Mr Luis Hernández > BLP > San Jose, Costa Rica > Lawyer Profile
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Mr Luis Hernández
Work Department
Private Equity & Venture Capital, Banking & Finance, Energy & Infrastructure
Position
Partner
Career
Luis is a BLP Partner in the San José office. His practice areas are Private Equity & Venture Capital, Banking & Finance and Energy & Infrastructure.
In his more than 15 years of experience as a lawyer, he has advised on the granting of credit and financing by recognized banks, financial institutions and DFI´s in the region. He has advised creditors and other organizations in financing for renewable energy projects and real estate developments in Costa Rica.
He has been an active participant in seminars given by renowned financial institutions such as the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the Latin American Federation of Banks, the International Chamber of Commerce and the Chamber of Banks and Financial Institutions of Costa Rica. He has been a member of the Banking Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce (currently its President), Costa Rica Chapter since 2012, and member of the Banking Law Committee of the Bar Association since 2014.
He joined the BLP team as an associate in 2008, after having been an associate at Gómez & Galindo for two years, serving during part of that period as Legal Advisor of the Costa Rican Banking Association. He also worked two terms as Head of Office of Deputy Aida Faingezicht Waisleder, was a director of the Center for Graduate Studies of the Latin University of Costa Rica, a parliamentary adviser to Deputy Luis Fishman Zonzinksi and assistant lawyer of the United Nations Program for Development (UNDP). Luis became a BLP Partner in 2016.
Languages
Spanish, English, German
Memberships
- International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) –Costa Rica Chapter: Member of the Banking Committee
- Costa Rica Bar Association: Member of the Banking Law Committee
Education
- Master in Business Administration with a major in Finance and in Marketing, The Technological Institute of Costa Rica (TEC), 2002.
- Law degree with honors, University of Costa Rica, 1997.
Lawyer Rankings
Costa Rica > Banking and finance
Employing the full bench strength of offices in San José, Puntarenas and Guanacaste, in addition to branches across Latin America and Europe, BLP remains a market leader, advising multinational and national commercial banks, investment banks, private equity sponsors and international funding organisations involved in high-value, multi-jurisdictional transactions. The firm’s full service extends to the securing and servicing of loans, credit restructuring, bankruptcy, regulatory compliance and complex litigation. The team is led by Vivian Liberman, an expert in capital markets, and Andrés López, who specialises in fintech and blockchain. Other key figures include Julio Castellanos, who advised on a recent social bond issuance of Inter-American Investment Corporation (IDB Invest) for a total of up to $75m, along with Pablo Umaña, who manages financing for major infrastructure projects in the energy, hospitality, transportation, agribusiness and manufacturing sectors. Luis Hernández brings expertise to advising on finance for real estate developments. The team was bolstered with the hire of Rodrigo Cubero as senior counsel in July 2022; he served as president of Costa Rica’s Central Bank between 2018 and 2022, and his previous experience includes over a decade spent in senior positions at the IMF.
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