| Biography | Hernán Pacheco heads PACHECO COTO'S Business Law Division, leading its team of attorneys on all matters related to local and international Mergers and Acquisitions, Joint Ventures, Corporate Restructuring, Project Finance, Distribution, Agency and Franchise Agreements, International Trade, Foreign Investment and Civil and Commercial Contracts. Mr. Pacheco has extensive experience in cross-border transactions and has advised both local and foreign clients on the acquisition of commercial and industrial groups, and with investments in Costa Rica and abroad. PERSONAL: Listed by and Chambers Latin America (2008, 2009 and 2011) and Chambers Global Guide (2005 to 2010) in "Best in his Field" category - Corporate and Business Law; Recorded biographically in "Marquis Who's Who Legal," Corporate Tax, M&A and Project Finance (2009); Representative of the Private Sector in the National Council of Competitiveness (2003); Coordinator of the Private Sector in the Inter-chamber Commission for the analysis of the Fiscal Reform project (2003); Coordinator of the Private Sector in the Inter-chamber Commission for the analysis of the Insurance Law project (2003—). PUBLICATIONS: "Contracting with the State" LatinFinance, 1996; Addendum to "Investment Climate in Costa Rica" (by Humberto Pacheco A., M.C.L.), Forbes Magazine and Council of the Americas Conference, The Latin American Market, New York, 1996; "Privately Financed Infrastructure in Central America," Forbes Magazine Worldwide Infrastructure Partnerships, New York, 1998; "Dispute Resolution in Costa Rica," Forbes Magazine and Council of the Americas, Fourth Latin American Conference, Aventura, Florida, 1998; "Contracting with the State," Forbes Magazine and Council of the Americas, Fourth Latin American Conference, Aventura, Florida, 1998; "Tax Regime of International Franchising in Latin America," International Bar Association, Cancun Conference, 2001; "Distribution and Agency in Central America," Practicum, New York State Bar Association, 2005; "A Comparative Study of Distribution and Agency in Selected Latin American Jurisdictions," prepared for the Product Marketing and Distribution Conference, ALI-ABA, North Carolina, 2009. LECTURER: Forbes Magazine and Council of the Americas Conference, The Latin American Market, Chairman of the Central American Session, New York, 1996; Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce, Investment Climate in Central America, Fort Worth Texas, 1998; Forbes Magazine, Worldwide Infrastructure Partnerships, New York, 1998; Forbes Magazine and Council of the Americas, Fourth Latin American, Aventura, Florida, 1998; IX Meeting of the FTAA Negotiations Committee, Managua Nicaragua, 2001; Business Central America Conference, San José, Costa Rica, 2001; New York State Bar Association International Law and Practice Committee, Santiago, Chile, 2004; Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey, sede Toluca, Costa Rica-México, 10 years of trade and investment, Toluca, México, 2005; Star Alliance Conference, Stewart Title, The Investment Chapter under DR-CAFTA, Houston, Texas, 2005; NYSBA Conference; Lima, Perú, September, 2007; ALI-ABA Product Marketing and Distribution Conference, Charleston, North Carolina, 2009. International Bar Association, Latin American Forum Conference, "M&A for Companies in Distress - A Case Study", Santiago Chile, 2010. BOARDS OF DIRECTORS: American Chamber of Commerce of Costa Rica (Secretary of the Board 1997-1998, Vice-president 1999 - 2005, President 2005 - 2007); International Center of Arbitration and Conciliation (CICA) (Director 1999-2001; President 2001-2003); The Costa Rican Union of Private Enterprise Chambers and Associations (UCCAEP) (2009—); The Association of American Chambers of Commerce in Latin America (AACCLA) (2009—). |