Carlos Gonzalez

I graduated as a JD from the University of Costa Rica in 1991 and then obtained a joint masters in law and business at Northwestern University School of Law and the Kellogg School of Management. I am currently enrolled at the Columbia Journalism School at Columbia University in the journalism masters program with a digital media specialization, class of 2012. After working for 13 year in one of the most reputable law firms in Costa Rica, I decided to start my own, Gonzalez & Uribe, in 2000. Currently, Gonzalez & Uribe has a staff of around 60 and it is a full services corporate law firm. I also started 3 companies, which I have chaired since their incorporation: Stewart Title Latin America, which currently has offices in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean region Century 21 Central America, which holds the exclusive master franchise rights for Century 21 for 7 countries in Central America, including Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala and Belize. Sotheby’s International Realty - Mexico, based out of Guadalajara, Jalisco, which holds the exclusive master franchise rights for Sotheby’s International Realty for the Mexican market. In 2009, this company took over the Sotheby’s International Realty Master Franchise contract for Costa Rica, Panama and Nicaragua, and we are now fully operational in Costa Rica, with offices in San Jose and Guanacaste in the North Pacific. In 2002, I accepted a position to join the Pacheco Administration in Costa Rica, and became Deputy Minister of Finance. The Tax Collection Agency, the Customs Authority and Office for Tax Policy directly reported to me while in office.