Mrs Karla González > BLP > San Jose, Costa Rica > Lawyer Profile

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Mrs Karla González

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+506 2205 3825 kgonzalez@blplegal.com

Work Department

Business Law, Real Estate & Hospitality

Position

Director

Career

Karla is a Senior Associate of BLP in the San Jose office, Costa Rica. She specializes in the practice areas of Business Law and Real Estate & Hospitality.

Throughout her experience, she has advised national and international companies on day-to-day matters, as well as commercial agreements, corporate governance, advice for the start of company operations, and real estate matters. Her expertise also includes the review and implementation of corporate and tax structures and M&A transactions.

Karla distinguishes herself as a lawyer specialized in the handling of national and regional transactions, with skills in the organization of complex transactions, team management, and projects. She is certified as Legal Project Practitioner, which give her additional skills on project management. 

She actively participates in the review of complex contracts, mergers and acquisitions, shareholder agreements, advice on corporate governance issues and advice to companies in the real estate, pharmaceutical, medical devices, clean energy, and retail, among others. Her practice also includes the guidance of startup operations in the region.

Additionally, she participates actively with Sustainability by BLP, an initiative that aims to contribute to human and social development in the region, by providing legal services pro-bono and being an active volunteer of beneficiaries of this management, supporting the social responsibility program of the firm.

She joined the BLP team in 2011 as a legal assistant, was appointed associate in 2014 and in 2018 became a senior associate. Prior to joining the firm, she worked at BG & A Abogados as a legal assistant.

Languages

Spanish, English

Memberships

  • Costa Rica Bar Association

  • Costa Rica Bar Association: Member of the International Commission of Uniform Transaction Law.

  • International Institute of Legal Project Management: Legal Project Practitioner

Education

  • Master’s degree in international business law, IE University, Spain, 2020.

  • Master´s degree in Business Law, Universidad para la Cooperación Internacional, Costa Rica, 2018.

  • Law degree, Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica, 2014.

Lawyer Rankings

Costa Rica > Real estate

The powerhouse real estate and hospitality group at BLP remains a market leader, employing the deep bench strength of offices in San José, Puntarenas and Guanacaste (with a new fourth location in Marina Flamingo which opened in January 2023), in addition to branches across Latin America and Europe, to advise national and multinational developers, construction companies, lenders, private and institutional investors, landlords, tenants, and other major corporates involved in large-scale projects and high-value, cross-border transactions. The firm’s comprehensive services range from assistance with acquisitions, development, financing, sales, leasing, contract negotiations and structuring to day-to-day operations, tax planning, free trade zone matters and due diligence. The team is led by Luis M Castro, a practice area authority. Other key figures include Eduardo Calderón, the former president of the Bar Association of Costa Rica, who brings over 20 years of experience to projects in the country’s coastal and urban areas; Anneth Jiménez, an expert in construction and operation contracts; Andrea González, who specialises in free trade zone matters; Juan Carlos Tristán, who assists with regulatory compliance and hospitality sector matters; director and development strategist Catalina Soto; and senior associate and complex transaction advisor Karla González. Newly appointed special counsel José María Pacheco, who has experience managing large-scale real estate and hotel developments, joined the team from Sfera Legal in August 2022.

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