LUIS FERNANDO HERNANDEZ RODRIGUEZ



PRACTICE AREAS

• Banking Law
• Financial Regulatory Law
• Commercial and Corporate Law
• Public Law
   

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Associate, BLP Abogados. San José, Costa Rica. 2008-present
• Associate, Gómez & Galindo Abogados. 2006 – 2008
• Congress Advisor, Costa Rica’s Congress.2005 - 2006
• Head Director of the Postgraduate Studies Center (Centro de Estudios de Postgrado, Universidad Latina de Costa Rica. 2004 - 2005
• Congress Advisor, Costa Rica’s Congress. 1999 – 2004
• Consultant Attorney, United Nations Program for Development (UNDP). 1999

EDUCATION

• Master in Business Administration, with emphasis on Banking and Finance. Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica. Costa Rica. 2000 – 2002
• Master in Business Administration, with emphasis on Marketing. Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica. Costa Rica. 2000 – 2002
• Licentiate Degree of Law. University of Costa Rica. Honor Student. 1993- 1998
   

LANGUAGES

• English, Spanish and German (Basic knowledge)
   

MEMBERSHIPS

• Costa Rican Bar Association. Notary Public

• Participation in the XXVII Latin American Congress of Banking Law. Federación Latinoamericana de Bancos (FELABAN). 2008
• Professor of the Business Administration School at FUNDEPOS University. Courses of Labor Law and Commercial Law. 2008
• Seminar “Economic Conference on Central America”. Speaker on the Costa Rica’s Forum, giving a lecture about the legal conditions to invest in Costa Rica
• Conference hosted by the Bayerische Hypo und Vereinsbank AG, Munich. 2007
• Iberoamerican Seminar on Administrative Law “Dr. Eduardo Ortiz Ortiz”. Seminar provided by Costa Rican Bar Association. 1999
• Legal English. Course privided by University of Costa Rican Law School. 1996
• Alternative Dispute Resolution with emphasis on “Negotiation”. Course provided by University of Costa Rica’s Law School. 1996
   
• Has a great experience in drafting and reviewing banking contracts, such as loan agreements, syndicated loans, trust agreements, mortgages, pledges, and leasings, among others. He has participated in banking and real estate transactions with many local banks. Also, he has represented over 15 foreign banks and financial institutions, in different legal matters in Costa Rica.
• Has a lot of experience in drafting legal opinions and conducting legal researches in banking law or corporate law issues.
• For over 7 years, he worked as an Advisor in Costa Rica’s Congress (Asamblea Legislativa). In 1998 he served as Advisor to Costa Rica’s Congress President. During his work as Congress Advisor, he was directly involved in the discussion and drafting of important changes in financial laws, anti - money laundering regulations, anti-corruption laws and tax reforms, among others. For such purposes, he was deeply in contact with Costa Rica’s financial regulation authorities. At the same time, he participated in the debates held in Congress regarding the approval of CAFTA (Unites States - Central America Free Trade Agreement).
• Prior to his work in Costa Rica’s Congress, he worked with the United Nations Program for Development (UNDP), as a Consultant Attorney. There, he collaborated in designing a procedure to guarantee that the international agreements and contracts signed by UNDP and the Costa Rican Government received the duly authorization from Costa Rica’s General Comptroller (Contraloría General de de la República).
• Has experience in the academic field. He worked as Head Director of the Postgraduate Studies Center (Centro de Estudios de Postgrado) in Universidad Latina de Costa Rica, one of the largest universities in Costa Rica. During his administration, he designed an integral reform on the MBA’s study plan and he actively participated in the reforms carried out in the Economy PhD study plan, one of the few PhD careers given by a Costa Rican university.