COSTA RICA Law and Practice Contributed by: Harry Zurcher, Marco López Volio and Kristel Faith Neurohr, Zurcher, Odio & Raven
Zurcher, Odio & Raven is one of the leading law firms in Costa Rica, with more than 85 years in the market. The firm has advised important transnational and Costa Rican companies, as well as international and governmental organisations in all fields of law. Its services have been widely recognised for their excel - lence, professional ethics and participation in a large number of projects of outstanding importance to the country, spanning areas from foreign investment and
civil and criminal litigation to highly specialised in - tellectual property and regulatory issues. The firm’s practice areas include intellectual property; corpo - rate and commercial law; banking; administrative and constitutional law (an area including telecommu - nications, energy and concessions); data protection; regulatory matters; tax law; competition law; environ - mental law; labour law; consumer law; and civil and criminal litigation.
Authors
Harry Zurcher is a founding partner at Zurcher Odio & Raven and a graduate of Harvard University. He has more than four decades of experience in the intellectual property field and a solid reputation in the local and
Kristel Faith Neurohr is the director of trade marks and a senior intellectual property lawyer at Zurcher Odio & Raven. She is an expert attorney with
extensive experience in the administration, prosecution, registration, defence and enforcement of intellectual property rights. In her 20 years of professional experience, she has headed departments at several important firms and has advised clients, foreign lawyers and international clients on intellectual property matters in Costa Rica and Central America.
regional market, being recognised as a leading practitioner in the area by multiple publications. Under his leadership, the firm has handled the largest number of intellectual property cases in the country, including trade mark filings for national and multinational clients. He also has an active corporate practice, including clients in the consumer, hospitality, and tourism sectors.
Marco López Volio is managing partner of the intellectual property and regulatory department at Zurcher Odio & Raven, where he has practised for 20 years. Prior to this, he worked for three years at the Constitutional
Chamber of the Supreme Court of Costa Rica. He has extensive experience in administrative law and intellectual property, as well as in legal transactions, trade mark enforcement actions, unfair competition, antitrust law, franchising, marketing, consumer protection and data protection. He is highly respected in the local and international market for providing legal advice on complex matters in a wide variety of industries, such as mass consumption, personal care, pharmaceuticals, technology, telecommunications, aviation, construction and e-commerce.
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