Juan Manuel Godoy Pérez

With 23 years of experience in business law and environment; 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.

• Consortium Legal has advised Cemex in the sale of its operation in Costa Rica and El Salvador to Cementos Progreso Holdings, S.L., subject to approvals and other conditions. The sale was valued at US$335 million and included one integrated cement plant, one grinding plant, seven ready-mix concrete plants, one aggregate quarry and distributions centers in Costa Rica and El Salvador. Consortium assisted Cemex y both legal and tax matters for the transaction with teams based in Costa Rica and El Salvador.
• Consortium 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).

• 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)