BLP

Business Law and Free Trade Zone Regime

Partner

Adelina Villalobos is a Partner at BLP in San José, Costa Rica, with over 20 years of experience in Business Law. She specializes in leading foreign direct investment projects and Free Trade Zones in Costa Rica from a legal perspective. Adelina excels on the establishment and expansion of operations under the Free Trade Zone regime in Costa Rica. She is an active member of the Legal and Fiscal Affairs Committee of AZOFRAS and the author of multiple specialized articles. She has advised national and transnational companies on mergers, acquisitions, and corporate restructurings. Adelina’s expertise includes Business Law, commercial and international contracting, and distribution agreements. She began at BLP as a Legal Assistant in 2003, was promoted to Associate in 2005, Director in 2012, and became a Partner in 2018.

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• Association of Free Trade Zone Companies of Costa Rica (AZOFRAS): Member of the Legal and Fiscal Affairs Free Trade Zone Committee
• Member of the Latin America and Caribbean Leadership Committee of MERITAS
• Costa Rican Bar Association
• International Bar Association: Member

• Master with distinction in Legal Advice of Companies, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (U3CM), Spain, 2012.
• Specialization in Notary and Registry Law summa cum laude, Universidad Escuela Libre de Derecho, Costa Rica, 2007.
• Law degree, distinction, Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica, 2005.