MARIELA MARTÍNEZ

Partner

Mariela Martínez started at the firm in 2007, focuses her practice on complex civil and commercial litigation, with particular focus on disputes related to breach of contracts, civil liability, tort law, real estate projects, consumer rights, and in contentious-administrative matters representing class actions. She has also been involved in important domestic arbitration cases, representing national and foreign companies. 

Mariela has been involved in numerous judicial processes, participating in all the stages of the procedures. She has led the drafting of lawsuits and responses to lawsuits, appeals, requests and oppositions to precautionary measures, as well as the identification and interview of witnesses and experts, including the preparation and participation in oral hearings and the drafting of other complex motions.

Also, she is the leading attorney in judicial collection procedures in the firm, due to her high degree of specialization in this type of procedures, which has allowed her to collaborate and provide advisory to international recovery firms for debt recovery, creditors’ rights and legal services related to Costa Rica, and leading attorney in intellectual property matters

Her professionalism, oral and written skills, attention to detail and general knowledge of local laws and practice made her a standout in the dispute resolution practice.

She is a member of the Costa Rican Bar Association since 2011.

Law Degree from Universidad Escuela Libre de Derecho (2010).

Specialist in Notary and Registration Law from Universidad Escuela Libre de Derecho (2012).

Law Specialization on Contracts and Damages from Universidad de Salamanca (2014).

LL.M. in International and Comparative Law from Tulane University (2017).

Scholarship from A. N. Yiannopoulos Law Scholarship Endowed Fund to pursuit LL.M in Tulane University (2016).