Desirée Barahona > Arias > San Jose, Costa Rica > Lawyer Profile

Arias
CLS Business Center
9no piso / 9th floor
Sabana, San José
Costa Rica

Work Department

Corporate and Commercial law, Information Technology Law and Data Privacy, Mergers and Acquisitions, Intellectual Property and Lifesciences Law

Position

Associate

Career

Desirée is an associate in the Mergers and Acquisitions Department. She currently focuses on corporate law and the Department’s M&A transactions.

Additionally, in the data privacy field, Desirée works with companies to ensure compliance and to strengthen their privacy profile. From creating data protection protocols to mitigating security breaches, it is a subject that she is passionate about. She also has experience performing risk analysis on the processing and transferring of data for transnational companies.

Ms. Barahona has a background in Intellectual Property Law. She has collaborated with international experts on the development and analysis of complex patent cases. She has advised clients in the agrochemical, pharmaceutical, motorcycle, and cosmetic industries to protect their inventions.

Languages

Spanish, English

Memberships

  • International Bar Association (IBA)
  • ICC Member, member of the Working Group on Patents and Trade Secrets

Education

  • Juris Doctor -equivalent law degree- from Universidad Escuela Libre de Derecho