Maria del Mar Herrera

Experience
María del Mar has more than 15 years of experience providing legal advice on the most complex and diverse matters relating to commercial litigation, legal compliance, risk assessment, e-commerce, new technologies and consumer protection legislation.
She has advised leading local and multinational companies in the financial, education, retail, energy, pharmaceutical, real estate and telecommunications sectors.
María del Mar has also delivered numerous workshops and lectures, and has trained staff at major national and multinational companies, as well as public institutions and non-profit organizations, on topics such as data protection, e-commerce, new technologies, arbitration and consumer protection. She has published numerous articles on these subjects and is a go-to source for various regional media outlets.
She is currently a member of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Commission of the Colegio de Abogados de Costa Rica, the Digital Disruption Commission of the Cámara de Infocomunicación y Tecnología de Costa Rica, and the Commission on Harmonization of Rules and Electronic Commerce of the Colegio de Abogados, and represents the Unión Costarricense de Cámaras Empresariales before the Drafting Commission of Costa Rica’s Ley de Comercio Electrónico (Electronic Commerce Act).
She completed her law degree at the Universidad de Costa Rica (2006)