ADELAIDA LEÓN MURILLO

PRACTICE AREAS

• Banking Law: Credit Contract Drafting; elaboration of Trust Agreements and Reorganizations
• Commercial and Corporate Law
• Civil and Commercial Litigation
• Counsel to various financial entities (Scotiabank, Citibank, Cathay)
• Trust fund execution
• Leasing Portfolio Agreement

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Bufete Gómez y Galindo Abogados 2003 – present
  
  Legal consultant for Costa Rica’s Citibank, Scotiabank, Banco Cathay and Banco BAC San José, in litagation and in charge of Judicial Colletction Department. She also elaborates mortgage security and corporate contracts, guarantees, as well as drafting of contracts, collateral trusts and administration agreements.
  
  Legal Consultant of Servicios Fiduciarios del Foro related to execution of trusts.
  
  Forms part, as a guest member of the Legal Comittee of Banco Cathay S.A. and grants legal counsel to shareholders particularly in Corporate Law. Y otorga asesoría legal a los socios de dicho Banco, en especial en Derecho Corporativo.



• Costa Rica’s National Congress 2002
  
  Researcher for bill drafting.

EDUCATION

• Fordham University.Introduction course in Common Law July - August 2009. Introduction to the U.S. Legal System, Bankruptcy Law, Civil Litigation, Constitutional Law, Contract Law, Corporate Law, Criminal Law and Procedure, Information Technology Law, Intellectual Property Law, International Arbitration, Mediation, Mergers and Acquisitions, Product Liability Law, and Trial Practice. Workshops to strengthen legal English skills such as Contract Drafting, Legal Research, Legal Writing, Litigation Documents and Scholarly Writing.

• Universidad Escuela Libre de Derecho, San José, Costa Rica.Specialist in Registral and Notarial Law, 2008.

  Focus: Title Registration Systems and Public Notary Law
  Honor: Summa cum laude, GPA 100/100

• Universidad de Costa Rica San José, Costa Rica. Licenciada en Derecho (First Law Degree). Marzo 2007.

  Thesis honored with disctinction: “Naturaleza Jurídica del Crédito Sindicado” (Legal Nature of Syndicated Loan).

LANGUAGES

• Spanish (native)
• English (fluent)

MEMBERSHIPS

• Licensed to practice in Costa Rica
• Member of Colegio de Abogados de Costa Rica