Silvia Chacón B. / silviachacon@fournierlaw.com

Born: March 4, 1977

Education

Law Degree and Notary Public, Universidad Internacional de Las Américas.  San José, December 18th, 1999. Incorporated to the Lawyers Bar on January 31, 2000. Habilitated as a Notary Public on June 12, 2000. General Studies, Universidad de Costa Rica, 1994. High School Diploma.  Westview High School Corporation, Topeka, Indiana, U.S.A. June, 1995. Academic Excellence Award. Westview High School Corporation, Topeka, Indiana.  1994 to 1995. High School Bachelor’s Degree. Colegio María Inmaculada de Grecia, December 21, 1993.

Experience

Current Contracts Lawyer for Alterra Partners (Airport Management Concession) currently on leave from this office; Corporate Lawyer for Stein Laboratorios Corporation that includes SFC Factoring and "Consumo" Shopping Card from March 2001 to February 2003, Bufete Alfredo Fournier y Asociados.  Legal assistant for the Alfredo Fournier-Beeche and Juan Carlos Monge Vega.  September, 1998 to November, 1999. Pro Bono position at the legal department of the Ministry of Foreign relation of Costa Rica.  February to June, 2000. Legal Adviser for Distribuidora Agrocomercial S. A. and Comercial Bolaños Portuguez S.A.  since July, 2000.

Courses and Seminars

Seminar: The new General Process Code. Lawyers Association of Grecia.  May 5, 2001. Course: Ética Profesional Jurídica.  Lawyers Bar. San José, September, 1999. Seminar: The Modernization of the Civil Code. Judicial School of the Supreme Court of Costa Rica.  March 26 and 27, 1998.  Seminar: The Models of Constitutional justice. Directors Office of the  Doctoral program at ULACIT and the Universidad Complutense de Madrid.  June 24, 1997. Seminar: Juridical Actualization. Universidad Internacional de las Américas and the Lawyers Bar of Costa Rica. September 17-30 and October 2-3, 1996. Course: Better reading: Technical development, speed and comprehension of the reader. Institute for the development and techniques of studying. July 27, 1996.

Associations

Costa Rican Bar Association, Costa Rican Lawyer’s Union, Grecia Lawyers Association.

Areas of Practice

Corporate Law, Commercial Law, Labor Law, Public Bids.

Languages

Spanish and English