Areas of Practice
We deliver consistent services across our platform of practices & sectors in all the matters we undertake. RIVERA-GONZALEZ LAW FIRM, we offer you integral legal advice with value-added services in different areas of law practice, among them:
Private Interest Foundation
The Private Interest Foundation in Panama is the tool for estate planning per excellence. Although Private Interest Foundations cannot engage in any commercial activity, they could be the owners of bank accounts, estates, and real estate property, and may even own shares in corporations in Panama or anywhere in the world.
Usually, the figure of the Foundations can be confused with a corporation, so we suggest, send us any question or comment you may have, and we will guide you through your inquires.
Ask for our ESTATE PLANNING PACKAGE… a complete set of legal documents that will help you organize your assets, even for future distribution for your heirs.
Real Estate law
Panama has become in recent years, one of the major capitals of the world for real estate development. We can provide you with the best and most comprehensive advice, so you can make your investment in a reliable way if you want to acquire a property in Panama.
Whether you are a single investor looking to relocate to Panama, or a real estate developer…Our team has the experience you need for any Purchase-Sale transaction, all things related to the development of real estate projects, PH Regulations.
Selling a property and don´t know what steps to be taken? No problem, one of the main specialties of our firm is Real Estate Law, with over 20 years of experience combined and hundreds of deals successfully closed. We are here for you.
Corporate & Commercial Law
Our legal professionals have extensive experience and specialization in Corporate and Commercial Law, as they have served as Legal Advisors to important companies in the locality.
For this reason, we can offer you the mechanisms and legal advice needed to better perform your business activities, always taking into account the needs of your company, aimed at obtaining greater benefits and avoiding the ignorance of important legal aspects that could negatively affect the business and assets of your company.
We will provide you with complete and comprehensive advice, assigning one of our experts to serve you especially. Ask about our monthly Legal Counseling packages.
Local Companies & IBC
Creating a corporation or partnership in Panama can serve you for multiple purposes. From the diversification of investments, acquiring properties, privacy, opening bank accounts, obtaining commercial credits, to asset protection.
In this respect, RIVERA-GONZÁLEZ Law Firm can assist you in the creation of Corporations, Civil Society, Limited Liability Companies (SRL), and any other legal entity necessary for the exercise of commercial activity, profession or investment management.
Immigration
Due to the successful emergence of the national economy Panama is among the most attractive destinations worldwide for a multitude of purposes. Panama offers the advantages and benefits of a first world country.
Panama has a rich and diverse flora and fauna, a modern cosmopolitan city, a unique geographical position in the world, the Panama Canal, as well as a series of benefits that invite investors from all over the world to establish their businesses in a safe and durable way.
Under the National Direction of Immigration, our country regulates all types of visas that are offered to foreigners in order to settle in Panama and enjoy a healthy and peaceful stay.
We will be able to guide and advise you quickly and efficiently regarding migratory opportunities in Panama.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Business World never stops, sometimes one Company gets bigger, one Company decides to join forces with another company in other to offer broader services and increase its operation. We know how to do it, we have helped many times different corporations to merge into one and become better and bigger. The key is, create the right legal structure so the new consolidated company is supported by the best foundation possible in order to develop their business in the best possible way.
Oftentimes, some mergers don´t function properly basically because it lacks correct legal support. Our experts have wide experience not only creating the legal base for Mergers and Acquisitions but also are supported by knowledge on how business and financial matters actually work and therefore, by means of a legal, business, and financial mindset, create the best structure.
Tax Law
Looking to sell a property and don´t know what you need to do in terms of Taxation? No problem. Our specialist in Tax Law can guide you through the very complex Panamanian Tax system. We understand that this is one of the most important matters in your business or investments and we want to make sure that you do all your Tax affairs in the best possible way. Our objective is to keep you hassle-free when it comes to Taxation. Our team is focused on providing the best and most accurate tax advice, so you can pay your fair share of taxes and keeping your business clean and clear of any potential tax situation.
We also have experts on property tax law. If you own a property in Panama and think you have rights to a tax exemption? We can review your case and guide you on all the steps that must be taken in order to get your property taxes updated, without future consequences. Do not hesitate and get your tax law advice soon.
