Sergio Guido Villegas

PRACTICE AREAS

• Insurance Law
• Environmental Law
• Civil Liability
• Medical Mal Praxis
• Personal Injury
• Consumer Protection
• Dispute Resolution

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Law Firm Gomez & Galindo, San José, Costa Rica, June 2010 – Present.

  Head of the Insurance and Environmental Departments: Counsels on insurance and reinsurance matters, authorization and inscription processes before the SUGESE, registration and drafting of insurance policies, and coverage disputes. Acts oncomplex claims concerning personal injury, medical mal praxis, product liability and consumer protection.
  
  Handles several environmental issues such as viability of projects, water disputes and environmental claims and insurances. 
  
  Advises on foreign investment, mergers acquisitions and asset purchases

• Muñoz – Campos Abogados, Madrid, Spain, January 2005 – May 2010.

  Legal Advisor: Collaborated handling several liability claims for insurers, tour operators and hotel companies. Has advised both insurers and injured parties on travel litigation, medical mal praxis, environmental and product liability issues.
  
  Continues as off counsel advisor for legal matters in Central America.

• Aselex, S.A. – Consultores Legislativos. San José, Costa Rica, September 2003 – September 2004.

  Junior Associate: Advised on constitution and inscription of foreign and local companies. Has collaborated on different processes of mergers and acquisitions. Also has handled several trademark inscription processes.
  
  As Litigation Attorney, has handled several civil cases regarding public liability and commercial matters.

• Invited lecturer at the 3rd Conference of Environmental Sciences, organized by the Universidad de Alcalá Henares, May 2007. Topic: “The citizen, NGO’s and corporate environmental liability”.

EDUCATION

• Universidad Pontificia de Comillas (ICADE), Madrid, Spain, Phd Candidate.
  
  Focus: Insurance, Civil Liability and Environmental Law.

• Centro de Estudios Financieros (CEF), Madrid, Spain, Diploma on Insurance Law 2007.
  
  Focus:Insurance Law.

• Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, LLM 2005.
  
  Focus: Environmental Law.

• Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica. Licenciado en Derecho (First Law Degree) and Notary Public, 2003.

LANGUAGES

• Spanish (native).
• English (fluent).
• Italian (conversant).

MEMBERSHIPS

• Licensed to practice in Costa Rica.
• Notary Public in Costa Rica.

RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS

• Author of the article “Reflections upon article 1908 of the Spanish Civil Code”, Eco Sostenible, Wolters Kluwer, nº 30 - 31, August – September 2007.
• LLM Graduation Thesis, “Considerations upon civil liability and environmental insurances”, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, 2005.
• Graduation Thesis, “Dispute Resolution upon breach of environmental contracts”, Universidad de Costa Rica, 2003.