About
Managing Partner at Arias in Panama, Siaska SSS Lorenzo advises on labor, data privacy, competition, telecommunications, energy, infrastructure, public procurement and administrative law; she founded Arias’ Panama office in 2011 and has been Managing Partner since 2016. Previously she was a partner for 21 years at a prominent Panamanian firm, led the team that drafted Panama’s General Telecommunications Law in 1995, and served as Editorial Chief Director of La Prensa (2005–2009).
Practice areas
Labor LawData PrivacyCompetition / AntitrustAdministrative & Constitutional LawEnergy & Natural ResourcesPublic ProcurementInfrastructure / PPPTechnology, Media & Telecommunications
Office
Expertise
TelecommunicationsEnergyInfrastructure & Public-Private PartnershipsPrivatizations (energy, water, sugar, cement, casinos)Government Procurement & Public BiddingCorporate & Contractual AdvisoryAdvising Multinational/Foreign InvestorsConsumer Protection & Regulatory Matters
Education
- Bachelor of Law and Political Science, Universidad Santa María La Antigua (USMA) — summa cum laude; valedictorian
- LL.M., Harvard University
Admissions
- Panamanian Bar Association
- Neutral Arbitrator, International Centre for Dispute Resolution (AAA-ICDR), Miami, USA
- Certified Arbitrator, National Arbitration & Mediation (NAM), New York, USA
- Certified Arbitrator, Panamanian Chamber of Commerce
- Certified Public Translator (English/Spanish)
Languages
SpanishEnglishPortuguese