International Commercial and Finance Law Firm in Panama

Icaza, Gonzalez-Ruiz & Aleman

Main Office
Aquilino de la Guardia Street No. 8
IGRA Building
Panama 74951
Panama

+507 205-6000

+507 269-4891

www.icazalaw.com

Contact Ms. Sofia Rodriguez

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Law Firm Overview

Icaza, Gonzalez-Ruiz & Aleman, founded in the year 1920 under the name Lombardi e Icaza, grows with the center of international services in Panama.

Its founders are pioneers among those who contributed to the creation of the legal structure in our country, which has been developing in order to become the international financial center it is today.

Presently, Icaza, Gonzalez-Ruiz & Aleman has a qualified group of lawyers, who day to day expand, enrich and renew the capacity of the firm, with studies and up to date specializations, both in Panama and abroad, which have converted it into an organization with ample capacity to attend every aspect of legal counseling demanded of cities with important financial and commercial activities.

The competence areas of these professionals cover several worldwide jurisdictions which, together with the great demand of services related to international operations, has led the firm to establish affiliates in important financial centers. Presently, Icaza, González-Ruíz & Alemán, offers its services with an office located at Panama. The depth of over 90 years of experience guarantees the timely delivery of top quality solutions in every service rendered.

Year this Office was Established: 1920

Languages: Spanish, English, French, Italian.

Areas of Law

Additional Areas of Law: Re-Insurance; Panama Private Interest Foundations; Public Contracting & Privatization; Trust Services; Panama Trusts; Vista Trusts.

Areas of Law Description

Icaza, Gonzalez-Ruiz & Aleman provides legal help on the following areas of practice:

- Administrative Law

We offer to our clients a complete range of services in the area of administrative law. Panama, like other modern states, is introducing an ever-expanding web of regulations and procedures, that both individual and corporate entities need to deal with, in the course of their business or other affairs.

- Banking and Finance

Icaza, Gonzalez-Ruiz & Aleman has been able to accumulate invaluable expertise that benefits our international and domestic clients. Being sensitive to the domestic legal, regulatory and cultural considerations we are regularly assisting financial institutions that wish to operate from Panama.

- Capital Markets

Icaza, Gonzalez-Ruiz & Aleman expertise includes transactions on various asset-backed facilities secured on a variety of assets as property, insurance, concessions, lease, trade and account receivables, often documenting innovative structures as well as traditional ones.

- Communications & IT'

The expertise of our CIT lawyers makes Icaza, Gonzalez-Ruiz & Aleman the leading law firm in Panama in this area of business, delivering expert tailor-made solutions to e-business and technologies issues.

- Company Formation and Management

Our lawyers focus on tax-oriented advice and can offer a very broad spectrum of vehicles for the international structuring of business and private equity by selecting the most suitable corporate structures from their transactional expertise on a choice of domiciles.

- Consumer Protection & Competition

Icaza, Gonzalez-Ruiz & Aleman has a team of expert lawyers who are specialized in dealing with current regulations applicable to the aforesaid free competition and consumer protection matters. We have acted for complainants and respondents.

- Contracts

The attorneys at Icaza, Gonzalez-Ruiz & Alemán have the expertise and the academic preparation required to advice on commercial matters.

- Corporate Law

Our firm may assist its clients in all legal matters related to corporations and their shareholders, directors, officers, employees, agents, creditors, partnerships, intellectual property, trusts, contracts, environmental issues, among others, including all kinds of litigation.

- Energy and Environmental

Icaza, Gonzalez-Ruiz & Aleman have demonstrated technical expertise in various deals involving complex environmental and commercial issues related to the idiosyncratic geographical characteristics of Panama, such as hydrographic, preservation and maintenance, and transport issues.

- Immigration and Naturalization

This department deals with any immigration matters, on behalf of our independent and/or international corporate clients in their Panamanian business dealings and in conjunction with the employment and labor law practice.

- Insurance and Re-Insurance

Our insurance and re-insurance specialist team has built excellent record and good business relationships with clients in the Insurance industry.

- Intellectual Property

Icaza, Gonzalez-Ruiz & Aleman has an intellectual property department with significant experience across the field. We deal with all the needs of our domestic and international clients in a national or regional level.

- Labor and Employment

Icaza, Gonzalez-Ruiz & Aleman has an employment and labor law team well versed both in the regulatory framework that governs this area of law and the industrial relationships reality in various industry sectors.

- Litigation & ADR

Icaza, Gonzalez-Ruiz & Aleman has one of the leading litigation practices, and benefits from long experience and in-depth specializations of its partners, associates and paralegal staff.

