Languages
Spanish, English and Hebrew.
Education
Columbia University School of Law, New York, United States (LL.M., 1999). Designated as honor student. Scholarship from Fulbright-LASPAU and the Organization of American States. Columbia Law School Rubin Fellow, 1998-1999; Columbia Law School Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. College of Insurance, New York, United States. (“Risk Management & Insurance”). Practicing Law Institute, New York, United States. (“Insurance, Mergers & Acquisitions and Securities”). University of Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica. Law Degree and Notary Public, 1994. Honor student. Certificate of the best academic average grade. Honor graduation.
Membership
Member of the Costa Rican Bar Association.
Member of the International Insurance Society.
Member of the Costa Rican Association of International Law.
Founding member of the Association for the Study of the Free Trade Agreement between Central America and the United States.
Founding member of the Costa Rican Association of Insurance Law.
Member of the Entrepreneurs Organization (Membership Chair, President of the Costa Rican Chapter, Area Director for Central America and the Caribbean, Regional Director for Latin America).
Director of the Costa Rica-Israel Forum.
Founding member of the Costa Rica-Israel Chamber of Commerce (Vice-President and President).
Founding member of the Costa Rican Interfaith Forum (Member of the Board).
Career
COALICION COSTARRICENSE DE INICIATIVAS DE DESARROLLO (CINDE), San José, Costa Rica. Comptroller of the Board of Directors (2015-2018). Chairman of the Board of Directors (2019-20024), Director (2024-today).
PROMOTORA DE COMERCIO EXTERIOR (PROCOMER), San José, Costa Rica. Member of the Board of Directors (2010-2014).
Sfera Legal, San José, Costa Rica. Attorney and Founding Partner (2012-today).
Arbitrator of the Conciliation and Arbitration Center of the Costa Rican Chamber of Commerce and of the Costa Rican-American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham)
LEAD University and University of Costa Rica Law School, San José, Costa Rica. Professor.
Private Property Registry, San José, Costa Rica. President of the Board of Directors.
Feinzaig, Scharf & van der Putten (FSV), San José, Costa Rica. Attorney and Founding Partner (2000-2012).
Brown & Wood LLP, New York. Foreign Associate (1999-2000).
Facio & Cañas Law Firm, San José, Costa Rica. Associate Attorney (1994-2000).
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