Senior Associate

Costa Rica

+50622890750

Notable practitioner

Spanish
English


Jurisdictions:

Costa Rica

Practice areas:

Banking and finance


She has more than 13 years of experience in the finance and banking law sector, specializing in all types of credit transactions, project finance and regulatory advice. Throughout her career, Susana has acted as advisor to banks and other local, international and multilateral financial institutions, and has participated in the structuring and execution of several important and innovative local and international financing transactions, with different degrees of complexity and guarantee/collateral structures.

  • Hospital Cima Financing: Advisor to Global Bank Corporation (Panama), as lender in credit facilities granted to Hospital San José S.A. (owner of the Cima Hospital in Costa Rica) of US$40,000,000.00, for debt restructuring. The deal had challenging dynamics as the closing timeframe was very short and there were two different jurisdictions involved. The deal was successfully closed in May 2022.
  • Fila de Mogote Financing: Advisor to Banco Davivienda (Costa Rica) S.A. as lender in credit facility granted to Fila de Mogote (owner of one of the largest energy-producing wind farms in Costa Rica) of US$24,000,000.00, for debt restructuring. The financing was secured by all of the assets of the company, including the assignment of the Power Purchase Agreement, which gave a degree of complexity to the deal as such assignment had to be carefully negotiated with the Costa Rican Electricity Institute. The deal was successfully closed in May 2022.
  • Fairfield Financing: Advisor to IDB Invest as lender in credit facility granted to Inversiones Hoteleras CH de Alajuela S.A. of US$7,500,000 for the building and development of a Marriott Fairfiled Hotel near the main Costa Rican airport in Alajuela. The deal was successfully closed in November 2021.

  • Banking
  • Financial services regulatory
  • Project bonds
  • Project finance

  • Banking
  • Financial services

  • Costa Rica Bar Association

  • LL.M. in International Legal Practice, Instituto de Empresa, Spain (2011)
  • Certificate in Business Administration, Instituto de Empresa, Spain (2011)
  • Certificate in European Union Law, Instituto de Empresa, Spain (2011)
  • Licenciate in Law (JD equivalent) and Public Notary, Universidad Escuela Libre de Derecho, Costa Rica (2009)