BLP

Business Law, Real Estate & Hospitality, Energy & Infrastructure

Partner

Luis M. Castro, Partner at BLP, specializes in Business Law, Energy & Infrastructure, and Real Estate & Hospitality. With over 20 years of experience, he has led international transactions and worked on prominent real estate projects in Costa Rica. His vast experience includes project financing, infrastructure, and bidding procedures of national and worldwide significance. Recognized by legal publications like The Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners, Who’s Who Legal, and IFLR 1000, he is a member of several professional associations and served as President of YPO/WPO Costa Rica. He is also a member of UCCAEP’s Energy Committee. In 2003, he co-founded with colleague David Gutiérrez the first BLP office in Costa Rica.

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• Young Presidents/World Presidents Organization (YOP/WPO) Costa Rica Section: Member and former President
• Asociación Yo Emprendedor: Board of Directors
• Costa Rican Union of Chambers and Associations of the Private Business Sector (UCCAEP): Member of the Energy Committee
• Costa Rican Association of International Law (ACODI): Founding member
• International Bar Association (IBA): member
• Urban Land Institute: Member

• Diploma in Principles of Right of United States, Georgetown University, United States, 1997
• LLM (Fulbright Scholar), Georgetown University, United States, 1997
• Law degree, Universidad de Costa Rica, 1994