Our experts also provide the registration and representation of vessels under the Panamanian flag, and a wide range of advisory services for the establishment and maintenance of legal entities formed in a plurality of jurisdictions, including the Republic of Panama, the British Virgin Islands, Seychelles, Belize, Hong Kong, The Bahamas and The Marshall Islands.
Thanks to the quality of our service, Quijano & Associates has positioned itself as one of Panama’s most respected law firms by banks and international financial institutions, shipping lines, foreign investors and multinational companies, through its main offices in Panama, Switzerland, and subsidiaries in the British Virgin Islands, Belize, Seychelles and The Bahamas; as well as Representative Offices in Liechtenstein and Hong Kong. In addition, it has also expanded its field of activities through its own trust company: Quijano Trust Corporation. Furthermore, we are appointed Special Agents for corporate and maritime affairs in the Marshall Islands.
Multinational companies deciding to locate regional operations in Panama, international investment companies wishing to benefit from territorial taxation incentives or establishing operations in the Panamanian territory, and well-known shipping lines, have found in Quijano & Associates a law firm devoted to efficiency, trustworthiness, personalized attention, promptness and confidentiality, with more than 60 years of experience.
We are the representative members in the Republic of Panama, as well as in the other jurisdictions where we operate, of some of the most prestigious legal professional networks worldwide: the International Society of Primerus Law Firms, the Geneva Group International and International Referral (IR Global).
Quijano & Associates has a professional taskforce who is familiarized with every detail of immigration legislation now in force and effect in the Republic of Panama, and are particularly prepared to provide assistance concerning the immigration status of employees and/or dependents, and are also prepared to solve this kind of matters for local or foreign corporations or multinationals who have to arrange the resident status of foreigners as employees and/or as dependents.
Our lawyers are quite familiar with all of the existing procedures conceived to attract foreign investors, tourists and retirees requiring assistance in obtaining visas, work permits, temporary and permanent residence status and naturalization procedures.
Our list of expertise in this field includes the following, without limitation:
Quijano & Associates has also assisted a considerable number of foreigners through the entire process of naturalization up to the certificate of citizenship.
As pioneers in this field of activities as a law firm, during six decades we have built a close understanding of the business sectors in Panama and other countries in Latin America, as well as trade relations between nations in the American continent and other markets. Consequently, we are in a first class favorable position to advise our clients in respect of almost all legitimate kinds of business in the Americas and new markets as well as new investments in Panama.
We have lawyers and staff with the knowledge and experience required for providing the best assistance in the banking and financial sectors, government agencies, construction companies, insurers, ports, customs, health products and retail distribution concerns, as well as the constitution of legal entities for the given purpose and the ensuing requirements of due diligence.
Quijano & Associates’ clients find complete assistance in every stage of the transaction, from the initial interview or exchange of communications to the draft of the agreement and the closure of the transaction followed by post-close assistance. Our capabilities concerning taxation, organization, location, recruitment of staff and immigration is carefully adapted of each case.
Quijano & Associates enjoys the best reputation as a highly esteemed law firm providing advisory services in the various procedures that may be used to register and protect intellectual property rights.
Our lawyers represent clients in the process of registration of logos, symbols, images, art, phrases, tridimensional logos, signs, designs to protect the creativity and inventiveness, and at the same time oppose any attempt to violate the rights of the owner of the trademark.
In addition, we provide services to our clients by obtaining the protection of the patents of inventions, industrial designs and denomination of origin.
Our experts advise clients as from the registration of the intellectual property rights and in any process involving its sale and licensing in Panama and all over the world including, without limitation, the following:
It is important to obtain the registration of intellectual property because of the day-to-day progress and developments which underline the importance of a proper protection of intellectual property in order to contribute to the growth and development of the client’s business by preventing that third parties profit from violating those rights.
Quijano & Associates provides assistant and representation in all aspects of human resources that may or may not envolve into labor related problems with a group of lawyers who are experts in Panama’s Labor Law and have a long experience in dealing with small and big companies established in the national territory of the Republic of Panama.
From the very beginning of recruitment we develop firm relations with our clientele in all dealings related to labor relations with the Ministry of Labor’s authorities as well as the existing labor unions, in respect of dealings with workers about benefits, duties, disciplinary processes and sanctions as well as the voluntary termination of the employment by mutual agreement. Our clients include employers and employees in out-of-court claims and labor court claims.
Our Human Resources Section has established a very good reputation among workers and unions for the proper interpretation of existing legislation which have enabled us to provide services concerning human resources in labor courts, in preparing and registering the Internal Rules of Conduct, as well as the establishment of the Comité Empresarial de Salud y Seguridad en Espacios Laborales, a document of the Ministry of Labor about the establishment of a committee for employee health and safety in the place of work.
Quijano & Associates has a team of lawyers and assistants with a vast procedural experience in litigation and arbitration in Mercantile Law, Civil Law, Insurance Law, Banking Law, Family Law, Criminal Law, Constitutional Law, Corporation Law and Administrative Law.
Our Director of Litigation and Arbitration has the experience of many instances of arbitration in which he has acted as arbiter and litigating party.
Services:
Quijano & Associates’ professional team has extensive experience in providing legal advice to customers in real estate transactions (both, commercial and residential projects), hotels and horizontal ownership; offering an agile, efficient and comprehensive service that includes, among other services: the structuring of project financing, securitization of assets and mortgages, acquisitions and disposals of land (previously providing a due diligence report), the incorporation of horizontal ownership, preparation of co-ownership regulations; as well as in more common real estate transactions, such as purchases, sales and leases.
Throughout our trajectory, we have been the allied business partner of our customers, providing them with complete satisfaction, and above all, the legal certainty they need in their projects, through the rendering of a wide range of legal services, such as:
REAL ESTATE:
HORIZONTAL PROPERTY
In addition to our legal services, we generate an added value to our customers by having "an in-house notary service" and the Telematics service of the Public Registry of Panama, which allows us to optimize the time in the preparation of minutes and deeds which require notarization and registration at the Public Registry of Panama.
