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Icaza, González-Ruiz & Alemán
IGRA BUILDING, NO 8 AQUILINO DE LA GUARDIA STREET
PANAMA
Panama

Position

Banking Law, Company Formation and Management, Contracts, Corporate Law, Real Estate and Tourism

Career

•License certificate: 1984

ICAZA, GONZÁLEZ-RUIZ & ALEMÁN
Partner since 1985.
• Icaza, González-Ruiz & Alemán (BVI) Ltd.
General Manager at Tortola, British Virgin Islands, 1989 – 1990.
• Mudry et Iglehart, Geneva, Switzerland
Legal Assistant, (1982).
• Aseguradora Global, S.A.
Member of the Board of Directors.
• Global Bank Corporation
Member of the Board of Directors.

Languages

Spanish and English

Memberships

Panama Bar Association and Young Presidents Organization (Y.P.O.). 

Education

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Law and Political Sciences, Universidad Santa Maria La Antigua, Panama, (1984). Thesis: “Loss of the Nationality of the Vessel and its Effects on Naval Credit Securities”. 
  • Master of Law, Duke University, School of Law, North Carolina, USA, (1985).

Leisure

Tennis, deep sea fishing, and boating.

Lawyer Rankings

Panama > Corporate services and estate planning

The ‘excellent and very efficient’ private wealth team at Icaza, González-Ruiz & Alemán works closely with the firm’s Icaza Trust Corporation to offer the full range of estate planning, asset protection, family governance and succession planning services to high-net-worth Latin American families and family businesses. The team is well versed in the structuring of trusts and private interest foundations, as well as corporate structures for investments, including all regulatory and tax compliance. The sizeable team helmed by Domingo Díaz, whose areas of expertise include banking and company formation; Joaquín Díaz is a specialist in the creation of offshore structures in multiple jurisdictions; and Estefanía Alemán, who is the general manager of the Icaza Trust Corporation, focuses on trust creation and administration. Other notable names include the ‘intelligent, practical and committed’ Mariano Oteiza Díaz, who specialises in asset protection and tax matters, Domingo Díaz de la Guardia, who was promoted to partner in May 2024, and deputy manager Luis Martínez.