For nearly a decade I've practiced real estate law right here on the Guanacaste coast — including Tamarindo and the beaches around it — as a licensed Costa Rican attorney and notary public, trained at the University of San José. I built this firm on one promise: precise work, straight answers, and results you can count on.
Whether you're buying your first beachfront lot in Tamarindo or closing a complex development, I handle every stage personally — title and due diligence, corporate and trust structure, notary and closing — in plain language, in English or Spanish. You deal with me, not a rotating desk of associates.
My mission is to make buying property in Costa Rica safe, clear, and worry-free for the people who trust me with it. Too many foreign buyers lose money to problems that were entirely avoidable — a defective title, a maritime-zone concession they never truly owned, a corporation carrying someone else's debt.
I exist to catch those before they cost you. Ethically sound counsel, strategic advice, and a lawyer who actually answers the phone — that's the standard I hold on every single file.
Tamarindo is the Gold Coast’s busiest market — condos, developments and beachfront that move fast and cost real money. We make sure the deal is as solid as the price tag: clean title, the right ownership structure, and a closing that holds up.
This is where the biggest transactions in Guanacaste happen — new condo towers, gated communities, rental-income homes, and concession beachfront along Tamarindo and Playa Langosta. Fast markets attract fast deals, and fast deals are where corners get cut. Inland and hillside lots are usually titled (fee-simple in the Registro Nacional), but beachfront touches the Maritime Terrestrial Zone: concession land you hold through a permitted, foreigner-limited structure — never fee-simple.
We do the heavy due diligence a high-value Tamarindo purchase deserves — the developer’s track record, the condo’s HOA and finances, the corporation behind the listing — so a big number never hides a bigger problem. Before you wire a deposit, you’ll know exactly what you’re buying.
One lawyer, personally, from the first question to the registered deed — with the due diligence a high-value deal demands.
We pull the property and any corporation from the Registro Nacional, verify the developer or seller, and check liens, permits, HOA and boundaries — before any money moves.
We advise how to hold it — personally or through a clean corporate structure built for rentals or resale — and put a solid purchase agreement in place with your deposit protected.
As a Costa Rican Notary Public, David prepares and executes the deed and registers the transfer — handling your Tamarindo closing from our Sámara office, in English or Spanish.
The same care whether it is a pre-construction condo, a rental corporation, or a beachfront concession.
Here’s exactly what we check before you commit — the traps that catch buyers in a fast, high-value market.
Buying off-plan or in a new condo means trusting a developer and a project that mostly exists on paper. We verify the developer’s standing, the project’s permits and registration, the HOA structure and finances, and how your deposit is protected — before you’re committed.
Many Tamarindo buyers hold property in a corporation for rentals or Airbnb. Done wrong, it inherits liabilities and tax headaches. We structure ownership so your rental income and your personal assets are both protected.
Prime Tamarindo and Langosta beachfront is often concession land — governed by the municipality and ICT, foreigner-limited, not fee-simple title. We confirm the zoning, the concession’s status and term, and how you can legally hold it before a colón moves.
From Sámara and Nosara to Tamarindo, Flamingo, Conchal and Santa Teresa — local knowledge that protects your purchase, wherever on the coast you’re buying.
A laid-back Pacific beach town — from titled lots to beachfront concessions, we handle Sámara closings end to end.
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The Gold Coast’s busiest market — high-value transactions, corporations and concessions, done right in Tamarindo.
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From laid-back Brasilito to gated Reserva Conchal — covenants, title and due diligence covered.
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Straight answers to the questions we hear most in Tamarindo — written by the attorney who handles the closings, not a copywriter.
Tell us about the property — we'll tell you exactly what to watch for. No obligation.