Fernando Vargas Winiker

EY Law - Costa Rica

Partner EY Law

San José

+506 2208 9800

Highly regarded

Spanish
English
Portuguese


Bar admissions:

Costa Rica
New York

Jurisdictions:

Costa Rica

Practice areas:

M&A

Industry sectors:

Technology and telecommunications


Fernando has acted as a general corporate strategic counsel for transnational,regional and local companies doing business Central America, focusing on corporate matters that have ranged cross border business transactions covering Mergers & Acquisitions, Joint Ventures, corporate reorganizations, foreign investment and market entry issues, compliance and corporate governance. He also participates in structuring projects for energy generation, telecommunications and infrastructure, and in the set-up of manufacturing and shared services operations for global companies in Costa Rica under the Free Trade Zone Regime, including several ranked in the Fortune 500 listing, among others.

  • Corporate
  • M&A
  • Foreign investment
  • Private equity
  • Project finance

  • Retail
  • Energy
  • Tech and telecoms
  • Pharma and life sciences

  • New York State Bar Association
  • International Bar Association
  • International Institute of Telecommunications
  • Costa Rica-American Chamber of Commerce

  • LL.M Degree,  Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C. (1998)
  • Licensed attorney in the Republic of Costa Rica (1995, cum laude distinction) and Notary Public (1996).