Ms. Restrepo’s practice focuses on offshore services; government contracts, concessions and privatizations; commercial transactions and contracts; and estates, trusts and foundations.

Ms. Restrepo heads ARIFA's Government Contracts and Permits Group. She is a member of the firm's Compliance Committee.

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.

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)

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)