Practice Expertise

  • Dispute Resolution
  • Banking & Finance
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Areas of Practice

  • Banking & Finance
  • Dispute Resolution
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Profile

Alejandro Goicuria is a Director at BLP in San José, Costa Rica, specializing in Dispute Resolution and Banking & Finance. With over 20 years of professional experience, Alejandro possesses extensive knowledge in civil, commercial, and banking litigation, including judicial and arbitration processes. He has handled contractual and non-contractual disputes, and represented reputable financial institutions defending economic crime cases. Alejandro also advises on regulatory matters, including risk management, anti-money laundering, and corporate governance for financial institutions. He joined BLP as an associate in 2016.

Education
Masters degree in Business Law, Universidad para la Cooperación Internacional, Costa Rica, 2016.
Law degree, Universidad Nacional de las Américas, Costa Rica, 2003.

Areas of Practice

  • Banking & Finance
  • Dispute Resolution

Professional Career

Significant Accomplishments
Cementos Progreso is expanding its presence in Central America. BLP has advised Cementos Progreso Holdings, S.L. on the $335 million acquisition of assets from Cemex, S.A.B of C.V. in Costa Rica and El Salvador. The acquisition includes a cement plant, a cement mill, various ready-mix concrete plants, an aggregates quarry, and distribution centers in Costa Rica and El Salvador. The transaction bolsters Cementos Progreso’s expansion in Central America, consolidating operations in seven countries.
BLP is advising Gencom Group in civil and criminal proceedings to safeguard the real estate, economic, and administrative concession rights of the companies Grupo Istmo Papagayo Ltda., North Peninsula Holdings Ltda. and Ecodesarrollo Papagayo Ltda., all owned by Gencom Group in Costa Rica.
BLP advises Uber Technologies, the mobility services provider based in more than 900 metropolitan areas worldwide, in a lawsuit filed by the National Federation of Taxi Cooperatives (FENACOTAXI) and various municipal taxi cooperatives.

Professional Associations
  • Costa Rica Bar Association: Member
  • International Bar Association: Member


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