Born in 1959. Member and partner of Facio & Cañas since 1982. Member of the Costa Rican Bar Association since 1982. Member of the InterAmerican Bar Association since 1982.
LLM, Tulane University, New Orleans (1990).
Licenciado en Derecho, Universidad de Costa Rica (1982).

Other appointments:

• Recommended in the "Guide to the World's Leading Project Finance Lawyers 2004", published by the British firm Expertguides as one of the leading experts in the field of Project Finance in Costa Rica.

Academic experience:

• Corporate Law Professor, INCAE (1995-1999).
• Commercial Law Professor, Universidad de Costa Rica (1982-1995).
• Roman Law Professor, Universidad de Costa Rica (1982-1985).

Publications:

Arbitration: A new horizon in search of a better justice ( 1995)
Conceptual basis for a new arbitral statute for Costa Rica: a new approach in Latin America, Published in: Tulane Law Review, vol. 65, no. 6 (1991).
The abuse of the juridical entities in corporations, Published in Judicial Law Review, no. 50 (1990).
Wholly owned corporations: the use of special corporate entities , published in Judicial Law review, no. 34 (1985).

Languages: Spanish and English.

Practice areas: domestic and international arbitration, banking law, commercial law, corporative law, financial law, project finance, mergers and acquisitions and capital markets.