Katherine Aparicio

Insurance and re-insurance

Litigation and Arbitration

Commercial

Environment Law

Katherine is a Partner in the Litigation and Arbitration Department of the firm.

She specializes in advising clients in arbitrations before the Conciliation and Arbitration Center of Panama. Katherine also assists clients with their daily business needs and provides support in complex transactions, including financing and the buying or selling of key players in the market.

She frequently serves local banks, construction companies, major real estate developers, insurance and reinsurance companies, telecommunications companies, ports, and hydroelectric companies.

Her skills enable her to develop strategies, lead judicial and arbitration processes, represent clients in negotiations, and provide legal opinions in her areas of practice.

Member of the Panama Bar Association.

Member of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) – Panama Chapter.

Founder and Board Member of the Caminando Panamá Foundation.

Member of the World League of Environmental Lawyers (LIMAA).

I collaborated with Dr. Jorge Fábrega Ponce P. on:

(i) drafting the essay on “Judicial Communications Centers” included in the book Institutions of Civil Procedural Law, second edition, expanded and revised in 2004; as well as

(ii) the Dictionary of Civil Procedural Law in 2004.

She has prepared significant litigation strategies to represent clients before the Panamanian Judicial Branch (Commercial, Civil, Insurance, and Bankruptcy Law), as well as providing legal advice aimed at achieving negotiations and out-of-court settlements.

She has successfully participated in mediation proceedings.

She has served as an arbitrator in national arbitrations.

She has served as arbitral secretary in national arbitrations.

Bachelor’s Degree in Law and Political Science, University of Panama (2000).

Master of Laws (LL.M.) with a specialization in Private Law, University of Panama (2007).

Specialization in Civil Law, University of Salamanca (2008).