Established in 1986, Juan de Dios Alvarez y Asociados, ALVAREZ, JIMÁNEZ, DE PASS, has become one of the leading Tax and Commercial Law Firms representing both corporate and individual clients, mostly from the United States, Europe and South America, specializing in providing legal and financial assistance to National and International clients. We offer our clients a full range of general legal services in various fields of law such as advice for Hotels and Resorts, Free Zones, Taxation, Company Organization, Real Estate Development, Trusts, Business and Corporate Law, Civil and Commercial Law, Collections, Contracts, Energy, Environmental and Agrarian Law, Foreign Investment, Free Zones and International Trade, Immigration, Intellectual Property and Biotechnology Intellectual Property Law, International Business Transactions, Labor, Leases and Leasing, Litigation, Mining, Mergers and Acquisitions, Private International Law, Property Law, Public, Government and Administrative Law, Real Estate Transactions and Development, Taxation and Tax Planning, Telecommunications, Tourism and Maritime Zone, and Government Contracts.
The Financial Division is a Finance and Management consulting department, providing Tax Planning Accounting and Auditing Services, Feasibility Studies are prepared for Hotels and Resorts and Industries operating in Free Zones. Our Law Firm has escrow and trust services for all type of commercial and real estate transactions.
The Law Firm is a member of one of the most important European International Associations of attorneys, WORLD LINK FOR LAW, formerly EUROLINK, with representative offices in Jersey (Channel Islands), London and Anguilla. It has a sophisticated network of correspondents in Central, South and North America and Europe. It has been actively involved in the incorporation of off-shore companies and in the use of Costa Rica's favorable jurisdiction as base of operations for companies and individuals doing business abroad. The Firm is also a member of the American Resort Development Association (ARDA). Urban Land Institute (ULI), Inter-American Bar Association (IABA), American Bar Association (ABA), International Bar Association (IBA), Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA), International Trademark Association (INTA), Asociación Europea de Abogados (AEA). This network allows us to advise clients with a global focus.
We are also member of the STAR NETWORK which is the Stewart Title Attorney Referral Network. We offer title Insurance through Stewart Title Latin America.
At ALVAREZ, JIMÁNEZ, DE PASS, Teamwork is one of the basic principles of our organization. Our main concern is advising our clients based on professionalism and mutual respect, in the most accurate and cost - benefit manner in order to get the best result, and to value our client's ideas and interests. Our attorneys will advise always taking into consideration past experiences, ethical principles and knowledge to maximize opportunities and effectively solve difficulties that may be found within Costa Rica's legal system.