+ Corporate Law and M&A

Panama´s financial platform offers the perfect ecosystem to establish your business, either for a local operation or just for treasury and back office services, offering a broad spectrum of benefits, with convenient and modern laws, granting your business the opportunity to take advantage of its robust legal system.

Arias, Abrego, López & Noriega advises clients on their corporate affairs, not only in to the constitution of joint-stock companies, limited liability companies, freelancer companies and entrepreneurship companies, but also assessing clients in matters related to corporate governance, assuring a harmonious environment among all stakeholders through Shareholders' Agreements, Investment Framework Agreements and other legal tools that allow full compliance with business policies, objectives and goals.

Our mergers and acquisitions (M&A) experts have successfully advised capitalization processes, debt issuance, acquisitions and joint investments between national companies, international financing agencies and multinational companies, reaching a transactional profile that surpasses US $ 500M.

+ Fiscal and Tax Law

We provide tax sensitive advice for our client’s activities regarding tax obligations, thoroughly analyzing all applicable legal conditions available in the industries and sectors in which they carry their business.

Our expertise covers educating and guiding our clients in matters related to their tax obligations, and extends to provide legal opinions on tax matters, litigation, administrative requests and procedures before the corresponding tax entity, payment of taxes, among other procedures and processes required in this field.

We work together with our client´s financial advisors to achieve an optimum tax structure that encompasses all incentives and legal exceptions applicable to our client’s business while fulfilling all applicable tax obligations.

+ Estates, Trusts and Foundations

We are aware that your patrimony is created with effort and hard work, aiming to ensure the well-being of your family. There are many reasons and causes that can compromise a heritage, or cause its detriment mainly arising from lack of proper organization.

With a tailor-made approach, we study each client´s needs, analyze their assets and risks, and understand their will and intention.

The objective is to offer straight-forward solutions that allow you to organize and safeguard your patrimony, protect it from unforeseen situations and avoid hereditary disputes and family conflicts among the beneficiaries, unforeseen obligations, legal problems, and unnecessary expenses.

Our Firm experts have vast experience handling different legal vehicles, depending on the client's necessities; which includes partnerships, private interest foundations and trusts established in Panama or in other jurisdictions.

Our legal experts will analyze your patrimony and tailor a structure that protects your assets.

+ Immigration

Our seasoned team of experts has vast experience advising foreigners and companies planning to establish in Panama, or hire foreign talent.

Our Lawyers provide reliable immigration legal advice, which enable you to be legally in our country and dedicated to your business, granting the peace of mind that your immigration matter will be handled successfully.

Schedule an appointment to evaluate your options and discover the immigration process that best suits your condition and nationality. Our experts will assist you in your processes before the National Immigration Service in all its dependencies nationwide.

+ Labor and Employment

Every operating company faces labor issues, such as hiring employees, labor compliance issues, layoffs, and labor disputes.

Our Law experts provide consultancy in labor law to local companies across all industries. Our vast experience and knowledge, enables our experts to advise on a broad range of labor and employment issues.

Our specialists will guide you and provide legal advice for the proper management of labor conflicts and situations, always complying with the rules that companies must observe according to the laws and regulations in force in our country.

We advise, plan, guide, and train companies making special emphasis in the rights and duties that they must comply under Panamanian law, avoiding any potential labor dispute. Notwithstanding our preventive approach, the firm also handles labor and employment processes of any kind in the different instances.

+ Real Estate & Property

We have a proven track record in real estate matters advising sellers and buyers in sales and purchase processes of different types of properties, new and pre-owned market, as well as segregations, incorporations, lease contracts, usufruct and other procedures related to real estate properties.

Our experts have extensive experience on Horizontal Property; advising promoters in the incorporation process and procedures of projects to the Horizontal Property Regime, as well as Administrations and Boards of Directors of different Horizontal Properties nationwide. Through our lawyers our clients obtain advice on the best management practices in accordance with current laws, including the attention of legal consultations, management of Owners' Assemblies, and collection of delinquent fees.

+ Public Procurement and Government Contracts

We provide legal advice to companies that supply products and/or services to the different State agencies, either through participation in tenders, direct contracts, or through concession.

Our objective is to walk with our client throughout the process, making sure they meet all the requirements of each of the National Government agencies, and provide comprehensive support during all stages of the hiring process or tender.

+ Banking and Financial

Panama has one of the most important banking and financial centers in the region, based on a dollarized economy, access to accounts with other currencies, branches of international banks established in our country, legal security, and a confidential system.

Our experts have an invaluable experience advising on the acquirement of banking licenses before the Superintendency of Banks of Panama and before the Superintendency of the Securities Market of Panama, in licensing of brokerage houses, investment advisers, investment companies, personal licenses, the registration of public offerings of securities, and other stock market operations.

Our Firm has been instrumental in the process of requesting licenses for financial companies, as well as factoring and leasing companies before the Directorate of Financial Companies of the Ministry of Commerce and Industries.

We assist in the process of opening bank, investment, personal and corporate accounts in any of the banks and financial institutions that operate in Panama.

+ Intellectual Property

A Brand is the set of elements that allow you to distinguish a product or services in the market, fulfilling the Quality Assurance Function in which the consumer identifies what type of products they are acquiring; that is, if it is good, bad, cheap, or expensive.

Due to the foregoing, intellectual property and the proper protection of these rights play an extremely important role in business, therefore, there are local and international laws that regulate the rules of invention, registration, ownership, use, and defense to provide legal certainty to its creators. For this reason, enjoying the rights granted by law when acquiring the registry is essential for any entrepreneur or businessperson who plans to garner over consumers in local businesses.

We take the protection of rights over ideas or inventions very seriously, for which we provide tailor-made services, which include but is not limited to search and availability services, registrations, defense processes, opposition and nullity, software registration, registration of artistic or literary works before the General Directorate of Copyright and Related Rights.

+ Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution

Efficient and friendly conflict resolution is the perfect and necessary combination for the successful resolution of disputes in business, however, sometimes it is necessary to resort to judicial or arbitration channels to resolve conflicts.

Accustomed to handle complex cases, our attorneys provide representation in all types of Civil and Commercial judicial processes, such as Ordinary Proceedings, Summary Proceedings, Executive Proceedings of all kinds, and Non-Contentious Proceedings. We also represent heirs in the different types of Succession Proceedings.

Our dispute resolution team has the necessary experience in negotiation, mediation and/or conciliation processes to settle conflicts extrajudicially.

In this matter, we have represented recognized operating companies, family groups, heirs, natural persons, and entities of all kinds.

+ Luxury Services

Our high-profile clients benefit of our highly personalized service, advising and representing them in different transactions such as the acquisition or sale of luxury goods, namely, pleasure boats, aircraft, vehicles, various collectibles, and art.

We adapt to our client's preferences, for their comfort and peace of mind.

+ Insurance Law

We assist in the process and obtaining of licenses for insurance companies, reinsurance companies, brokers and insurance administrators, as well as the registration and renewal of foreign reinsurance companies, and we legally accompany them in their operation.

We advise on the review and drafting of insurance policies, endorsements, coverage notes and bonds. We represent individual and corporate clients in Insurance Consumer Protection matters.

Arias, Abrego, López & Noriega brings together its experience in corporate, commercial and labor matters, with the purpose of providing comprehensive advice to its national and international insurance clients.

Our lawyers are specialists in the field, with experience as in-house counsel and external advisors to insurance and reinsurance companies.