Ms Rosa Restrepo > Arias, Fábrega & Fábrega > Panama, Panama > Lawyer Profile
Arias, Fábrega & Fábrega Offices
PH ARIFA, 10TH FLOOR, WEST BOULEVARD
SANTA MARIA BUSINESS DISTRICT
PO BOX 0816-01098, PANAMA
Panama
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Ms Rosa Restrepo
Work Department
Ms. Restrepo’s practice focuses on offshore services; government contracts, concessions and privatizations; commercial transactions and contracts; and estates, trusts and foundations.
Position
Ms. Restrepo heads ARIFA’s Government Contracts and Permits Group. She is a member of the firm’s Compliance Committee.
Career
Rosa Restrepo joined the firm in 1989 and became a partner in 1995.
From 1989 to 2008, Ms. Restrepo was the resident lawyer in our British Virgin Islands office.
She specializes in advising institutional and private clients in the areas of offshore services, fiscal residency, estate planning, trusts and foundations. In these areas, she assists clients to adapt to the new challenges resulting from international standards on corporate structuring. She also offers broad expertise in assisting international clients with the implementation of FATCA and other pieces of foreign legislation that may affect their structures and activities.
With deep broad-based experience in privatizations, government concessions, public contracts and administrative law, she also assists leading multinational and Panamanian companies in establishing and starting their businesses in the Republic of Panama.
Languages
Spanish, English, Portuguese
Memberships
Panama Representative at STEP Regional Committee (2017)
Chair of the Panama Branch of the Society of Trusts and Estate Practitioners (STEP) (2015-2017)
Member of the BVI Financial Services Advisory Committee (2014)
Member of the STEP LATAM Conference Advisory Committee (2015)
Treasurer of the BVI Association of Registered Agents (2000-2001)
Trustee of the Board of Trustees of Cedar International School (1999-2008)
President of the BVI Association of Registered Agents (1996-1999)
Education
Certificate in Anti Money Laundering, Society of Trusts and Estate Practitioners (STEP) (2017)
Advanced Certificate in Trust Disputes, Society of Trusts and Estate Practitioners (STEP) (2015)
Master of Laws, American University (1988) (concentration on international studies), Fullbright Scholar
Bachelor of Laws (Licenciatura en Derecho y Ciencias Políticas), sigma lambda, Panama University (1986)
Lawyer Rankings
Panama > Offshore
(Leading individuals)Arias, Fábrega & Fábrega wins high praise from clients for its ‘exemplary experience and knowledge‘ across a wide range of issues affecting HNWIs, supported by a broad network of offices in the BVI and Hong Kong, affiliated offices in London, Uruguay and Belize, and its SwissARIFA arm (which provides trustee services and assists with the management of non-traditional assets such as yachts and private aircraft). The firm’s multidisciplinary offering encompasses cross-border wealth planning, the establishment of trusts and foundations, the management of family offices (including corporate governance and succession planning), and international taxation, with an emphasis on setting up tax-compliant structures. Notable names among the team’s ‘first-class lawyers‘ are co-managing partner Fernando Arias, who heads the corporate services practice and oversees the Hong Kong office; the ‘expert‘ Gian Castillero, the leader of the estate and private clients group; and BVI office head Rosa Restrepo. A capable pool of junior lawyers, including senior associate María Guardia and associates Jesús De Luca, Alejandra Tapia and Ana Torres, provides support on the full spectrum of taxation, estates, trusts and foundations matters. Federico Alfaro, who has expertise in tax and estate planning, is currently on a leave of absence while serving as Minister of Commerce and Industry.
Panama > Intellectual property
Arias, Fábrega & Fábrega houses a wide-ranging IP practice, which is prolific in the registration and renewal of trade marks, as well as handling opposition, cancellation and nullity actions, IP licensing and health registrations. The team is also active in the anti-counterfeiting arena, including coordinating a training programme for Panama’s customs authority. Drawing on its membership of global networks such as Lex Mundi, the firm frequently joins up with law firms worldwide to assist international companies in protecting their IP portfolios in Latin America and further afield. Rosa Restrepo oversees the practice, while associate Melissa Del Busto is skilled in both contentious and non-contentious matters, and brings in-house experience at the Ministry of Health when advising on health registrations.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
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- Capital markets
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Offshore
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