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AVE PASEO DEL MAR, COSTA DEL ESTE
PANAMA CITY
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Ms Laura Barrios
Work Department
Estate Planning and Corporate Services
Position
Laura Barrios is a Partner at Morgan & Morgan and works in the Estate Planning and Corporate Services Department of the firm, advising clients on international tax issues, mainly assisting companies on efficient corporate structures and compliance matters.
Ms. Barrios is considered one of Panama´s most knowledgeable tax treaty and CRS and FATCA reporting export. She has been an advisor to the Panamanian Government in tax treaties negotiations and in the implementation of fiscal and transparency regulations and policies that favor Panama´s jurisdiction.
Prior to becoming an attorney at Morgan & Morgan, Ms. Barrios worked as Senior Consultant in an international consulting firm specializing in audit, tax, financial and accounting services.
In the public sector, Ms. Barrios has been appointed as head of the Legal Department of the International Tax Sub directorate of the General Directorate of Revenue of Panama, as well as the Technical Secretary of the High-Level Presidential Commission for the Defense of International and Financial Services. Currently, she is part of the negotiating team of Tax Agreements of the Republic of Panama.
She obtained an LL.B. in the School of Law of the Universidad Catolica Santa María La Antigua in Panama (Magna Cum Laude), and a LL.M. in International Tax Law from the WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business).
Ms. Barrios is admitted to practice law in the Republic of Panama.
Lawyer Rankings
Panama > Corporate services and estate planning
(Next Generation Partners)Morgan & Morgan houses an enviably broad private wealth and corporate services practice, with a team of ‘exceptionally talented individuals’ who are commended for their ‘great technical strength’. Also licensed to provide fiduciary services in the BVI and Belize, the firm focuses on advising high-net-worth individuals, predominantly from Latin America, on estate and succession planning, asset protection and the structuring of trusts, private interest foundations and corporations. Practice head Raúl Castro is skilled in international tax consultancy and corporate and estate planning; Luis Manzanares specialises in BVI corporate law, asset protection and tax planning; Luis Miguel Hincapié, who focuses on corporate and trust matters, oversees the Belize office; Fernando Boyd is a key contact for South American HNWIs; the ‘very knowledgeable’ Laura Barrios is an expert in tax law; and Fanny Evans has notable expertise in Caribbean jurisdictions. The sizeable team also includes senior associates Raúl Bermúdez (an expert in company incorporations, estate planning and compliance) and Nestor Broce (a trusts specialist), while of counsel Roberto Lewis lends senior expertise to the practice.
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- Next Generation Partners Panama > Corporate services and estate planning
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