| Mr. Jesus de Herrera joined Arias & Muñz's Costa Rica office in 2005 and became a partner in 2008. He currently heads the firms Litigation Department, focusing on complex litigation. Under Mr. Jesus de Herrera's leadership, the Litigation Department has developed a strong reputation for their ability to handle multijurisdictional litigation, frequently involving multiple subject matters. Many of the department's cases have resulted in successful reinterpretations or redefinitions of Costa Rican law in favor of clients. Although Mr. Jesus de Herrera's focus is litigation, he also has extensive experience in banking and financial transactions, complex commercial transactions, public la, civil law, and real estate. His focus in these areas is insolvencies, bankruptcies, conciliations and arbitrations. Me. Jesus de Herrera has represented most of the major banks in Costa Rica, and participated in the first securitizations in the country. Representative Experience · Mr. Jesus de Herrera was actively involved in Costa Rica's first securitizations, representing Banco Interfin and Banco BAC San José · Successfully represented a real estate developed in a US $20 million early foreclosure in which the creditor was alleging serious contractual breaches as the justifications for the early payment. · ; Successfully counseled a foreign company in a breach of contract suit brought by their former Costa Rican representative. The former representative was alleging that the foreign company had breached an exclusivity clause after they acquired a competitor who already had a representative in Costa Rica. · Successfully counseled various foreign investors in bringing a local developer and an international trust company to arbitration regarding grave contractual breaches in both the construction of real estate and the management of the property held in trust. · Successfully defended a hardware distributor in criminal and civil antitrust proceedings brought by its competitors. · Achieved an extremely difficult out-of-court settlement among four financial institutions and their debtor involving the restructuring of a US $75 million syndicated loan, allowing the debtor's business to continue subject to management controls, which improved the debtor's performance. · Reached a multimillion dollar settlement for foreign plaintiffs with an international trust and escrow company, after obtaining an arbitral award based on evidence that the defendant was forced to produce through unusual discovery in court proceedings. "Curator ad Litem" approved by the Costa Rican Supreme Court of Justice. Arbitrator, International Center for Conciliation and Arbitration of the Costa Rican - American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM). Professional Organization Founding member, Costa Rican Chapter of the Spanish Arbitration Club. Secretary, Member of Arbitration Commission, International Criminal Court's Board of Directors in Costa Rica. Member, Latin-American Arbitration Association Member, Costa Rican Law Society (Colegio de Abogados de Costa Rica) Member, International Bar Association News & Publications · In English "Costa Rican Chapter - The International Comparative Legal guide to Litigation and Dispute Resolution," April 2009. " A practical cross-border insight into litigation & dispute resolution," Litigation & Dispute Resolution, 2010. The International Comparative Legal Guide to Securitization 2006: A practical insight to cross-border securitization law, Global Legal Group, 2006. (elaborated Chapter 8 in conjunction with Rodrigo Cordero). New international Commercial Arbitration Law in Costa Rica, International Arbitration Law Review, Vol. 14, Issue 3, 2011. · In Spanish "Ariasl & Muñoz asesora al Banco de China y Sinosure en la primera transacción financiera Sino Centroamericana," Latin Counsel, April 2010. "El director paga los daños," El Financiero Costa Rica, March 2010. "Revise garantias de créditto," El Financiero, march 2010. "Ante la crisis, major negocie," El Financiero Costa Rica, March 2002. "Quite ese letrero del parqueo," El financiero Costa Rica, March 2009 Arbtraje Comercial Internacional en Latinoamérica, Capitulo de Costa Rica, Editorial Palestra, Lima, Perú, 2010. (elaborated Chapter 9) El secreto bancario en el proyecto de ley de ordenamiento fiscal y en el voto No 3489-2003 de la Sala Constitucional, Revista Ivstitia, Year 17, Number 195-196, March-April 2003. |