David Arturo Campos

With 38 years of experience, he is an expert on regulatory matters of the financing market and a leading lawyer in the areas of banking, stock-exchange, and commercial law. In his professional practice he carries out the legal management of acquisition processes of financial entities in Costa Rica and in Central American countries.

• Advised Scotiabank de Costa Rica in a US$70 million + financing granted to Fondo de Inversión Inmobiliario Multifondos - a real estate investment fund registered and regulated in Costa Rica - for partially finance the purchase of El Cafetal Corporate Center, a 114,000 m2 premium business center, located in Belén, Heredia, Costa Rica. This Investment Fund is managed by MULTIFONDOS DE COSTA RICA S.A., SOCIEDAD ADMINISTRADORA DE FONDOS DE INVERSIÓN. El Cafetal Corporate Center consists of four office buildings, a small shopping center, parking lots, and among its tenants are Citi, Deloitte, Cargill and 3M. The total purchase price was of USD$127 million;
• Advised Banco Davivienda (Costa Rica) as to Costa Rican Law on a US$250 Million debt issuance secured by a portfolio of USD denominated Diversified Payment Rights (“DPR’s”);
• Advised J.P Morgan Securities LLC and Bank of America - Merrill Lynch as to Costa Rican Law, on a US$500 million Rule 144A issuance and purchase of international notes by Banco Nacional de Costa Rica;
• Advised Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior (Bladex) and Wells Fargo Bank N.A. as to Costa Rican Law, on a Syndicated loan facility for US$85,000,000.00 granted to Banco BAC San José, S.A.

• Asset finance
• Banking
• Capital markets: Debt
• Financial services regulatory
• M&A

• Banking
• Construction and materials
• Consumer goods and services
• Food and beverage
• Industrials

• Law Degree (with honors), Universidad Autónoma de Centro América, Costa Rica (1984)