Experience

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  OECD - OCDE

  • Paris, Île-de-France, France

  • Lawyer

    • Sep 2023 - Present
    • Paris, Île-de-France, France

    - Provide legal, political and organisational advice to the OECD accession candidate countries.- Liaise between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs (and other line ministries) of the OECD accession candidate countries, the OECD General Secretariat and the OECD committees undertaking the 24-26 accession reviews for each candidate.- Assist the General Secretariat of the OECD in the preparation of country missions to the accession candidate countries.- Review the accession reports on different scopes of public policy submitted to the OECD Council as part of the accession processes of the Organisation.- Assist the General Secretariat in the process of post-accession of the most recent Members of the OECD.

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  FAO

  • Rome, Latium, Italy

  • Legal Affairs Specialist

    • Sep 2021 - Aug 2023
    • Rome, Latium, Italy

    - Assisted in formulating and providing legal advice and support to units within the Organization's Headquarters and to the Decentralized Offices around the world on legal matters related to their operations. - Adviced on the Organization’s status, privileges and immunities and its legal framework. This includes the review and preparation of contracts and international agreements, project documents, and other legal instruments establishing institutional and operational modalities.- Assisted in matters related to disputes, communications to Ministries of Foreign Affairs around the globe, procurement, publications, among others.

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  IOM - UN Migration

  • San Jose, Costa Rica

  • Technical Consultant

    • Feb 2021 - Oct 2022
    • San Jose, Costa Rica

    - Provided technical consultancy for a regional project on trafficking in persons and smuggling of migrants in Mexico, Central America and the Dominican Republic.- Liaised with the governmental institutions in charge of trafficking in persons in Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama and the Dominican Republic as country members of the Regional Coalition against Trafficking in Personas and Smuggling of Migrants. - Followed up the cooperation of international organizations and NGOs with the Regional Coalition against Trafficking in Personas and Smuggling of Migrants.

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  Organización de los Estados Americanos

  • Washington, District of Columbia, United States

  • International Litigation Consultant

    • Apr 2021 - Jul 2021
    • Washington, District of Columbia, United States

    - Elaborated the admissibility and merits reports of a petition at the Inter-American Commission of Human RIghts for alleged violation of multiple human rights in a South American country. Reports are used to file the case before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.

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  WilmerHale

  • London, England, United Kingdom

  • International Arbitration Intern

    • Feb 2020 - Jul 2020
    • London, England, United Kingdom

    - Participated in cases and research related to international dispute resolution, including international investment law and international commercial arbitration. - Drafted about climate change policy and its implications for international dispute resolution. - Provided assistance in the admissibility of a case before the European Court of Human Rights and the accession of a developing country to the World Trade Organization.- Conducted research for the third edition of senior partner Gary Born's treatise: International Arbitration: Law and Practice.

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  Independent Consultant

  • Public International Law Consultant

    • Nov 2018 - Jan 2020

    - Provided assistance to Ms Christiana Figueres -former UNFCCC Executive Director and a global leader on climate change- on communication for social media, local and international law and the intersection between human rights and climate change and reviewing the Spanish edition of Ms Figueres's book: The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis (2020).- Elaborated a code of business, human rights and ethics for a leading Central American law firm.- Participated in the English-Spanish translation of the book: D.Klein et al, The Paris Agreement on Climate Change, Analysis and Commentary, Oxford University Press, 2017.

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  Universidad Latinoamericana de la Ciencia y la Tecnología (ULACIT)

  • Costa Rica

  • Professor of International Law

    • Aug 2019 - Dec 2019
    • Costa Rica

    Professor of Public International Law (taught in Spanish). Professor of Diplomatic and Consular Law (taught in English)

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  IOM - UN Migration

  • Contract Consultant

    • Jan 2019 - Sep 2019

    Developed content for IOM's e-learning courses on migration governance, trends and international migration law, migration flows in Latin American and the Caribbean.

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  Asociación Costarricense de Derecho Internacional

  • San José, Costa Rica

  • Member Board Of Directors

    • Jul 2016 - Mar 2018
    • San José, Costa Rica

    - Co-Directed the CEJA International Moot Court Competition before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) in 2016 attended by 15 different Latin American universities.- Liaised with the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, the Presidency of the Legislative Assembly, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and several diplomatic missions in Costa Rica.

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  Nassar Abogados Centroamérica

  • San José, Costa Rica

  • Associate Attorney

    • Mar 2015 - Jun 2017
    • San José, Costa Rica

    -Provided assistance to the elaboration and review of commercial contracts between multinational corporations and their representatives/agents under laws for the protection of local agents.- Participated in the group of counsels for a multinational shipping company in a public law dispute of USD 35 M against the State of Costa Rica before the Administrative Tribunal.- Participated in a transaction for a wireless infrastructure company in the purchase of 202 communication tower sites in El Salvador.- Represented two major European airlines in ten disputes before the Consumers' Protection Agency, achieving the settlement of 50% of the disputes and avoiding sanctions against the airlines.- Acted as defence counsel for a Swiss global healthcare company in successfully challenging the service of a Costa Rican commercial lawsuit, based on The Hague Service Convention.

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  Cátedra Latinoamericana de Criminología y Derechos Humanos Alessandro Baratta

  • Student Assistant

    • Mar 2012 - Mar 2015

    Latin American Chair dedicated to Criminology, Human Rights and Criminal Law studies, especially related to Professor Alessandro Baratta's school of thought. Member of the Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO).

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  Costa Rican Legislative Assembly

  • Intern/ Legal Advisor

    • Sep 2014 - Feb 2015

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  BDS Asesores

  • Costa Rica

  • Legal Assistant

    • Feb 2012 - Oct 2012
    • Costa Rica