Mauricio París
Costa Rica
ECIJA Abogados
Avenida Escazú, Torre Lexus
Piso 3. Escazú
San José, Costa Rica
Tel: +506 4000 1141
Email:
mparis@ecija.com
Web:
www.ecija.com
Mauricio specialises in advising clients on their business in Central America and the Caribbean, both on day-to-day operational issues and complex regional projects. His training as a Legal Project Manager is an important tool in his ability to manage teams and administer projects.
His professional training and his experience as an academic have allowed him to be considered by Chambers & Partners as one of the most appointed arbitrators in domestic and international arbitrations. His involvement as a lawyer in complex litigation has led to him being ranked as a “leading individual” in dispute resolution by Legal500.
He is one of the most recognised lawyers in digital law in Costa Rica, and a renowned expert in personal data protection and privacy. He is a consultant for multinational companies in public policy projects.
He studied at the University of Costa Rica, where he is a professor of international contracts. He completed the Master’s programmes in Corporate Legal Consultancy at the Carlos III University of Madrid and in the General Data Protection Regulation at the UNED (Madrid) and the Spanish Agency for the Protection of Personal Data.
Testimonials & Reviews:
“Mauricio Paris has been key in handling our company’s challenges, while always keeping in mind our business needs.” Chambers & Partners, TMT 2023
“Mauricio Paris is a lawyer with great knowledge in different areas, which makes him excellent at his job. He is dedicated, meticulous and with high standards of excellence. Also, he has the great combination of academic knowledge mixed with a lot of practical experience.” Legal 500, Dispute Resolution, 2022.
Our litigation and arbitration department specialises in dispute resolution in all jurisdictions and before all courts and arbitration tribunals. The rigorous and practical profile of the area makes the team a market leader in all procedural instances, with a peerless understanding of the digital ecosystem in the market. We combine in-depth procedural knowledge with the particularities and benefits of technology and its sector.
ECIJA’s litigation and arbitration team thus has professionals with extensive experience who have achieved favourable resolutions in international arbitrations and large disputes in areas such as:
- Protection of fundamental laws: the right to honour, privacy and one’s own image.
- Intellectual property: rights relating to musical and audiovisual works or infringement of intellectual property rights.
- Electronic fraud.
- Proceedings to recover domains before the WIPO.
- Protection and claims for the infringement of brands, with their implications in terms of unfair competition. • Industrial espionage, disclosure of confidential information.
- Corporate disputes.
- Claims for contractual breaches. Scams and misappropriation. Asset stripping.
- Sanction procedures: sanctions relating to telecommunications, consumers and users and data protection.
- Real estate and business: Construction defects. Construction faults. Proceedings in terms of licenses, sanctions, sealing of establishments, etc.
- Arbitral proceedings (International Chamber of Commerce [ICC], the Spanish Civil and Commercial Arbitration Court [CIMA], the Madrid International Arbitration Center [CIAM], etc.)
- International Dispute Resolution
ECIJA, with more than 20 years of experience, is in the Top 10 of the best firms in Spain, according to the prestigious rankings of Chambers & Partners and The Legal 500 and has established itself in the first place as a full service law firm.
It has been recognised by The Lawyer as the best TMT firm in Europe and by the Financial Times as the most innovative firm on continental Europe. Its relevance in the Spanish market has been recognised by Expansión and Forbes, which have recognised it as the best firm in Digital Economy in Spain. ECIJA has a team of more than 200 partners and 1000 professionals globally, distributed in countries such as Spain, Portugal, Colombia, Chile, Honduras, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Guatemala, El Salvador, Puerto Rico, Panama, Mexico, Brazil, Ecuador, Argentina and Uruguay.
ECIJA is a full-service firm, with core practices in Corporate, M&A, Commercial and TMT, and large labor, litigation and tax groups. The Firm has offices in Spain, Portugal, USA, Central & Latin America and collaborates in all EU and worldwide jurisdictions.
The Firm started in the year 1997 and has grown since then to become a full service Firm with presence in all areas of law and sectors.
“He is super attentive and answers quickly. He is always thinking about how to move the dispute resolution process forward.”