Mr. Hernán Pacheco Orfila, LL.M.

Mr. Hernán Pacheco Orfila, LL.M.

 

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.

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—)

PERSONAL: Listed by Chambers Global Guide (2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008) and Chambers Global Latin America (2008-2009) in "Best in his Field" category - Corporate and Business Law; 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—); Recorded biographically in "The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers" - Corporate Tax Section.