Juan Pablo Fabrega

Practice Areas

Juan Pablo Fabrega Polleri is a Senior Partner at FABREGA MOLINO. Juan Pablo represents clients from across America and Europe in banking law, commercial contracts, Arbitration, corporate & commercial law, and mergers & acquisitions. He also acts as an expert witness on Panamanian corporate and contract matters.

Since 2018 has been president of the Sports Arbitration Commission of Panama, regent of the Court of Sports Arbitration of Panama (Tribunal de Arbitraje Deportivo de Panamá, T.A.D.P.A.N.). From 2007 to 2017, he was a member of the Ad Hoc Commission that, by law, ensured transparency in executing contracts associated with the expansion of the Panama Canal. Since August 2004, he has been accredited as an arbitrator before the Conciliation and Arbitration Center of Panama (Centro de Conciliación y Arbitraje de Panamá) and the Conflicts Resolution Center (Centro de Solución de Conflictos). Chambers Global, Chamber High Net Worth, and Chambers Latin America say: "Experienced founding partner, Juan Pablo Fabrega, is recognized by sources as a solid practitioner. His broad practice spans the ranges of banking and corporate matters". The sources see him as the Firm's leader, describing him as "hard-working, always available, and a top lawyer in his areas."

He is also known nationally for his academic work on Panamanian corporate law. He is the author of several publications on Panama's corporation law and Arbitration, some of which have received international awards from the Inter-American Bar Association.

Juan Pablo was appointed Ambassador of Panama on a Special Mission to the Vatican and the Russian Federation in 1994. He has been the Honorary Consul of Uruguay in Panama since 2009; he is a Board Member of various banking and financial entities in Panamá.

Area of expertise

Arbitration & Litigation

Banking & Finance

Corporate

Estate Planning & Private Client

Merger & Acquisition

Trust

Professional Memberships

Panama Bar Association.

Spanish Arbitration Club.

International Commercial Chamber - Panama Chapter (Founder).

Inter-American Bar Association.

Rotary Club of Panama (Board Member from 1995 to 1996 and 2017 to 2019) and Trustee of the Rotary Foundation of Panama.

Panamanian Institute of Corporate Governance.

Publications

Author of several legal publications, such as: "Mergers and Acquisitions in Panama" published in the magazine Latin Finance (1996), "Societies of Panama: their usefulness, advantages, and benefits," a private publication of FABREGA MOLINO; "Substantive Law of Industrial Property in Panama, "Panama's Substantive Law in Captive Insurance Societies," and "Private Foundations as a Heritage Planning Practice and Inheritance Succession."

He has also published several monographs, essays, and articles on different subjects of Panamanian law and the following books: "The Rights of Minority Shareholder in the Panamanian Corporation," awarded by the Inter-American Bar Association with the "2006 Best Book Award" and "Treaties on the Panamanian Corporation Law, Commented by Article " awarded by The Inter-American Bar Association with the second place of as the "2008 Best Book Award". "The Law on Panamanian Limited Liability Companies, Commented by Article" The Panamanian Private Interest Foundation as Vehicle for Estate Planning and Hereditary Succession," awarded in 2010 as the best monograph by a senior lawyer by the Latin American Committee on Financial Law (C.O.L.A.D.E.) of the Latin American Federation of Banks (F.E.L.A.B.A.N.). Its publication entitled "Corporate Arbitration," published in 2016, was awarded third place in the "2016 Book Award " by the Inter-American Federation of Lawyers. His last publication is "The Participation of Government Entities in Arbitration Processes."