Banking & Finance
- Shares, bonds and securities
- Investment banking
- Private banking
- Panama Stock Market
- Contracts
- Negotiable instruments
- Banking licenses
- Legal remedies
- Superintendence of Banks matters
- Superintendence of Securities matters
Counsel grounded in Panama
Legal services
Panama enjoys broad legal stability that guarantees a favorable climate for investment and business development, and the country has advanced significantly in creating fiscal and migration incentives for the major national and international projects behind its economic growth.
Real Estate
- Homeowners’ associations
- Tourism Authority matters
- Disputes and controversies
- Contract preparation and review
- Liens and property taxes
- Property registration
- Tax planning
- Condominium regulations
- Public Registry of Panama filings
- Property segregation
- Property titles
- Property transfers
Environmental Law
- Group actions
- Community hearings and participation
- Environmental impact studies
- Administrative environmental law
- Environmental standards
- Environmental permits
- Territorial environmental planning
- Environmental legal proceedings
Corporate Law
- Corporate shares
- Shareholder actions
- Shareholder agreements
- Resident agents
- Commercial arbitration
- Commercial operation permits
- National and international bank accounts
- Offshore bank accounts
- Corporate and foundation bylaws
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Corporation registration
- Joint venture registration
- Interpretation of clauses
- Articles of incorporation and foundation charters
- Civil and commercial proceedings
- Trust services
- Offshore corporations
Family & Children Law
- Adoptions
- Procedural advice
- Divorce
- Filiation
- Custody and upbringing
- Parenthood disputes
- Filing of legal remedies
- Liquidation of marital property
- Mediation and conciliation
- Alimony and child support
- Interdiction proceedings
- Protection of minors
- Visitation arrangements
- International restitution
- Separation
- Sale of a minor’s property
Tax Law
- Free trade agreements
- Competitive price tenders
- Direct government contracts
- Tax controversies
- Real estate taxes
- Public tenders
- Panamanian fiscal opportunities
- Statute of limitations on tax payments
- Corrections filed before the DGI
- International taxation
Labor Law
- Employment contracts
- Collective bargaining agreements
- Conciliation board proceedings
- Labor litigation
- Work permits
- Administrative proceedings
- Legal remedies
- Employee manuals
- Legal representation
Maritime Law & Vessel Registration
- International tonnage certificates
- Guaranteed vessel credit contracts
- Minimum crew requirements
- Contract drafting and review
- Issuance of legal opinions
- Vessel purchase financing
- Radio licenses
- Navigation patents
- Vessel purchase-and-sale agreements
- Drafting, review and registration of naval mortgage amendments
- Vessel and naval mortgage registration
- Panamanian corporations for maritime purposes
- Vessel-holding corporations
- Vessel purchase and sale transactions
Litigation & Procedural Law
- Application of the principle of discretion
- Civil cases
- Criminal cases
- Sentence conversion
- Bail
- Adjuvant third-party incidents
- Excluding third-party incidents
- Interested third-party incidents
- Material indemnity
- Alternative precautionary measures
- Appeals
- Cassation remedies
- Victim representation in criminal cases
- Criminal asset seizure
- Seizure and garnishment
- Suspension of proceedings
- Sentence substitution
Migration & Naturalization
- Immigration status
- Naturalization
- Personal identity card (cédula)
- Multiple entry and exit permits
- Country admission registry
- Repatriation
- Residency
- Visas
Visas & Residency Programs
- Marriage to a Panamanian national
- Marrakech Agreement
- Executive visa
- Student visa
- Agricultural investment
- Business investment
- Reforestation investment
- “País Amigo” (Friendly Nations)
- Pensioner and retiree visa
- Household personnel
- Professional visa
- Financial solvency
Estate Planning & Asset Protection
- Asset-protection audits
- Administrative trusts
- Investment trusts
- Trusts protecting minors and incapacitated persons
- Testamentary trusts
- Private interest foundations
- Foundation charters
- Asset protection
- Foundation regulations
- Asset transfers
Intellectual Property & Brands
- Joint venture advice
- Trademark cancellation and invalidity
- Contracts
- Franchises
- Licenses
- Litigation
- Trademark, invention and patent registration
- Technology transfer
- Intellectual property violations
Insurance & Reinsurance
- Arbitration and conflict mediation
- Legal advice for insurers and policyholders
- Indemnity
- Insurance company licenses
- Insurance broker licenses
- Reinsurance licenses
- Litigation and controversies
Economic Development Zones
- Arbitration and mediation
- Installation and operation permits
- Negotiation of agreements
- Lease contracts
- Purchase and sale contracts
- Concession contracts
- Disputes and litigation
- Tax, migration and labor incentives
- Investment opportunities
- Special customs regime
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