Burke & Quirós is...

a real estate law firm in Costa Rica that endeavors to give quality person to person, legal and business administration services. Its English and Spanish speaking attorneys endeavor to help our clients attain their goals in Costa Rica with a clear-eyed and down to earth approach.

Our core service area in real estate law consulting includes due diligence on property titles from the ground up usually before drafting purchase sale agreements and definitely before executing title conveyances. We first take a hard look at issues many non – Costa Rican buyers take for granted as being covered in their home countries, such as clear access, utilities, zoning enforcement, environmental limitations, building regulations, de facto possession among others. For the buyer with an eye to developing a property we offer setting up CC&R’s, usually in the form of conservation easements and/or use restrictions recorded on titles, as well as property splits, utility easements and home owner associations. We document joint venture investments or business acquisitions with partnership agreements and corporate structures that allow for degrees of control and/or management flexibility. For the buyer looking for a second or retirement home, we take estate planning into account and usually do so with personally tailored title holding corporations. As a value added aspect of our real estate law practice we do consult on corollary matters such as construction contracting, employment relations, tax rules, and residency status. For more on this go to “Legal Tips”.

Please look around our web site and contact us with a short description of the project you have in mind. We will be glad to quote our services for consulting and other legal and business administration tasks. We look forward to hearing from you, so go ahead and click “Contact Us”, or read on …