“I provide companies and investors with legal advice of the highest quality in the market, combined with a commercial and human perspective that facilitates the decision-making process. My approach is to always put my client first, give them the priority they deserve by granting a fast response rate, respecting their budget through fixed prices and taking a stance focused on solving my clients' problems. This allows me to obtain consistent results, always giving a respectful, timely and transparent treatment.”
Herman Duarte, Director
I am Salvadoran and Swiss resident in Costa Rica with a bit more tan 10 years of being a lawyer. I am licensed to practice law in El Salvador and Costa Rica.
I am honest, methodical and pragmatic to work. I give clarity on legal matters in arbitration, corporate/commercial, real estate, immigration, administrative, criminal and constitutional matters. I design legal strategies, with a commercial vision, to achieve the objectives of my clients.
Currently, in addition to directing Simple Legal Consulting, I am the representative for Costa Rica of the technology and arbitration company Arbitrator Intelligence and advisor of the Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation. Until December 2020 I served as an officer of the human rights committee of the International Bar Association, and as president of Fundación Igualitos.
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Solid academics credentials from top universities in the world.
He holds a Master in Human Rights and Politics from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) thanks to the Chevening scholarship, he is a Master of Law (LLM) in International Commercial Arbitration from the University of Stockholm (awarded as Extraordinary Alumnus); participated in the executive leadership program of the Stanford Graduate School of Business and graduate in Legal Sciences from ESEN, validated by the University of Costa Rica.
The quality of Herman Duarte's work has been recognized globally and locally.
Considered a promoter of freedom of expression by La Prensa Gráfica (2016), he was selected by El País Que Viene (2017) as co-author of the second edition of the book that presents extraordinary profiles of the country. Since 2017, Chambers and Partners have recommended him as one of the best lawyers in El Salvador and Costa Rica for conflict resolution, and in the year he was awarded as “Inspirational Lawyer for Promoting Equal Opportunities of the LGBT Community”. Recognized as OUTstanding Future Leader published by Financial Times (2017 and 2018). As well as a lawyer with the best professional projection in El Salvador (2018) by Law & Business. Duarte has been named Honorary Falcon, by Dr. Silvia Castro and Chevening fellow.
Publications.
With a large media presence, Duarte has appeared in more than 200 news articles in outlets such as Financial Times, The Economist and has written more than 115 press articles in the main newspapers and magazines in Central America where he speaks about technology, human rights, rule of law and purpose. He is also the co-author of 9 books and the author of “Is it justifiable to discriminate? A cultural discussion on the rule of law, freedoms and sexuality ”. In this link you can see a complete list of my publications:
Conferences.
I have had the pleasure of giving conferences in London, Paris, Stockholm, Oslo, New York, Boston, San José, San Salvador, Managua, Buenos Aires, Guatemala City, Montevideo, Lima, Madrid and Mexico. In this link you can see a complete list of my conferences:
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