Born in 1968. Member of Facio & Cañas since 1987 and partner since 1990. Member of the Costa Rican Bar Association since 1990. Member of “Club Iberoamericano de Abogados”, Lex Mundi and Lex Mundi’s College of Mediators, International Association of Business Lawyers, Geneva, Switzerland and the American Bar Association (International Section).
LL.M., Stone Scholar (Honors), Columbia University, New York (1995).        
Licenciado en Derecho, Universidad de Costa Rica (1990). National University of San Diego, Costa Rica, Diploma on Stock Exchange Regulations, (1992).

Offices:

• Minister of Foreign Trade, (Oct. 2004 – May 2006).
• President of the Board of Directors of Procomer (Costa Rica’s Trade Promotion Agency) (2004-2006).
• Ambassador to the United Nations and its Specialized Agencies in Geneva, Switzerland (2002-2004).
• Director, Banco Internacional de Costa Rica, S.A., BICSA, (1999-2002).
• Professor of Corporate Law and Securities, Universidad de Costa Rica (1992-1998).
• Advisor on Relations with International Financial Agencies to the Vice President of Costa Rica (1992-1994).

.Other appointments:

• Best Public Servant of the Year, Chamber of Exporters, Costa Rica, 2005
• Member of the Government’s Economic Council, 2004-2006
• Member of the Advisory Council for Small and Medium Enterprises, 2004-2006
• Member of the National Council on Competitiveness, 2004-2006
• Chairperson of the Consultative Council on External Trade 2004-2006
• Member of the National Commission for Quality, 2004-2006
• Member of the National Commission for Policies Evaluation on Foreign Trade and Investments, 2004-2006
• Vice President of the 60th United Nations Commission on Human Rights,2004
• President of  BICSA’s Employees Pension Fund and  Board Member  to BICSA’s  Money Laundering Prevention Committee.
• Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, Honors, Columbia University Law School, 1995
• Honorary Thesis Award, University of Costa Rica, 1990
• University of Costa Rica Academic Merit Scholarship and Honor Award Student for every year.
• Fulbright Scholar, Government of the United States of America 1994-1995.

Publications:

• Wrote articles on financial and legal issues for Costa Rica’s financial newspaper El Financiero.
  Costa Rican Review on Foreign Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, June 2004, “Costa Rica’s participation in the United Nations Commission on Human Rights”.

Languages: Spanish and English