JOSE ANTONIO HIDALGO M.
PRACTICE AREAS
- Commercial and Financial Litigation
- Arbitration
- Corporate Finance
- Structured Finance
- Compliance and Supervision of Financial Institutions
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Law Firm Gómez y Galindo, San José Costa Rica. June 1998 –Present. Senior Associate
- Experience in several judicial and arbitral process. Provide legal advice for several local and foreign financial and banking institutions.
- As a Member of the Product Development and Structured Finance team, has counseled financial institutions and entrepreneurs in structuring financial models, offshore wealth-management products, mortgage securitizations, syndicated loans, joint ventures, mergers and project finance deals for the construction of hotels, hydroelectric plants and other large infrastructure projects
- Has acted as external advisor for the Costa Rican Banking Association in Regulatory and Policy issues such as Antimoney Laundering Policies
- Conferencist at Universidad Nacional Estatal a Distancia, UNED, at the Business Administration College
EDUCATION
- Georgetown University / INCAE, Alajuela, Costa Rica.Executive Program on Legal Aspects of International Business, September 2006 - March 2007
- Universidad Estatal a Distancia. Licenciado en Administración de Empresas (Business Administration Degree in Finance and Banking),2002
- Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica. Licenciado en Derecho (First Law Degree), February 1998
Honors: Honor Graduation (highest honors),
LANGUAGES
- Spanish (native)
- English (fluent)
MEMBERSHIPS
- Licensed to practice in Costa Rica. Colegio de Abogados
- Member of the Costa Rica Chamber of Commerce
PUBLICATIONS
- “Modificaciones al contrato de trabajo a causa de las nuevas tecnologías”
- “Actualidad del Secreto Bancario” (Updates on Banking Secrets) and has colaborated with Costa Rica’s most respected business journal El Financiero, writing articles on banking law, and money laundering prevention
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