Alfredo Fournier-Beeche / alfredofournier@fournierlaw.com

Born: San José,  August 19, 1937.

Founding Partner

Graduated from grammar school at Lincoln School on November 14, 1950; High School from Colegio Seminario on December 1, 1955; Seminar in Law of the United States for Latin American Students at the School of Law, Washington University, Saint Louis, Missouri, January and February 1960; Master in Law from the University of Costa Rica (Cum Laude) on October 9, 1961; admitted to the Costa Rican Bar Association on October 9, 1961; Doctorate Courses in Law at the University of Madrid, Spain, from 1961 to 1962; Course in Comparative Law at the Faculté Internationale pour I'Enseignement du Droit Comparé, during the months of July and August 1961, in Helsinki, Finland; title of Notary Public of the University of Costa Rica on August 17, 1963; Course on American and International Law, Southwestern Legal Foundation, May and June 1974, Dallas, Texas; Founder 1973, Licentia Docendi, September 1978, and Professor with Tenure, January 1980, Universidad Autónoma de Centro América, Professor of Commercial Law at Colegio Universitario Santo Tomás de Aquino, since 1984.

Attaché to Protocol to assist the Delegation of the Dominican Republic to the Presidential Inauguration Ceremonies on May 4, 1958; permanent Attaché to the Directorate of Protocol of the Ministry of Foreign Relations on August 24, 1959; Vice Consul of Norway, February 16, 1960; Attaché to Protocol to assist the Delegation of El Salvador to the Sixth and Seventh Inter American Consultation Conferences held in San José on August 15, 1960; Commercial Advisor of the Costa Rican Embassy in Spain on October 1, 1961; Chargé d'Affaires of the Costa Rican Embassy in Spain on March 1 to May 9, 1962; Assistant Counsel for the Costa Rican Medical Association, January 1963 until October 1970; Advisor to the Costa Rican Delegation to the Second Ordinary Conference of Central American Ministers of Foreign Affairs on November 14, 1966, Counsel and Notary Public for the Consejo Nacional de Producción (CNP) from November 1, 1967 until May 9, 1970; Advisor to the Delegation of the Organization of Central American States to the First Ordinary Meeting of the Organization of American States, April 1971; Consul of Norway in San José, from September 1971; Delegate of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal of Costa Rica, 1973-1977; Permanent Delegate of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal from March 1977-1980; Consul General of Norway, 1978-1987; Counsel for Government of Spain, since 1983; Advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Relations with the rank of Ambassador, since June 1990; Member of the Qualifying Commission of the Foreign Service of the Ministry of Foreign Relations, since September 1990; Ambassador on Special Mission to the Ceremonies of Inauguration of President Jean Bertrand Aristide, Haiti, February 1991; Ambassador at Large of Costa Rica, since December 1, 1991; Member of the Costa Rican Delegation to the Ibero-American Summit of Presidents in Madrid, Spain, July 1992, Member of the Board of Governors of Junta de Protección Social de San José, November 1992 May 1994. Personal Representative of the President of Costa Rica to the Central American Parliament, June 1993.

Commander of the Order of Isabel la Católica, Spain; Knight First Class of the Order of Saint Olav, Norway; Brother of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem, Denmark; Honorary member of the Instituto de Estudios Legislativos de la Federación Argentina de Colegios de Abogados; Illustrious Guest of the City of Quito, Ecuador, 1981 and 1986; Distinguished Visitor, Panama City, Panama, 1984; Distinguished Guest of the City of Acapulco, Mexico, 1985.

Costa Rica Bar Association, International Bar Association, Inter-American Bar Association, (Member of the Council since 1975 and of the Executive Committee since 1979, President of the Executive Committee, 1984-1985; President, November 1991-April 1993); International Trademark Association, The Institute for Transnational Arbitration, Canadian Costa Rican Chamber of Commerce (Chairman 1992-1993), World Peace Through Law Center, Instituto Iberoamericano de Derecho Aeronáutico y del Espacio; Costa Rica Lawyer's Union, Asociación Nacional de Fomento Econónico ANFE (member of the Board of Directors), Costa Rica Maritime Law Association.

Constitutional Law, Civil Law, Commercial Law, Business Law, Banking and Insurance Law, Labor Law, Patents and Trademarks, Aeronautical and general Transportation Law, Administrative Law, Fiscal and Tax Law, Litigation.

Languages

English Spanish and French