Shipping | Latin America

Arias, Fábrega & Fábrega houses a stellar team with a highly acclaimed shipping practice, covering regulatory, transactional and contentious matters. Its deep bench of noted practitioners routinely assists clients with vessel registration, mortgages and financing. The department offers exceptional experience handling cross-border transactions, with particular expertise acting as lenders counsel on credit facilities. The team is also known to represent clients in cases before the Panama Maritime Authority and Maritime Courts. The Panama City-based firm continues to be a top choice for leading international counsel acting in Panama.

Morgan & Morgan is a pre-eminent full-service firm with a revered shipping and admiralty department, boasting expertise in vessel registration and financing. Its outstanding bench of stellar practitioners routinely represents clients in contentious mandates, assisting with cargo claims, limitation actions and insurance liability disputes before the Panama Maritime Authority and Maritime Courts, as well as mediation and arbitration proceedings. The department continues to represent notable clients from the Asia-Pacific region, as well as key banking clients financing maritime activities.

Patton Moreno & Asvat's outstanding maritime practice group is frequently sought out by international co-counsel to act on cross-border ship financing mandates. Its highly regarded team advises a who's who of financial entities on a range of sophisticated lending transactions, such as cross-collateral secured loans, in addition to assisting with debt restructuring matters. The department also provides counsel to drilling and insurance clients. The firm's expertise extends to vessel title and mortgage registration. The department's clients also benefit from a dedicated London office.

Arias B & Associates boasts a respected practice group with noteworthy experience advising clients from the Asia-Pacific jurisdictions on Panamanian maritime law, providing counsel on a range of regulatory and transactional mandates. The firm's clients include international lenders as well as shipping groups. The team routinely assists clients with vessel and mortgage registrations and de-registrations, as well as ship financing mandates and asset purchases and leasing, including the review of security documentation.