The powerhouse real estate team at Arias remains a market leader, leveraging its regional strength and the experience of its team to advise development banks and private individuals on domestic property matters and national and multinational corporations on high-value, multi-jurisdictional transactions. With a client base spanning such sectors as energy, manufacturing, retail, agriculture, and food and beverages, the practice’s comprehensive offering extends to due diligence and title verifications, purchases and sales, easements, mortgages, leases and construction contracts, zoning and related permits, title insurance and litigation. The team is led by Róger Pérez, who draws on his role as head of the firm’s disputes and tax practices to provide expertise on acquisitions, tax and investment structuring, the establishment of condominium regimes and tourism projects. At the associate level, Uriel Balladares advises on horizontal property regimes and regulatory matters related to real estate assets, and Douglas Vásquez utilises 15 years of experience in the defence of clients’ interests before municipal tax entities.

The experienced real estate and registry group at Consortium Legal harnesses the combined bench strength of offices in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua to assist a roster of regional and multinational corporations, spanning such sectors as retail, manufacturing, hospitality and financial services, on a diverse spectrum of matters across the practice area. The team’s full offering covers advice on real estate sales and purchases, asset protection, regulatory compliance, tax matters, due diligence and free trade zone transactions. The team is led by Carlos Taboada, who brings more than 20 years of experience in the practice space, and who assists with the acquisition of real estate assets on behalf of overseas investors. Another name to note is associate Daniela Matus, who specialises in due diligence processes related to transactions involving both urban and rural properties.

The real estate team at García & Bodán brings strength to advising developers, private investors, homeowners’ associations and multinational corporations involved in complex, high-value transactions. With an active client roster spanning such sectors as retail, tourism, energy, healthcare, telecoms, mining and financial services, the practice’s comprehensive offering covers matter ranging from incorporation, tax planning, and the structuring of lease and rental agreements to due diligence processes and real estate litigation. The team is led by regional real estate director Eduardo Cabrales, who also heads the offices of the firm in San Juan del Sur and Tola, and who brings expertise to deal structuring and matters related to the tourism industry. Other key figures include regional commercial, corporate and transactional practice leader Federico Gurdián, and senior associates Dania Navarrete, who advises on property registration issues, and Marlon Gazo, whose practice focuses on real estate transactional matters.

The real estate team at Alvarado y Asociados provides a comprehensive service to national and multinational companies, such as Cemex and Group Bimbo, across industries including tourism, building materials, food, forestry and telecoms. The practice’s full offering covers matters ranging from mortgages and sales and purchases to communications with municipal and tax authorities, title insurance policies, due diligence and free trade zones. The practice is headed by Gloria María de Alvarado, who draws on over four decades' experience managing corporate and commercial matters, and Luz Marina Espinoza, who specialises in due diligence and registration processes. Also of note is associate Jazmin Garcia, who brings strength to the environmental aspects of transactions, having served as legal adviser to the Environmental Management Unit of the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure.