Jazmina Rovi Sánchez

Ship Finance & Registration

Jazmina Rovi is a Partner and head of the Ship Finance and Registration practice group of Morgan & Morgan.

Throughout her 30 years of experience, she focuses on representing ship owners, charterers and leading financial institutions on all types of registration options available under Panama flag and ship finance structures including ship mortgages and pledge of shares of Panama companies.

She has extensive practice in assistance with the sale and purchase transactions of vessels including negotiation and closing of MOAs and on ship finance projects.

Jazmina is also actively engaged in the licensing process for companies interested in starting maritime auxiliary businesses in the Republic of Panama.

She has played an active role in the drafting of various Panama maritime legislations including the General Merchant Marine Law No. 57 of 2008, the Executive Decree No. 86 of 2013 which implements the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 and the Executive Decree No. 159 of 2021 which organizes and develops the operations of the General Directorate of Public Registry of Ownership of Vessels of the Panama Maritime Authority. She promoted the initiative of Panama negotiating with People’s Republic of China the most favored nation clause which would grant Panama flag vessels preferential rates in Chinese ports and was invited to attend the first State Visit of a President of Panama to China that took place on November 2017 where a maritime agreement with MFN clause was signed. She has also collaborated with review and drafting of Panama regulations for fishing vessels and licenses for fishing vessels and reefers.

Jazmina is a member of the National Bar Association of Panama, Maritime Law Association of Panama and the Hispanic-Portuguese-American Institute of International Law. She was elected to chair the Maritime Law Association of Panama from 2011-2012 and re-elected for the 2012-2013 and 2019-2020 periods.

National Bar Association of Panama.

Maritime Law Association of Panama.

Hispanic-Portuguese-American Institute of International Law.