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Attorney at Law (Juris Doctor) (with
honors) and Notary Public, Universidad de Costa Rica. LL.M., School
of Law, University of Texas at Austin. International Competition
Law Diploma, the College of Law of England and Wales. Practice
Areas: Aviation, Competition and Consumer Protection, Corporate
Law. Experience: Member of the team that represented Universidad de
Costa Rica in the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court
Competition, Washington D.C., 2000.
Languages: Spanish and English.
Memberships: Colegio de Abogados de Costa
Rica (Bar Association); American Bar Association (ABA); L2B
Aviation Group; International Aviation Women Association
(IAWA).
Specialist in Aviation and Competition
Law.
Leads the firm’s Competition practice
group.
She has advised international airlines and
corporations on regulatory matters in Costa Rica.
Directed administrative procedures before
the Antitrust Commission and the Commission for the Protection of
Consumers.
Advised on aircraft financing transactions
and application of Cape Town Convention on International Interests
on Mobile Equipment and its Protocol on Matters Specific to
Aircraft Equipment.
Directed regulatory filings to obtain
traffic rights for both cargo and passanger airlines, charter
flights and related procedures for international airlines.
Contributor to the Costa Rican Chapter of
the publication “Getting the Deal Through- Air Transport”
(published by Law Business Research Ltd., official Research Partner
of the International Bar Association).
She has actively participated as speaker
and panelist in international conferences on air transport:
Lecturer on “Acquisition of Traffic Rights in Central America” at
the Aircraft Commerce 3rd Annual Central America & Caribbean
Air Freight Conference. Cancun, Mexico, November 2004; Panelist on
“the Cape Town Convention on International Interests in Mobile
Equipment” at the L2B Aviation Group Conference on Aircraft
Leasing. Miami, Florida, February 2004; Panelist on “Taxes, Charges
and Fees” at ALTA Aviation Law Conference, Miami, November, 2008;
Panelist on “Airlines due diligence obligations” at IATA Food
Safety Forum, April, Miami, 2008.
Author of “Antitrust concerns in the
Computer Reservation Systems (CRS) industry“(2002) and “Legal
implications and characteristics of code share agreements”
(2001).
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