Market: Panama

Latin Lawyer is delighted to announce the deals shortlisted for the private and public M&A, ESG and private equity categories of our 17th annual Deal of the Year Awards.

24 February 2023

Latin Lawyer is delighted to announce the deals shortlisted for the capital markets, banking and finance and project finance categories of our 17th annual Deal of the Year Awards.

23 February 2023

The New York office of Clifford Chance LLP has helped Panamanian financial group Multibank make a US$300 million notes issuance, marking the bank’s first international bond offering in six years.

23 February 2023

Latin Lawyer has registered a 34% decrease in end-of-year partner promotions at Latin American law firms, while the share of female lawyers reaching the most senior rank at their respective firms has remained in line with last year’s figures.

15 February 2023

Arendt & Medernach in Luxembourg, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP in London, three Garrigues offices and Morgan & Morgan in Panama City have helped Spanish gaming company Cirsa issue €425 million (US$426 million) worth of notes.

12 January 2023

Panamanian Elite firm Arias, Fábrega & Fábrega has boosted its finance and M&A offerings by elevating a senior associate to the partnership.

22 December 2022

Seven Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP offices, Brigard Urrutia in Bogotá, Brazil’s Mattos Filho and Rodrigo, Elías & Medrano Abogados in Lima have helped US delivery company UPS finalise its acquisition of Italian healthcare logistics group Bomi.

22 December 2022

Five offices of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Cuatrecasas in Madrid and Lisbon, D’Empaire in Caracas and Fabrega Molino in Panama City have helped US wine and spirits company Brown-Forman purchase Venezuelan rum brand Diplomático from its Spanish owner Destillers United Group.

25 October 2022

Panama has defeated an International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) claim worth over US$100 million brought by a US engineering company and its CEO who said they were unjustly targeted by corruption and money laundering probes.

19 October 2022

Brazilian restaurant operator International Meal Company (IMC) has enlisted Machado Mayer Advogados in São Paulo and Arias, Fábrega & Fábrega in Panama City to sell its remaining assets in Panama to offshore commercial catering company Inflight Holdings Cayman for US$40 million.

05 October 2022