Banking and Finance
Corporate Law
Mergers and Acquisitions

• Master of Laws, Yale Law School (1985) (concentration on securities regulations and finance law), Fulbright Scholar
• Master of Laws, Harvard Law School (1984) (concentration on corporate law), Fulbright Scholar
• Bachelor of Laws (Licenciatura en Derecho y Ciencias Políticas), sigma lambda , University of Panama (1983)

• Director of the Panama Canal Authority (2016-2024)
• Director of Banco General, Panama’s largest bank (2012-present)
• Director of Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior (BLADEX), a NYSE-listed company (2002-present); and Secretay (2002-2016)
• Director of Corporación La Prensa (2002-2016)
• Director of The Panama Stock Exchange (1995-2016) and Chairman (2007-2011)

• Highly regarded financial and corporate lawyer, Panama, IFLR1000 (2005-2023)
• Eminent Practitioner, corporate/M&A, Panama, Chambers Latin America (2024)
• Eminent Practitioner, capital markets, Panama, Chambers Latin America (2024)
• Eminent Practitioner, banking and finance, Panama, Chambers Latin America (2023-2024)
• Corporate/commercial: Foreign Expertise, Panama, Chambers Global (2023)

• "Taking advantage", IFLR Americas Regional Report (2015)
• "Going with the flow", IFLR Structured Finance & Securitisation Guide (2012)
• PLC Finance Multi Jurisdictional Guide (2012)
• "M&A Activity in Panama - Key Legal Issues to Consider", The International Who’s Who of Merger & Acquisition
• Lawyers (2012)
• "Infrastructure boom", IFLR Guide to Project Finance (2011)

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