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About Us

Our history

Bufete Godínez y Asociados was founded in 2000 as a law firm exclusively specialized in labor and employment law.

Our law firm represents employers from various industries: from small and medium-sized companies to leading multinational companies in their sector, both nationally and regionally.

Thanks to the prestige of its founder, Dr. Alexander Godínez Vargas, and the effective work carried out by the lawyers that make up the firm, throughout these years we have consolidated a reputation as a strategic ally that offers correct legal, organizational, and social responsibility solutions for the current and future requirements of your company.

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MISIÓN
MISSION
MISIÓN
MISSION

Provide comprehensive legal services, with high quality and innovation in the field of Corporate Labor Law, Social Security, Human Resource Management and Social Responsibility, in order to offer our clients effective and efficient solutions.

VISIÓN
VISION
VISIÓN
VISION

To be a leading firm in Costa Rica in matters of Corporate Labor Law, Social Security, Human Resources Management, and Social Responsibility.

VALORES
VALUES
VALORES
VALUES

- Integrity
- Teamwork
- Efficiency
- Leadership
- Confidentiality

Why are we your best option?

Our firm represents and advises employers in constructing and strengthening a culture of compliance with labor legislation. For more than 20 years, we have accumulated extensive experience in legal advice and representing public and private sector entities and multinational companies.

We distinguish ourselves because some of our lawyers are recognized as leaders in professional practice and maintain collaborative links with universities and institutions of national and international prestige. In addition, through publications and research, they continuously influence the legislative and academic development of Labor and Employment Law in Costa Rica and the region. This enables us to provide clients with comprehensive and innovative legal solutions consistent with current employment trends.

We currently advise and represent various companies that are leaders in their commercial sector, both nationally and regionally. Therefore, due to the large number of staff they hire and the high volume of their business operations, our attorneys must continually serve as business advisers in increasingly complex and challenging employment cases.

They also have extensive experience in complex litigation, in which they have represented companies and public institutions before lawsuits of more than 500 workers. Given the size of the claims in these kinds of matters, the finances or the continuity of the organizations could be seriously compromised; therefore, it is recommended to have the appropriate legal representation.

On the other hand, our team has also successfully dealt with legal or administrative claims that could severely affect our clients' reputation or good name.

In addition to the above, they have continuously advised various multinational companies, leaders in their commercial sector in processes aimed at introducing modifications to working conditions individually or through collective bargaining, disciplinary or restructuring procedures, compensation of senior executives, and cases of discrimination and sexual harassment.

One of the features that make us most proud is that, over the last two decades of operation as a legal firm specialized in labor law, we have developed a long-lasting and sustainable relationship with companies and multinational corporations that we advise and represent.

During this time, Bufete Godinez y Asociados has become familiar with the business and the sector in which our clients carry out their commercial operations: banking and financial services, telecommunications, hotels, retail trade, food distribution, and manufacturing.

Therefore, we recognize the importance of understanding the environment in which your activities take place and the objectives and challenges that you have so that our advice is in accordance with your company's interests.

Bufete Godinez y Asociados provides clients with personalized and effective legal advice and solutions to prioritize a culture of prevention and not conflict.

As a result of the preventive work carried out and implemented in companies through continuous advice and the preparation of judicial and administrative defense by our firm's lawyers, it is possible that our clients can avoid future contingencies or maximize their chances of success when controversy or conflict arises.

This approach has allowed us to achieve a high degree of success in judicial and administrative processes, in addition to reaching judicial and extrajudicial settlements that are satisfactory to the interests of our clients.

At Bufete Godinez y Asociados, we believe that correct advice on labor and employment law allows companies to maximize the growth of their business safely and sustainably; likewise, it guarantees workers that their rights are being recognized effectively.