DAVID GUTIERREZ



PRACTICE AREAS


David Gutiérrez is a founding Partner of BLP Abogados, and head of the firm’s Corporate and Commercial and Project Finance and Infrastructure Practices


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Founding Partner, BLP Abogados, San José, Costa Rica 2003-present
• Senior Associate and Partner, KPMG, San José, Costa Rica 1998-2003
• Associate, Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale & Door, Washington, D.C.   1997-1998
• Adviser, Presidency of Costa Rica, Office of the Vice-President
   

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

• BLP Abogados Pro-Bono Foundation
  • Founding Member and President of the Board of Directors: 2008-present
• AMCHAM’s International Center for Arbitration and Conciliation
  • Founding member, Member of the Board. 1999 – 2008
  • President of the Board of Directors. 2008-present
• Junior Achievement – Costa Rican Chapter
  • Member of the Board: 2000-2005
  • Vice-President of the Board of Directors:  2005-2008
• World Bank’s “Doing Business Survey of Protecting Investors”: 2004-present
• New York State Bar Association
  • Member Executive Committee of the International Section: 2004-present
• International Bar Association
  • Costa Rican representative (Young Members): 2007-present
• Costa Rican Association of International Law
  • Founding Member: 1994
  • Secretary and President of the Board: 1994-1997
    
     

EDUCATION

• Georgetown University Law Center, Master of Laws(distinction) 1996-1997
  • J. William Fulbright Scholar
  • Organization of American States Scholar
• University of Costa Rica, Licenciate Degree in Law (honors) 1990-1994 

LANGUAGES

• English and Spanish.

MEMBERSHIPS

• Costa Rica:  Costa Rica Bar Association (Colegio de Abogados de Costa Rica); Costa Rican Association of International Law; Costa Rican - American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM); Junior Achievement Costa Rica
• International: International Bar Association; American Bar Association; New York State Bar Association.
   

PERSONAL INFORMATION

• Listed as one of the top 40 lawyers under 40 by Latin Lawyer Magazine: February 2005
• Listed as one of the top lawyers in Costa Rica by Chambers and Partners: 2003-present
• Listed by Law Business Research’s “Who’s Who Legal, The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers” as one of the top lawyers in the area of Project Finance: 2001-present
• Listed by IFLR 1000’s Expert Guide as an expert lawyer in the field of Project Finance.  IFLR is part of the Legal Media Group and Euromoney: 2003-present
• Listed as one of the 40 successful Costa Ricans less than 40 years old (EKA Business Magazine, October, 2003)
• Listed as one of the 40 successful Costa Ricans less than 40 years old (El Financiero, week of 2-8 December, 2002)
• Other activities: Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition (participant, 1993; intramural administrator, 1994; national administrator, 1995; Judge of the International Semifinals, 1997).  Tulane University: Studies in Comparative Law, 1993, Diploma.  Georgetown University Law Center, Program of Foundations of American Law, 1996, Diploma