• Analysis of the terms reference.
• Preparation and presentation of public bids.
• Review and analysis of competitors offers.
• Negotiation of public contracts.
• Preparation and litigation of contract claims.
• Design and construction contracts.

• Licenses, concessions and permits.
• Government audits, claims and penalties.
• Negotiation and review contract proposals, equitable adjustments and termination settlements.
• Investigation and registrations of properties in Public Registry, including preparation of title reports.

FSV has a litigation team which has specialized in complex litigation matters which have included corporate, real estate, shareholder and regulatory issues.

The team’s success rate is very high and clients are satisfied with the response times, alternate strategies proposed by the members and the constant follow up required to litigate in Costa Rica.

The team has also participated and continues to participate in national and international arbitration including an important case before ICSID. Clearly, despite the specialty and experience in more complex matters, the team does provide services in less complex civil, labor and commercial matters as a complimentary service to many of its clients.

• Representing leading project sponsors, lenders, equipment suppliers, infrastructure funds, insurers, public sector entities and rating agencies
• Litigation and dispute resolution
• Public and private partnership structures
• Secured lending
• Multi-sourced lending arrangements
• Privatizations and related transactions
• Private equity investments
• Complex debt restructurings

• Construction and development issues
• Join ventures
• Acquisition and sales
• Planning and environmental issues
• Development loans
• Expropriations
• Land use and maritime zone issues
• Preparing purchase and sale agreements
• Investigating and registering property in public property registries, including preparing title reports.

• Consortia, partnerships and joint ventures
• Shareholder’s agreements
• Due diligence
• Corporate governance
• Corporate succession
• Corporate records
• Corporate litigation
• Minority rights
• Creditors rights
• Management agreements

• Employment relationships
• Implementation of innovative transactions
• Drafting and filing of charter documents and bylaws for legal entities
• Establishing, structuring and restructuring of business, companies and groups
• Business planning
• Business disputes and contracts
• Stock option plans

• Purchase transactions
• Sales and mergers
• Divestitures
• Leveraged buyouts
• Spin-offs
• Recapitalizations and other corporate restructurings

• Issuer and third-party exchange offers
• Advice for buyers, sellers, target companies, investment dealers, Banks and others lenders and financial intermediaries

FSV has successfully represented three of the largest international banks in the region for more than 5 years.

These banks have required services not only for regulatory issues but also day to day operational issues, including private placements and lending operations.

The years of representation are importantevidence of the efficient services and success that FSV has maintained in therepresentation of these institutions.

• Added value telecommunication services
• Fixed and mobile telephony
• Wired and wireless networks
• Internet service providers (ISP)
• Application service providers (ASP)
• Internet portals
• Portales de internet
• E-commerce
• Virtual communities
• Development of Internet projects
• Infrastructure sharing agreements

• Drafting of software development agreements
• Licensing agreements
• Concessions
• Permission and authorization for projects
• Purchase and maintenance of telecommunications and computer equipment and services
• Regulatory agencies
• Advising in tenders

• Preparation of investment agreements
• Credit agreements
• Revolving and syndicated credit facilities
• Trust agreements and other sources of funds
• Public and private offerings
• Issuance of securities
• International insurance operations
• Development of insurance-related financial products

• Insurance and reinsurance policies
• Intermediary, distribution, outsourcing and other commercial agreements
• Issuance of securities
• International insurance operations
• Development of insurance-related financial products
• Insurance and reinsurance policies
• Intermediary, distribution, outsourcing and other commercial agreements

Intellectual Property

Distinctive sign protection

• Trademarks
• Commercial names
• Marketing
• Determination of origin

Protection of artistic and literary works

• Books, letters, brochures, and other writings
• Applied arts: illustrations, maps
• Plastic works related to: geography, topography, architecture or science

Sanitary registries

Drafting and filing of

• Medicines, narcotics and psychotropic substances
• Foods and raw materials
• Chemical and agrochemical products

Litigation

• Advising and litigation in judicial and administrative processes:
• Opinion investigation and use of surveys evidence in the litigation of trademarks
• Preparation, investigation and use of survey evidence in litigation of trademarks