Main Areas of Practice

· Banking Law
· Finance Law
· Commercial Law
· Public Law
· Civil Law
· Real Estate
· Litigation
· Conciliations and Arbitrations


Experience

Roy Herrera Muñoz is partner at the Costa Rican office of Arias & Muñoz since November 28th, 2008. He joined the firm in 2005 and leads the firm’s Litigation Department.

His emphasis in law is in banking and finance. However, after 11 years of a successful legal career, he has built up an extensive experience in litigation, complex commercial transactions, public law, civil law, and real estate; involving insolvencies, bankruptcies, conciliations and arbitrations.

He successfully provided legal services for the following Banks: Banco Interfín (Scotiabank de Costa Rica, currently), Banco Cuscatlán, Banco Improsa, Banco BAC San José, Banco Banex (Banco HSBC, currently), Banco Crédito Agrícola de Cartago, Banco Nacional de Costa Rica and Banco de Costa Rica. He was actively involved in Costa Rica’s first securitizations acting on behalf of Banco Interfin and Banco BAC San José.

Currently, Roy is a “Curator Ad Litem” approved by the Costa Rican Supreme Court of Justice. He is also an Arbitrator in the International Center for Conciliation and Arbitration of the Costa Rican – American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM) and an active member in Costa Rica of the International Arbitration Commission of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).

Career

Roy received both, his Law Degree and his Notary Degree in 1995 from the Law School at the University of Costa Rica (Universidad de Costa Rica, UCR), where he also obtained his Specialist Degree in Public Law in 1996.

He is a member of the Costa Rican Law Society (Colegio de Abogados de Costa Rica) since 1995.
Languages

He is fluent in Spanish and has a good working knowledge of English.