BLP

Real Estate & Hospitality, Business Law

Special Counsel

Andrés Waisleder, Special Counsel at BLP with over 20 years of experience, specializes in Real Estate & Hospitality and Business Law. He has provided legal counsel for hotel developments and negotiated contracts with international operators (Four Seasons, Marriott, Hyatt, and Hilton) in Costa Rica and Latin America. He represented tourism companies in concessions in the Golfo de Papagayo Tourist Pole. Andrés has led legal teams in real estate transactions, luxury resort sales, legal development of organized communities and tourism projects, and mergers and acquisitions. He was licensed to practice law in New York in 2002 and joined BLP as a Special Counsel in 2018.

Spanish, English, Hebrew

• Master Association of the Peninsula Papagayo Resort Community: Treasurer.
• Association of Concessionaires of the Golfo de Papagayo Tourist Pole: Treasurer.
• Growing Together Association: Treasurer.
• Costa Rican Bar Association.
• International Bar Association: Member

• “Tax Specialization”, Fundación Tecnológica de Costa Rica (FUNDATEC), School of Business Adminstration, Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2021
• Executive Program “Investment Strategies and Portfolio Management”, Wharton Business School, 2017
• Master in Law, Georgetown University, 2001
• Master in Business Administration (MBA), University of Derby, England, 2000
• Law degree, Universidad de Costa Rica, 1998