- Maritime and Admiralty

Icaza, Gonzalez-Ruiz & Aleman continuously offers a wide range of legal services to the international maritime community. Maritime law has been at the core of our practice since 1920.

- Private Interest Foundations

The main objective of Private Interest Foundations is to provide a legal vehicle that will allow you to protect, to ease the administration of and to avoid hereditary processes of your personal estate.

- Public Contracting & Privatization

Icaza, Gonzalez-Ruiz & Aleman has been acting for sponsors and host-authorities of the public sector as well as for private parties such as developers, investors, commercial purchasers, contractors, and concessionaires.

- Real Estate & Tourism

We have a specialized team of attorneys that serves the needs of our clients in an integral manner in order to make the experience of visiting, relocating or investing in Panama, a pleasant and enjoyable one.

- Taxation

Our tax practice has won the trust of a wide range of clients, both individual and corporate, for the quality of the advice that it has produced. Icaza, Gonzalez-Ruiz & Aleman offers optimal solutions regarding taxes for every type of activity.

- Trust Services

It allows for a flexible and effective asset management and controlled distribution, timely, to family members and others, in the stages or under the conditions that the original owner wishes.

Affiliations

MULTILAW
INTA
IBA
STEP

Partners

	Alvaro A. Alemán H. Partner Employment, Government Contracts, Labor, Litigation, Public Law		Roberto R. Alemán H. Partner Business Law, Communication, Contracts, Corporate Law, Investment Law
	Luis A. Chalhoub M. Partner Banking and Finance, Commercial Law, Consumer Law, Contracts, Estate Planning		Domingo A. Díaz S. Partner Banking and Finance, Business Formation, Corporate Law, Real Estate
	Joaquín A. Díaz S. Partner Business Law, Corporate Law, Employment, Environmental Law, Estate and Trust		Francisco González-Ruiz A. Partner Agency and Distributorship, Litigation, Administrative Law
	Gabriel González-Ruiz A. Partner Communication, Corporate Law, Government Contracts, Litigation, Public Law		Alexis V. Herrera Jr. Partner Admiralty and Maritime, Business Law, Communication, Corporate Law, Energy
	Nora E. Jurado R. Partner Admiralty and Maritime, Corporate Law, International Companies, Administrative Law		Ana Graciela Medina Partner Communication, Immigration, Naturalization and Citizenship, Real Estate, Work Permit
	Joel R. Medina Partner Admiralty and Maritime, Communication, Corporate Law, Energy, Environmental Law		Hugo Morán R. Partner Intellectual Property, Litigation
	Michelle Oteiza de de la Guardia Partner Banking Law, Contracts, Estate and Trust, Family Law, Mergers and Acquisitions		Mariano J. Oteiza I. Partner Contracts, Corporate Law, International Corporations
	Gabriela Tejada de Britton Partner Intellectual Property

Associates

	Diego J. Alemán R. Associate Corporate Law, Litigation, Administrative Law		Mariela I. de la Guardia Oteiza Associate Intellectual Property
	Marisol T. Ellis Associate Alternative Dispute Resolution, Arbitration, Business Litigation, Civil Litigation, Commercial Litigation		Jordana C. Fasano M. Associate Commercial Law, Communication, Contracts, Immigration, Labor
	Yexadira N. García G. Associate Corporate Law, Estate and Trust		Rosaura González Marcos Associate Administrative Law, Banking and Finance, Banking Law, Capital Markets, Commercial Law
	Fernando González-Ruiz M. Associate Immigration, Intellectual Property, Naturalization and Citizenship		Eturvides Maldonado Barrios Associate Litigation
	Mr. Mariano J. Oteiza Díaz Associate Contracts, Corporate Law, Offshore Services, Administrative Law		Javier José Vallarino Associate Employment, Labor
	Carlos E. Villalobos J. Associate Litigation

Of Counsel

	Rodolfo R. Chiari C. Senior Counsel Banking Law, Commercial Law, Corporate Law, Mining		Domingo Díaz A. Senior Counsel Banking and Finance, Corporate Law, Insurance, Real Estate, Administrative Law
	Alexis V. Herrera V. Senior Counsel Banking and Finance, Civil Rights, Corporate Law, Insurance, Litigation		Juan E. Lombardi T. Senior Counsel Agency and Distributorship, Agricultural Law, Business Law, General Practice, Insurance
	Juan A. Tejada Mora Senior Counsel Banking Law, Bankruptcy, Capital Markets, Corporate Law, Estate and Trust		Vasco R. Wendehake F. Senior Counsel Corporate Law, Franchising, Administrative Law