Litigation
Do you or do your company need to be represented by an Attorney before a Criminal, Civil, Commercial or Family Process? Do not worry… RIVERA-GONZÁLEZ Law Firm, has experienced Litigation Lawyers, with extensive knowledge in proceedings before the courts of our country:
- Public Prosecutor’s Offices.
- District Attorney´s offices.
- Municipal and Circuit Courts
- Superior Courts
- Family Courts
- Supreme Court of Justice
Do not waste more time… one of our Lawyers will be ready to assist you in what you may consider more convenient.
Intellectual property
(trademark registration)
In order to avoid future conflicts regarding any brand that you or your company represent, it is very important to have the registration of said brand.
We can provide you with a complete service regarding this particular procedure, since the procedure itself requires important actions in order to guarantee the formal registration of the brand to be registered.
Our firm will advise you on the necessary steps so that you can register the brand represented and avoid future complications.
Maritime law and ship registration
Since the sixteenth century, Panama because of its strategic geographical position, has been a territory of international maritime interest since from that time there was the intention to turn Panama into a world maritime transit route for the transportation of goods obtained by the Spanish as a result of its conquests. Thanks to this natural distinction that the Isthmus of Panama has, to date we are still a country of international maritime transit.
From 1925 through Act No. 8, Panama has had an open registry of ships and vessels, that is to say, Panama recognizes ships belonging to nationals and foreigners, under the condition of compliance with national and international standards related to seaworthiness, maritime safety, prevention, and Pollution control, endowment, certification, and watchkeeping of seafarers, technical, social and fiscal standards, positioning us as the first in the registry of ships worldwide.
Labor Law
The central government through the Ministry of Labor protects the labor relations between employer and employee, safeguarding that these are held in a harmonious way within the legal framework and respecting the international labor agreements to which Panama is attached.
Do you want to resolve any disputes with your employer? Or, are you an entrepreneur that wants to resolve disputes with your employees? We can give you legal advice or represent your interests before the competent authorities and lead to a happy agreement of the controversies and obtain the most beneficial results for both parties. At RIVERA-GONZÁLEZ Law Firm, we have expert labor lawyers.
Administrative Transactions
All commercial, political, public, or social activity requires the consent and/or approval of several Public Institutions. RIVERA-GONZÁLEZ Law Firm, has vast experience in the processing of permits and authorizations of all kinds before all the administrative entities of the State, being the guarantors that their projects are carried out within the legal scope in the precise time.
If you are currently interested in carrying out some kind of administrative procedure with public institutions and do not want to deal with the bureaucracy and delay that it may represent, do not worry! We can represent you and thus prevent you from passing through greater concerns.
Analysis and development of contracts
If you or your company are doing any type of business or investment in Panama and you wish to obtain a legal opinion on a type of contract to be subscribed to, we may analyze said documents in such a way that your interests are protected and that said business or investment will be made on the basis of clear and fair rules for the parties.
If, on the contrary, what is required is the elaboration of a contract to secure the business or investment, we can elaborate the legal agreement so that these investments are safe and that the parties involved can carry out the transaction always protecting the principle of The Good Faith, but embodied in a document in black and white.
Public procurement
Thanks to the rapid economic growth of the country, the central government is involving private companies to be part of this evolution, through tenders in which these companies can offer their products for economic, social, and industrial development in the country adhering to procurement rules established by the national legislative system.
Therefore, if your company is in the middle of a contracting process with the state and wishes to know what legal mechanisms should use in order to participate, RIVERA-GONZÁLEZ Law Firm can advise and represent you adequately, so that you or your company can participate in a contracting process with the Panamanian state.
Retainers
At RIVERA-GONZÁLEZ Law Firm, we know that business in the business world does not stop and sometimes, prompt responses are required to close a business or transaction. Therefore, in order to provide you with comprehensive legal advice and immediate solutions or answers, we offer our Retainer Service, in which you or your company can set a number of monthly consultations by paying a fixed monthly fee depending on the type of consultation, whether verbal, written or both.
With our “Retainer Agreements”, you will have the immediate assistance of the lawyer assigned to your account, who will resolve your queries or concerns (according to the contracted retainer service), so that you can continue with the business you have in the course and thus avoid setbacks. Also, having a Retainer with us will represent a special discount for you on other legal services that you may require.