Uri Weinstok
uweinstok@weinstok.co.cr
Attorney at Law and Notary Public from the University of Costa Rica, he obtained a Postgraduate Diploma in Competition Law at King’s College, University of London, United Kingdom.
He coordinates the services of the firm, directing and supervising the different practice areas.
He is member to the Commission to Promote Competition (Costa Rican Competition authority), he is a certified commercial arbitrator, and a consultant on Consumer issues for the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
He is the general counsel of the Instituto Nacional de la Publicidad (INPUB), the main organization of the advertising industry, comprising media, advertisers and agencies. Up until 2008, he was the regional president of the Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA).
Author of the “Handbook of Good Commercial Practices towards Consumers”, which was adopted by Costa Rica’s Consumer Protection Agency as the official guidelines for the trade in their relations with consumers, as well as the Self-regulation Code for the advertising industry in Costa Rica, which is in the process of being implemented.
In the year 2008 he was included among the 40 most successful professionals under 40 years old, which is published yearly by the financial newspaper El Financiero. He has published various articles un specialized newspapers and magazines, and he has been invited as a speaker at various national and international venues.