Mr Ricardo M Arango > Arias, Fábrega & Fábrega > Panama, Panama > Lawyer Profile

Mr Ricardo M Arango

+507 205 7000 rarango@arifa.com

Work Department

Mr. Arango's practice focuses on securities regulations; banking and finance; mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures; and taxation.

Position

Ricardo M. Arango joined the firm in 1987 and became a partner in 1995.
Mr. Arango is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee.
He is also Head of the firm’s Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Group, and the Taxation Practice Group.

Career

Ricardo M. Arango joined the firm in 1987 and became a partner in 1995. Prior to joining the firm, he worked with White & Case, NY.

With deep marketplace experience, he has effectively assisted leading multinational and Panamanian companies in their most complex banking, capital markets and M&A transactions.

In the area of capital markets and banking, Mr. Arango regularly advises clients in connection with medium term note programs, commercial paper programs, syndicated term and revolving loan agreements, project and structured financing,144-A Reg-S notes, securitizations, and initial public offerings.

In the area of merger and acquisitions, he has acted as lead counsel in the largest transactions in the country and regularly advises clients in connection with stock purchase agreements, asset purchase agreements, and merger agreements.

Mr. Arango headed the Presidential Commission that drafted Panama’s current securities act. He also drafted the rules of operation of LatinClear, Panama’s clearing and settlement agency.

Languages

Spanish, English.

Memberships

Director of the Panama Canal Authority (2016-2024)

Director of Banco General, Panama’s largest bank (2012-present)

Director of Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior (BLADEX), a NYSE-listed company (2002-present); and Secretay (2002-2016)

Director of Corporación La Prensa (2002-2016)

Director of The Panama Stock Exchange (1995-2016) and Chairman (2007-2011)

Education

Yale Law School, LLM (1985)
Harvard Law School, LLM (1984)
University of Panama, LLB (1983).
Fulbright scholar.
Admitted: Panama, New York.