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Hernán Pacheco Orfila

Deloitte Legal

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Position: Lead Partner Deloitte Legal
Rating:
  • Market leader
Bar Admissions:
Costa Rica
Practice Areas:
Capital markets
M&A
Jurisdictions:
Languages:
Spanish
English
Biography

Hernan Pacheco is a Lead Partner at Deloitte Legal for Latin America which includes 13 Latin American countries, namely Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, The Dominican Republic and Venezuela, as well as leader of its M&A and Project Finance practice groups. His work is focused on local and international mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate structuring, project finance, distribution, franchises, foreign investment and civil and commercial contracts.

Given his vast experience over 30 years in complex international transactions, he has advised local and international clients on the acquisition, sale, merger or reorganization of commercial and industrial groups with investments in Costa Rica and abroad.

Practice areas
  • Competition
  • M&A
  • Private equity funds
  • Company rationalization
  • Project finance
Sector specialisations
  • Agri business
  • Automotive
  • Consumer goods and services
  • Food and beverage
  • Tech and telecoms
  • Life Sciences
  • Retail
Association memberships
  • Costa Rican Bar Association
  • International Bar Association
  • New York State Bar Association
Academic qualifications
  • Degree in Law, Cum Laude Probatus, Universidad Autónoma de Centro América 1986
  • Master's Degree, University of Hull in the UK 1988