Mr Juan Carlos Tristán > BLP > San Jose, Costa Rica > Lawyer Profile
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Mr Juan Carlos Tristán
Work Department
Compliance & Anticorruption, Business Law, Real Estate & Hospitality, Regulatory Compliance, Prevention & Risk Management
Position
Partner
Career
Juan Carlos is a BLP Partner in the San José office. His practice areas include Business Law, Real Estate & Hospitality, Regulatory Compliance, Prevention & Risk Management and Ethics & Anticorruption.
In Business Law, Juan Carlos advises local and transnational companies on day-to-day issues, as well as in mergers and acquisitions, and corporate restructuring. In Real Estate & Hospitality, he has been involved in the development, structuring, financing, acquisition, and sale of the most important real estate and hospitality projects in the coastal and urban areas of Costa Rica.
His extensive experience in Compliance & Anti-corruption includes conducting internal investigations, trainings and drafting and implementation of ethics and anti-corruption programs in Central America and Mexico, according to international standards, domestic laws and the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).
He currently holds the position of President of the Anticorruption Commission of the Costa Rican Chapter of the International Chamber of Commerce. In addition, he is member of the Ibero-American Group of Compliance Lawyers, founding member and board member of the Costa Rica Chapter of the World Compliance Association, and is the country representative of the Anti-Corruption Commission of the International Bar Association (IBA). He has published articles on compliance and anticorruption issues, and has participated as a speaker in national and international forums.
In addition to being part of the BLP team for over 17 years, Juan Carlos worked as Foreign Associate at Greenberg Traurig in Miami.
Languages
Spanish, English
Memberships
- International Chamber of Commerce (ICC): President of the Anticorruption Commission, Costa Rican Chapter
- IberoAmerican Group of Compliance Lawyers: Member
- International Bar Association (IBA): Country Representative, Anticorruption Commission
- World Compliance Association: Founding member and Board member – Costa Rican Chapter
Education
- Master (LLM) in American Law and International Business, Boston University Scholar, Boston University, 2012.
- Specialization in Notary and Registry Law, Universidad Latina, Costa Rica, 2014.
- Law degree (JD equivalent), Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica, 2010.
Lawyer Rankings
Costa Rica > Compliance
(Next Generation Partners)The team at BLP remains a leader in the market, creating, implementing, and monitoring compliance programmes and risk management strategies for domestic and household-name multinational corporates such as Microsoft, Colgate-Palmolive and Samsung, across the tech, electronics, pharmaceuticals, infrastructure, construction and hospitality sectors. The group advises clients on matters ranging from anti-money laundering, consumer protection and antitrust to corporate human rights, data privacy, corporate regulatory frameworks and ESG. Juan Carlos Tristán, who brings strength to investigations, training and the drafting and implementation of ethics and anti-corruption programmes, leads the team, along with Uri Weinstok, a specialist in conducting audits and compliance programmes. Other key figures include Andrés López, who brings AML expertise; experienced litigator and special counsel Alejandro Rojas; and San José office director and data privacy expert León Weinstok.
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.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Compliance
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Energy and natural resources
- Environment
- Insurance
- Intellectual property
- Projects and infrastructure
- Real estate