Latin America Guide 2026 : Panama
Ranked Individual
Provided by Virtú Atelier Legal
Virtù prides itself on its extensive expertise in Capital Markets, offering a wide range of legal services that cover both regulatory and transactional matters. The team experience includes obtaining licenses, issuing securities, providing legal opinions for the financial sector, and managing dissolution and liquidation processes before key regulatory bodies such as the Superintendency of Banks of Panama, the Panamanian Superintendency of Insurance and Reinsurance, and the Superintendency of the Securities Market of Panama. Virtù serves as a trusted institutional legal advisor to prominent banks, family offices, and broker houses in Panama, assisting them with their daily operations, financial transactions, corporate governance, compliance, and regulatory issues. The firm offers specialized services in structuring public and private securities offerings, project finance, debt financing, loan security packages, and debt restructuring. The team is also highly knowledgeable in the issuance of negotiable instruments, asset securitization, investment funds, and the structuring and documentation of mortgage credits and syndicated loan contracts.
The firm’s professionals are recognized as experts in the banking, financial, and securities sectors, serving on the boards of leading banking institutions, broker houses, and real estate investment funds, including one of Panama's first sustainable funds aimed at democratizing investment opportunities for retail investors.
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Virtú Atelier Legal possesses an active capital markets practice group in Panama with significant experience advising on securitisation, corporate bond issuances and IPOs, as well as on the structuring of REITs. The legal department routinely assists clients from the banking and real estate industries.
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Virtú Atelier Legal's team acts with agility, efficiency and ability to devise comprehensive solutions that are adapted to our structure.
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Versatile partner Ana Lucrecia Tovar is frequently sought out by Panamanian and international banks and real estate developers to assist with public and private issuances of debt. She earns plaudits for her long-standing career and specialism in capital markets.
Ana Lucrecia Tovar has excellent client management and extensive legal knowledge. She offers accurate and precise recommendations.
Ana Lucrecia Tovar is an excellent lawyer. She is proactive and has an extensive knowledge of the market, plus the ability to find thorough solutions to different business structures.
Capital Markets
Provided by Virtú Atelier Legal
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