Litigation and Dispute Resolution

While our primary role is to assist our clients in protecting their interests without the need to resort to dispute resolution, once our client is involved in a dispute, we have the capacity and know how to help him limit its risks and gain the advantage or result been sought. 

In that sense, our attorneys routinely handle from the most simple, to the most complex forms of litigation.  We assist local and foreign clients with their dispute resolution needs in Panama and help our local clients coordinate litigation efforts abroad.  Among the areas of litigation we most commonly handle are:

•Business related matters
• Arbitration and mediation
• Insolvency
• Asset recovery
• Labor disputes
• Intellectual property litigation
• Administrative disputes
• Estate disposition
• Partnership disputes
• International disputes

Commercial Transactions

Our attorneys have ample experience in the field of commercial transactions which include from corporate aspects related to new business incorporation to complex contract negotiations and requests of governmental licenses and permits.  By way of example only, the following are included among the most common functions we perform:

• Incorporation tasks
• Shareholder and/or partnership contracts
• Distribution, licensing and franchising agreements
• Commercial licenses
• Trade and service marks
• Public bids
• Due diligence
• Banking
• Negotiable documents
• Electronic contracts
• Hydrocarbon exploration contracts
• Immigration requests
• Real estate
• Tourism
• Trusts
• Private Foundations
• Employment contracts
• Collective bargaining

Such services are rendered indistinctly in Spanish or in English, depending on the needs of each client.