COMPANIES

We provide legal advice for the development of your business, focusing on the latest trends in commercial and corporate law. The most common services in this area include:

• Establishing companies, advising and analyzing the most suitable type of company based on the business type.
• IRegistering and legalizing books.
• Mergers and acquisitions with due diligence services.
• Dissolution/liquidation of companies.
• Reviewing/Drafting service contracts, supply contracts, labor contracts, among others.
• Issuing powers of attorney, certifications, sworn statements, and any legal document required by public or private entities.

We take care of your intellectual assets through:

• rademark, service mark, and/or factory mark registration
• Preserving your copyright by protecting your works
• Safeguarding your Industrial Property for cases such as designs, industrial models, among others.

We take care of your intellectual assets through:

• Trademark, service mark, and/or factory mark registration
• Preserving your copyright by protecting your works
• Safeguarding your Industrial Property for cases such as designs, industrial models, among others.

In labor law matters, prevention is key. Therefore, we advise you to ensure that your employment relationships comply with the Costa Rican legal framework while considering the specific needs of the client. Additionally, we provide support in any potential judicial processes that may arise, whether as an employee or employer. Our main interventions in this area include:

• Advising on the drafting and preparation of employment contracts
• Representation in case of labor conflicts, labor conciliation, and lawsuits
• Preventing potential claims regarding severance pay for terminations or resignations
• Advising on the correct payment of legal benefits
• Guidance and support in the appropriate procedure for carrying out a dismissal
• Training for business personnel regarding their rights and obligations
• Advice on creating corporate policies
• Assistance in drafting internal work regulations

As one of our strengths, we have a specialized team in real estate transactions capable of

• Advising developers and investors in the Due Diligence process
• Conducting research, verification, processing of permits, and registration of condominiums
• Processing possession information
• Letters of intent to purchase a property
• Purchase and sale options
• Property transactions
• Property trust agreements
• Mortgage establishment
• Real estate project development
• Real Estate Due Diligence
• Establishment and modifications of condominiums
• Consultations in Condominium Meetings
• Luxury home tax in Costa Rica
• Credit financing options for real estate acquisition
• Lease contracts
• Evictions
• Concessions and constructions in coastal-maritime areas
• Declarations and payment of municipal taxes

ERP Lawyers has extensive experience in handling both judicial debt collection processes and finalizing financial transactions. Our main services in this area include:

• Drafting negotiable instruments
• Counseling on extrajudicial negotiations
• Engaging with debtors to assess actual payment possibilities
• Preparing and drafting formal payment demands
• Conducting feasibility studies before initiating any judicial process
• Advising and accompanying clients in judicial procedures such as summary, monitorial processes, and mortgage and pledge enforcement proceedings.

ERP Lawyers has extensive experience in handling both judicial debt collection processes and finalizing financial transactions. Our main services in this area include:

• Drafting negotiable instruments
• Counseling on extrajudicial negotiations
• Engaging with debtors to assess actual payment possibilities
• Preparing and drafting formal payment demands
• Conducting feasibility studies before initiating any judicial process
• Advising and accompanying clients in judicial procedures such as summary, monitorial processes, and mortgage and pledge enforcement proceedings.

• At ERP Lawyers & Associates, we specialize in providing legal advice in banking law and finance to help you achieve your business goals.
• The ERP Lawyers firm handles credit processing and negotiates or reviews loan agreements to ensure fair dealings at all times.
• Our firm applies financial accounting principles enabling us to interpret and analyze economic information generated by your company, aiming to devise strategies that enhance your financial structure.

We specialize in advising and supporting companies within the free trade zone regime or those aiming to join it. Our main services in this area include:

• Consulting on categorization and strategy for applying to the Regime
• Process of requesting the Free Trade Zone Regime (RZF) from various governmental entities
• Processing permits required for the company’s activities
• Compliance with obligations and maintaining status within the Free Trade Zone Regime
• Relocation of facilities within the same park, to another industrial park, or outside an industrial park
• Legal advice on Asset Perfection

We specialize in advising and supporting companies within the free trade zone regime or those aiming to join it. Our main services in this area include:

• Consulting on categorization and strategy for applying to the Regime
• Process of requesting the Free Trade Zone Regime (RZF) from various governmental entities
• Processing permits required for the company’s activities
• Compliance with obligations and maintaining status within the Free Trade Zone Regime
• Relocation of facilities within the same park, to another industrial park, or outside an industrial park
• Legal advice on Asset Perfection