Juan Manuel Godoy Pérez

Juan Manuel is a partner of Consortium Legal – Costa Rica with 24 years of experience in business law and energy. He has especially developed his career in corporate, commercial, foreign trade, foreign investment, mergers and acquisitions and the law of the markets, providing counsel to both Multinational companies and small start-ups. He has also devoted much of his time to the energy sector advising important developers of green projects.

In terms of mergers and acquisitions Juan Manuel has led interdisciplinary groups that have carried out important multi-jurisdictional transactions in recent years.

• Advised Cemex in the sale of its operation in Costa Rica and El Salvador to Cementos Progreso Holdings, S.L., the sale was valued at US$335 million.
• Advised the buyer in the process of acquiring S.T.T Group CR SA and its subsidiaries (5 Companies under CR jurisdiction). The Seller is a Company dedicated to Outsourced Specialized Services (HRO), Recruiting Process Outsourcing (RPO) and Payroll Process Outsourcing (PPO).
• Sale of Televisora de Costa Rica to Liberty of Cable Tica.
• Sale of Aceros Abonos Agro to Metalco.

• Competition
• M&A
• Private equity
• Project development
• Restructuring and insolvency

• Banking
• Construction and materials
• Consumer goods and services
• Food and beverage
• Industrials

• Costa Rica Bar Association

• Superior Council of the Judiciary in Colombia

• Master en International Business, Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica (2006)
• Attorney and Notary, Universidad Internacional de las Américas, Costa Rica (2002)
• Law Degree, Universidad Externado de Colombia, Colombia (1999)