Attorneys
Our team is comprised of professionals with more than 20 years of experience in Legal Services, Business Consulting, Taxes, and Accounting Services.
Daniel Araya
Partner
Email: daraya@forza.legal
Daniel is an Attorney and Notary Public with more than 20-years’ experience practicing law in Costa Rica, Central America and the United States. He led specialized teams on mergers and acquisitions, as well as corporate, bank and tax law matters. He has worked with clients in several industries such as manufacturing, financial institutions, pharmaceutical, tourism, hospitality, real estate, energy and services, among others.
Rocío Amador
Partner
Email: ramador@forza.legal
Rocío is an Attorney and with more than 25 years of experience practicing law in Costa Rica and Central America. She has worked together with financial institutions, investment advisors, stock exchange brokers, insurance companies, multilateral organizations, service companies and companies registered with the Costa Rican Banking Regulator (SUGEF) for the purpose of preventing money laundering, among others.
Sofia Lowsky
Attorney
Email: slowsky@forza.legal
Sofia is a seasoned legal professional with over 12 years of experience. Before joining FORZA, she led for 6 years the legal department at a SaaS startup in Israel, where she gained hands-on experience in cross-border commercial transactions, equity and debt financing, and global compliance and operations encompassing corporate governance, privacy, information security, and ESG standards. Sofia’s expertise in these domains is rooted in her earlier roles locally and abroad, at prominent law firms and Big 4 consulting firms, where she specialized in M&A, international tax consulting, and valuation preparation and analysis across diverse industries.
Lucila Monge
Attorney
Email: lmonge@forza.legal
Lucila is an Attorney and Notary Public with more than 30-years’ experience practicing law in Costa Rica; until October 2018, she served as an officer at the Costa Rican Judicial Branch, in positions such as criminal and appeal Judge, Judge of Inspection at the Costa Rican Power of Justice, and lawyer at the Constitutional Chamber at the Costa Rican Supreme Court of Justice. In 2017, she was appointed magistrate substitute of the Constitutional Court, she held this position until December 2020.
Alonso Benavides
Attorney
Email: abenavides@forza.legal
Alonso is an Attorney and Notary Public with more than 14-years’ experience advising clients as an independent practitioner, also as Notary Public for mortgage credits for Cooperatives, legal counsel, Real Estate and Condominiums, litigation attorney for civil and collections processes. Also, he has managed and completed a large amount of immigration processes for foreign clients from different parts of the world, with outstanding results.
José Andrés Valerio
Attorney
Email: jvalerio@forza.legal
José Andrés is an Attorney and Notary Public with extensive experience on Intellectual Property and Sanitary Permits registration. He has been part of top-tier legal firms in Costa Rica and has represented multinational brands on regulatory matters, both medical devices and food industries.