Member Profile

Alejandro Pignataro is the Founding Partner of Pignataro Abogados, where he leads the Asset Tracing & Recovery Practice. He obtained his LL.M. in American Law with a concentration in International Business Practice from Boston University in 2003, and his JD from the University of Costa Rica in 2000.

Alejandro has devoted over 20 years of professional practice to provide legal counsel to foreign corporations and investors in Costa Rica. His expertise is in Corporate Law. Furthermore, he frequently serves as local counsel to receiverships and private counsel in multi-jurisdictional fraud cases, directing the domestic legal proceedings, interfacing with the enforcement agencies involved, and attending to the administration of the Receivership Estate.

The Firm’s Fraud and Business work team is assisted by Associates with vast experience in litigation and arbitration in Costa Rica.

Mr. Pignataro is the Costa Rican representative for ICC FraudNet. He is fluent in English, Spanish and French.

PIGNATARO ABOGADOS was established in 2015 as a boutique corporate law firm committed to providing top-tier legal advice to select corporate and individual clients doing business in Costa Rica and the Caribbean Basin region. The firm brings together a group of leading corporate law practitioners and civil litigation experts with an insightful understanding of the local market and its legal challenges. Our practice focuses on this specific array of fields of expertise in order to guarantee highly technical, pertinent legal advice with a business perspective.