Our law firm

With 100 years of successful trajectory, Morgan & Morgan is a full-service Panamanian law firm, regularly assisting local and multinational corporations from different industries, as well as recognized financial institutions, government agencies, and individual clients.

We support local companies and multinational corporations from various industries, as well as well-known financial institutions, government agencies and private clients.

We have a team of lawyers with considerable experience in multidisciplinary practices that cover the entire scenario of our clients' needs.

About Morgan & Morgan

Founded in 1923

1000 people in their team


Practice areas
Business
Employment & Labor
Lawsuits & Disputes
Real Estate
Immigration
Elder Law
Insurance
Intellectual Property
Criminal Defense

Languages spoken
Spanish
English

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Practice areas

Business

Morgan & Morgan has the most complete Mergers and Acquisitions team in Panama. From antitrust to taxes, the firm participates in complex local and cross-border transactions (including joint ventures and public private partnerships). We work with major local and multinational corporations from several industries including banks, energy, water and sewage, retail, mining & metals, real estate, ports, construction, insurance, media, telecommunications and financial services. 

Administrative
Aviation
Banking & Finance
Board of Investment (BOI)
Business Registration
Contract
Due Diligence
Employer
Environment
Franchising
International
Investment
Legal Document
Licensing
Merger & Acquisition
New Business Formation
Office Solutions
Oil, Gas & Energy
Securities
Tax

Employment & Labor

Morgan & Morgan with a strong practice in employment and labor law, serves local and multinational companies, offering practical counseling designed to prevent potentially labor and employment disputes.

Our lawyers provide practical and creative approaches to employee relations, including:

  • Disciplinary Procedures
  • Drafting of employment offer letters, employment agreements, including confidentiality agreements and non-compete clauses
  • Wage
  • Employee handbooks, policies and regulations
  • Global Employment and expatriates’ solutions
  • Benefits and Pensions
  • Disability rights
  • Sexual harassment: prevention and remediation
  • Due diligences
  • Counselling on employer substitutions, mergers and acquisitions
  • Compliance with health and safety regulations
  • Workers’ compensation
  • Terminations
  • Litigation
  • Negotiating collective bargaining agreements
  • Handling arbitration proceedings
Employment Rights
Hiring & Firing
Job Discrimination
Labor Law
Pension
Retirement
Sexual Harassment
Social Security
Wage & Hour
Wrongful Termination

Lawsuits & Disputes

Morgan & Morgan has a strong reputation in all types of litigation and arbitration processes involving Panamanian law before the various jurisdictional bodies of the Republic of Panama: Civil Courts, Maritime Courts, Labor Tribunals, Administrative agencies, Private Arbitration, and Criminal Courts.

ADR Mediation & Arbitration
Appeal
Class Action
Litigation

Real Estate

Morgan & Morgan has substantial experience advising major multinational companies, investors, developers, operators, contractors and financial institutions, in complex real estate transactions in Panama; including financing, acquisition, selling, leasing, permits (including environmental matters), construction and development (through horizontal property or other regimes).

Brokerage
Commercial Real Estate
Foreclosure
Housing, Construction & Development
Land Use & Zoning
Landlord & Tenant
Mortgage
Real Estate Contracts and Negotiations
Real Estate Due Diligence

Immigration

Morgan & Morgan represents individuals and multinational companies doing business in Panama, who need to relocate their foreign executive staff and their families.  Our team located in Panama City and in Penonome (capital of the Panamanian province of Cocle), has extensive experience in all aspects of Immigration Law and labor immigration law, including:

Visas
Residence Permits, including:

  • Friendly Nations
  • 10% and 15% quota
  • Marrakech Agreement
  • Multinational Headquarters (SEM)
  • Married to a Panamanian Citizen
  • Foreign Professional
  • Self-Economic Solvency
  • Retired Bond Holder
  • Panama Italy Agreement

Work permits, including:

  • Friendly Nations
  • Indefinite term based on 10 years of residence
  • 10% and 15% quota
  • Marrakech Agreement
  • Temporary Technicians
  • Married to a Panamanian Citizen
  • Foreign Professional
  • Panama Italy Agreement

Citizenships
Passports
Travel authorizations for minors
Multiple Exit and Entry Permits
Non-Resident Multiple Visas
Certifications of no restriction to travel
Counselling on immigration and labor of corporate restructuring and compliance

Asylum
Business Visa
Canada Startup Visa
Citizenship
Citizenship by Investment
Dependent Visa
Golden Visa
Permanent Residency
Residence by Investment
Retirement Visa
Thailand Elite Visa
Work Permit

Elder Law

Morgan & Morgan is a leading firm in providing fiduciary services as well as in the management and administration of diverse structures made up of trusts, private interest foundations and corporations constituted in the different jurisdictions where we have a presence. 

Estate Planning
Probate
Trusts
Will & Testament

Insurance

Morgan & Morgan is a leading firm in providing fiduciary services as well as in the management and administration of diverse structures made up of trusts, private interest foundations and corporations constituted in the different jurisdictions where we have a presence. 

Bad Faith Insurance
Health insurance
Insurance Defense
Insurance Fraud
Life Insurance

Intellectual Property

Morgan & Morgan has one of the most complete Intellectual Property Departments in Panama. The firm advises clients in the filing and registration of trademarks, service marks, slogans, trade names, inventions, utility models, industrial designs and plant varieties under Industrial Property Law, as well as to how to protect their creations such as music, audiovisual works, phonographic productions, books, computer software and also representing clients in negotiations which involve the assignment or licensing of their copyright, for both a national and international protection, under Copyright Law.

Copyright
Patent
Trademark

Criminal Defense

Morgan & Morgan has a team of lawyers with substantial experience in criminal matters, including financial and business frauds, injuries to economical heritage, informatics security, and crimes against public administration and national economy.

The firm is a pioneer in incorporating the Criminal Law practice within large firms in our country. Although we are a traditional firm, a test trial of adding criminal lawyers turned out to be positive for our general practice.

Arrests & Searches
Bail Bond Service
Criminal Litigation
Drug Crime
Drunk Driving
Sex Crime
Speeding & Traffic Ticket

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