Monserrat Soto

Partner

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  • San José

Monserrat Soto is a partner at ECIJA Costa Rica, with a solid background in Corporate, Transactional, and Intellectual Property Law

Throughout her career, she has focused her practice on Corporate and Transactional Law, specializing in Legal Project Management (LPM), leading the coordination of internal and external teams and ensuring scope, time, and budget control in regional projects and sophisticated transactions. She has participated in numerous M&A operations for key clients in sectors such as pharmaceuticals, technology, insurance, and agrochemicals, most of them with regional scope.

Since 2021, Monserrat leads the Intellectual Property practice at ECIJA, providing strategic advisory services on the protection, optimization, and risk prevention of intangible assets, with a special focus on creative industries.

Academic Background

  • Law Degree, University of Costa Rica (2014).
  • Specialist in Commercial Law, University of Costa Rica (2018).
  • CopyrightX Program, Harvard University (2021).

Recognitions

Recognized by IFLR1000, LACCA, Who’s Who Legal, Leaders League, and WTR 1000 as a market leader in corporate and intellectual property law.

Related services

  • Intellectual property
  • Corporate/Mergers and Acquisitions

"Monserrat Soto is brilliant."

Chambers & Partners

"Monserrat Soto is an outstanding person - she is always up to date, analytical, agile in her response times and coordinates her team to cover various aspects of the project in the most appropriate way."

Legal 500

"Monserrat Soto dispenses strategic IP services. She has a deep well of local knowledge that large international players find useful when trying to get protection in the market."

WTR1000