NEFTALI GARRO



PRACTICE AREAS

• Corporate and commercial transactions
• Insurance and reinsurance
• International law

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Partner BLP Abogados, San José, Costa Rica. 2005-present
• Associate BLP Abogados, San José, Costa Rica. 2003-2005
• Associate, KPMG Abogados, San José, Costa Rica 1998-1999/2001-2003
• Legal Consultant, United Nations World Food Programme, Rome, Italy 2001
• Associate, White & Case, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. 2000
• Professor of Private Law and Professor of Contracts, Law School, University of Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica 2007

EDUCATION

• University of Connecticut, School of Law, Master of Laws (Insurance) 1999-2000 J. William Fulbright Scholar
• University of Costa Rica, Licenciate Degree in Law. 1993-1997

LANGUAGES

• English, Spanish and Italian. Certified interpreter and translator (English-Spanish)
• Commissioned by the Costa Rican Ministry of Foreign Affairs

MEMBERSHIPS

• Member New York State Bar Association, International Section. 2008-present
• Costa Rican Bar Association (1998-present)
• Costa Rican Association of International Law (ACODI) (Vice-President of the Board 1997-1998. President 1998-1999)
• Costa Rican Federation of Private Sector Chambers (UCCAEP): Advisor and delegate to Government-sponsored commission on insurance law reform. 2004-present
• Costa Rican-American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham); Member of the Legal Affairs Committee. 2003-present
• Costa Rican Chamber of Exporters (CADEXCO): Consultant on insurance law reform. 2002-2003
• Costa Rican-Italian Chamber of Commerce and Industry: Member of the Board of Directors. 2005-2007
• Member of the Board of Directors of the State Capital Global Law Firm Group (2007-2010)

PERSONAL INFORMATION

• Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition (participant, 1996, 1997); winner Costa Rican national rounds; participant, international rounds; National Administrator 1998
• Eduardo Jiménez de Aréchaga Inter-American Human Rights Competition; organized 1st and 2nd International Rounds (1998,1999); Judge, national rounds and international semi-final round (2003, 2004, 2005)
• Georgetown University Law Center, Foundations of American Law and Legal Education, 1999, Diploma
• Contributor, “Doing Business”, World Bank (2008)
• “Leading individual”, Corporate/Commercial, Chambers&Partners

PUBLICATIONS

• Co-author: “Derecho Público Económico”. San José, Costa Rica, 2008.
• Author: “The Privatization of Insurance in Costa Rica; Lessons from Latin America with Special Reference to Uruguay”, 7:2 CONN. INS. L. J., 359 (2001).
• Co-author; “El Tratado de Libre Comercio entre República Dominicana, Centroamérica y Estados Unidos y el Mercado de Seguros de Costa Rica”, Estudios Jurídicos sobre el TLC entre República Dominicana, Centroamérica y Estados Unidos, San José, Costa Rica, 1ed. Pp. 509 and ss.