana como Licenciada en Derecho, y es miembro del Colegio de Abogados de Costa Rica desde el año 2020, cuenta con una Especialidad en Derecho Notarial y Registral de Universidad La Salle Costa Rica, 2021.

Ejerce su práctica Profesional en las áreas de Derecho Comercial y Corporativo; Fideicomisos y Contratos, Propiedad Intelectual y Marcas, Derecho Migratorio, Derecho Regulatorio en Cumplimiento Normativo (Compliance) en el cual está debidamente formada para ejercer como Oficial de Cumplimiento o persona enlace de Actividades y Profesiones no Financieras Designadas (APNFDS).

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WE ARE A DYNAMIC AN INNOVATIVE A MULTIDISCIPLINARY FIRM

PRACTICE AREAS

We are experts in the following areas:

Criminal Law

– Criminal Law
– Corporate Criminal Law
– Penitentiary Law

Corporate Law

– Commercial Law
– Consumer Law

Technology and International Tax Planning

– International Tax Planning
– Regulatory and compliance advisory on digital assets and electronic payments

Banking Law

– Banking Law
– Finance Law
– Trusts

Cooperative and Association Law

– Labor and Social Organization Law
– Cooperative Law
– Union Law

Real Estate

– Real Estate Law

Litigation

– Corporate Criminal Law
– Civil Law
– Commercial Law
– Labor Law
– Family Law
– Arbitration Processes

Office hours

Monday 7am - 5pm

Tuesday 7am - 5pm

Wednesday 7am - 5pm

Thursday 7am - 5pm

Friday 7am - 5pm

Saturday Closed

Sunday Closed

Contact US

(+506) 4000 2887
cristina@laralegalcorp.com
Centro Comercial Distrito 4 Oficina 317, San José, Costa Rica.

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