Professional Services

We have created a modern law firm with a strong commitment to a long-term relationship with our clients. Our lawyers are multilingual and professional. We have many foreign clients that come to Costa Rica to relocate to a peaceful country for retirement, residency, or for business.

We provide all legal services for your commercial matters and the areas of legislation that relate to your company. Some areas are labor, administrative rights, tributaries, licenses, patents, and traffic. Also, notary services for the legalization of any legal instrument, consulting for legal actions and contracts, the emission of certifications, title searches, and the inscription steps to register property and titles are also available.

At Meléndez & Bonilla Law Firm, you get both the individualized service that you would with a private lawyer plus the expertise of a big law firm that can handle commercial litigation at the international level.

Immigration and Residency

We offer our clients full immigration and residency services, as well as relocation help for individuals and companies. Our services include immigration permissions for individuals, retirement, family members, investors, and work permits for foreign workers that your company may need.

• Retirement
• Foreign income
• Investment
• Family
• Work permits
• Embassy registration
• Official translations

Family, Marriage, Divorce

We offer our services for all family matters. Many people get married in Costa Rica, and we provide marriage services and prenuptial agreements. Unfortunately, some lead to separation and divorce, and we provide legal services for child support, alimony, and visitation rights.

• Marriage
• Divorce
• Prenuptial agreement
• Wills
• Trusts
• Adoption
• Settlement agreement

Labor, Hiring, Firing, Pay, Vacations

We pride ourselves on our reputation to complete litigation cases for employees and employers in the matters of employment and labor law. We provide representation in cases of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, non-compete agreements, wrongful termination, employment contracts, and more.

Our firm allows you to arm yourself with the knowledge of your rights under the labor laws.

• Training and seminars
• Due diligence and auditing
• Labor litigation
• Disciplinary actions
• Labor contracts
• Internal labor regulation
• Revision of pay and working conditions
• Revision of CAJA and INS
• Registration with social security and workmen's insurance

Corporation Formation, Business Law, Regulations

There are many things to be considered while setting up a new business, especially an offshore one. For one, you will need an experienced consultant or a consulting firm who can assist you fully and properly with your objectives of forming an offshore corporation. The Law Office of Meléndez and Bonilla will be able to provide you with high-quality, complete turnkey assistance and legal advice in the process of forming a business corporation in Costa Rica.

We offer legal advice in all areas that concern or affect your company, and all aspects of the law that involve commercial activity.

• The formation of companies, private and public
• Sociedad Anónima S.A. and Sociedad de Responsabilidad Limitada S.R.L.
• Power of attorney, general and specific
• Certification of good standing (Personerías)
• Trademarks and commercial names
• Leases and rent contracts
• Operating permission for affiliated companies or foreign branches
• Collections by legal process
• Certificate of incumbency
• Taxes and filing requirements