Icaza, González-Ruiz & Alemán — Panama
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About
Icaza, Gonzalez-Ruiz & Aleman is a Panamanian law firm established in 1920. It is composed of a team of 39 lawyers capable of handling the most important branches of law, both at national and international levels. It is one of the country’s leading law firms upholding a strong commitment to client responsibility and unyielding ethics. The firm: Supported by excellent academic credentials and significant experience in legal services, the firm looks after the individual needs of a distinguished and diverse clientele. With over 100 years of experience, the beginnings of this prestigious law firm date back to the first quarter of the last century, when jurists Juan Lombardi (1875-1944) and Carlos Icaza (1895-1979) founded the firm Lombardi and Icaza in 1920. Almost 30 years later, the firm became Icaza, Gonzalez-Ruiz & Aleman. Since then, the partners of Icaza, Gonzalez-Ruiz & Aleman have contributed in significant ways to the structure and jurisprudential blueprints of Panama, with a number of its lawyers leaving an indelible print in public service as pioneers who contributed to the creation of the legal structure of the country. Over the years, the firm has evolved and expanded alongside Panama’s international services center, delivering services of the highest caliber and enjoying an unrivalled reputation. Icaza, Gonzalez-Ruiz & Aleman provides tailor-made, sophisticated solutions to key corporate clients, international institutions, and public entities while remaining committed to offering a partner-led, individualized legal service and advice to private clients. The firm’s specialized and high-caliber work has also been acknowledged by important international organizations such as the World Bank and The Inter-American Development Bank, which have been clients of the firm both internationally and locally. Areas of practice: The legal team has the capacity and required experience to render comprehensive legal consulting in 22 practice areas, including administrative; admiralty and shipping; banking and finance; capital markets and securitization; communications and information technology (CIT); corporate law; consumer protection and competition law; environment and energy; immigration and naturalization; labor; insurance and reinsurance; intellectual property; international commerce; litigation and alternative dispute resolution; mergers and acquisitions; public contracts and privatizations; taxation; company formation; trust and estate planning; and private foundations. This work is supported by the firm’s membership of prestigious international legal networks, such as Multilaw, a global network of independent law firms, which connects Icaza, Gonzalez-Ruiz & Aleman, and its clients with legal professionals in more than 150 cities around the world. ### Languages - Spanish - English - Portuguese - French - Italian ### Memberships - International Bar Association (IBA) - Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners (STEP) - Multilaw - International Trademark Association (INTA) - Inter-American Association of Industrial Property (ASIPI) - International Fiscal Association (IFA) - International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)- Panama Chapter - PrivacyRules ### Staffing Figures - 14 Other fee-earners - 250 Total staff
Practice areas
Lawyers in this office
Adolfo González-Ruiz
Corporate Law, Company Formation and Management and Public Contracting. · Corporate / M&A
Alexis V. Herrera Ríos
Public Contracting & Privatization; Mergers, Acquisitions and Financing; Corporate Law; Maritime and Admiralty; Environmental and Energy Law; Labor & Employment; E-Commerce; Communications & IT; Litigation & Alternate Dispute Resolution. · Public Contracting & Privatization
Alfredo Fonseca Z.
Alfredo Fonseca is a Partner at Icaza, González-Ruiz & Alemán with fifteen years of experience in the profession. He specializes in Energy & Hydrocarbons, Maritime and Admiralty Law, Banking & Finance, and Corporate Law. He has been part of the team involved in several high-profile transactions in the Energy and Infrastructure sectors, specifically for project financing and mergers and acquisitions. · Energy & Hydrocarbons
Ana Graciela Medina
Communications & IT; Corporate; Immigration and Naturalization; Real Estate; Tourism Law. · Communications & IT
Ayleen Quintero
Inmigration and Naturalization, Real Estate & Tourism, Special Economic Zones, and Contracts. · Immigration & Naturalization
Carlos Villalobos
Litigation & ADR · Litigation
Domingo Díaz
Banking Law, Company Formation and Management, Contracts, Corporate Law, Real Estate and Tourism · Banking & Finance
Domingo Díaz de la Guardia
Administrative Law, Company Formation and Management, Corporate Law. · Administrative Law
Eduardo Flores B.
Labor Law · Labor & Employment
Estefania Alemán
Panama Trusts and Vista Trusts, and Energy and Hydrocarbons. · Trusts & Estates
Fernando González-Ruiz
Associate · Intellectual Property
Francisco González-Ruiz
Administrative Law; Company Formation and Management;Contracts; Corporate Law; Intellectual Property; Panama Private Interest Foundations · Administrative Law
Gabriel González-Ruiz
Public Procurement and Privatizations, Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Tax Law, Banking Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, Project Finance · Public Procurement
Gabriela Tejada de Britton
Intellectual Property: Trademarks, patents, utility models, industrial designs, slogans, copyrights, trade and domain names. · Intellectual Property
Javier Vallarino
Labor Law: Advisor on labor issues, queries, procedures, conciliation, negotiations, claims and labor litigation · Labor & Employment
Joaquín Díaz Strunz
Labor Law; Company Formation and Management; Corporate Law; Contracts; Panama Private Interest Foundations; Migration and Naturalization. · Labor & Employment
Joel Medina
Maritime Law, Company Formation and Management, Corporate Law · Maritime Law
Karen Tejeira
Labor Law · Labor & Employment
Luis Chalhoub M.
Administrative Law; Banking and Finance; Capital Markets; Consumer Protection & Competition; Contracts, Insurance and Re-Insurance; Panama Trusts; Trust Services. · Administrative Law
Mariano Oteiza Díaz
Administrative Law; Company Formation and Management; Contracts; Corporate Law; Panama Private Interest Foundations · Administrative Law
Mariano Oteiza Icaza
Banking Law, Corporate Law; Contracts; Company Formation and Management; Real Estate and Tourism; Panama Private Interest Foundations; Trust Services. · Banking & Finance
Mariela de la Guardia O.
Law; Public Contracting, Company Formation and Management; Contracts; Corporate Law; Intellectual Property; Panama Private Interest Foundations. · Public Procurement
Marisol Ellis
Litigation & ADR · Litigation
Michelle Oteiza de de la Guardia
Administrative Law, Banking Law & Finance, Capital Market, Contracts, Corporate Law, Insurance and Re-insurance, Mergers & Acdquisitions, Panama Private Interest Foundations, Panama Trust and Trust Services · Administrative Law
Moisés Rivera
Partner · Intellectual Property
Nora Jurado
Corporate Law, Maritime and Admiralty. · Corporate / M&A
Roberto Aleman
Corporate Law · Corporate / M&A
Yexadira García
Company Formation and Management; Corporate Law; Trusts in different jurisdictions. · Company Formation & Management