LOVILL

About LOVILL: Founded in 2009, LOVILL is a law firm recognized by clients and international publications as a leader in dispute resolution, corporate/ M&A, labor law, real estate and banking and finance. We are focused on providing legal services with the standards required by Fortune 500 companies. We are known for excellence in service, dedication to our clients, and strict quality control across all our practice areas.

A committed team by your side: Our teams are trained to work beyond our borders serving clients from all around the globe both for their legal needs in Panama as well as managing legal services across Latin America. LOVILL combines true multidisciplinary teams in said areas, making the firm a preferred choice for advising on local and international transactions.

We are known for excellence in service, dedication to our clients, and strict quality control across all our practice areas.

We provide practical and innovative problem solving strategies, working in alignment with the highest standard of ethics.

Our attorneys build close relationships with clients based on trust. Our services are aimed at safeguarding the best interests of our clients and working to achieve their objectives with comprehensive and result oriented strategies. We offer legal advice that fits the jurisdiction, the needs of the client and that the client can implement in a practical manner.

Our culture: LOVILL’s relationship with its clients is based on shared core values. Trust and ethical business practices are essential for the firm and compliance is built into all its practice areas. At LOVILL our team constantly exceeds client’s expectations due to our high performance and quality assurance protocols.

A vibrant work culture that flows with diversity and inclusion: Promoting and offering professional development to women and minorities is at the core of our firm culture. For several years LOVILL has been awarded for “Most Pioneering Firm in Gender Diversity in Latin America” by Chambers & Partners Latin America.

LOVILL has an outstanding track record when it comes to diversity in leadership positions in our team. We believe that merits and performance are essential when choosing and promoting our legal and support team.

Dispute resolution: LOVILL’s dispute resolution practice has an international reputation and has consistently achieved top rankings for providing creative and innovative strategies for complex cross-border disputes and arbitration proceedings.

For LOVILL each case is a unique problem that requires a tailor- made solution and strategy that takes into account law, process, and commercial impact. We have broad experience in civil law disputes before Panamanian courts, national and international arbitration, negotiations, and complex multijurisdictional disputes that involve asset recovery, transnational insolvency litigation and complex corporate structures, as well as providing strategic advice to avoid legal disputes.

LOVILL has represented high profile companies in cross border disputes in industries such as infrastructure, finance, energy, logistics, banking, telecommunications, real estate, consumer goods and entertainment and hospitality. In addition, thanks to our team’s in-depth knowledge of public and private international law, LOVILL has a specialized expertise in the representation of sovereign states and state-owned enterprises.

LOVILL’s dispute resolution team is carefully selected from law students that have competed in prestigious international moot court competitions. Within that selection process LOVILL takes into consideration and has a preference for the Phillip C. Jessup Moot Court Competition, or similar moot courts of international relevance because of the level of performance and skills they provide for outstanding advocacy.

Corporate and M&A: We represent our clients in complex international transactions, as well as legal matters required in the regular course of business. Our corporate team provides legal advice to clients in the following sectors: consumer goods, infrastructure, logistics, transportation, hotels, security, financial entities, telecommunications, e commerce, among others. We offer a multidisciplinary team that can advise businesses on corporate structures, contracts, compliance, administrative regulations, tax and merger and acquisition transactions.

LOVILL has developed an expert practice for providing legal services in the region to multinational companies, family offices, foreign investors, and private clients that consider Panama, due to its strategic location, special investment incentives, political stability and dynamic economy,  as the best place to establish their operations in the region. We advise each client according to the investment regime and corporate structure that best suits its business goals.

Real estate: LOVILL offers legal advice on all matters related to real estate law in Panama. Our clients in this sector are local and international developers and investors, who, hand in hand with LOVILL, have developed large real estate projects ranging from residential and commercial developments, hotels, shopping centers, projects in the historic center of Panama and private infrastructure in general.

Tax law: LOVILL provides tax planning and tax advice to companies operating in Panama, including in special economic regimes such as: Panama Pacifico, Multinational Company Headquarters, City of Knowledge and free zones.

Global wealth and private clients: We work with high net worth individuals, family offices, closely held businesses and accounting and law firms abroad to provide legal services across multiple legal areas.

Our services range from wealth planning, formation and management of corporate structures, corporate and business law, real estate investments in Panama, compliance, tax advice, family disputes to business succession planning to immigration and relocation services.

Lovill advises private clients and families with a net worth anywhere from seven to eleven figures on estate planning, ownership structures and private foundations. Lovill works together with banking partners to offer trusts and investment services in order to provide the full range of solutions required for a successful estate planning of high net worth individuals with multiple types of assets across the globe to organize and facilitate the transfer of wealth to future generations.

Labor law: We have a team of lawyers specialized in providing legal advice in labor law to local and local and international clients, including leading multinational companies. Our lawyers represent our clients in all stages of employment relationship. We also offer our clients assistance in labor litigation and restructuring processes, among others.

Our services in this area include: Application of the labor measures presented by the government due to Covid-19 and the reopening of the business sectors and guidelines that they must comply with, including application and implementation of measures such as teleworking, reduction of working hours, suspensions, creation, monitoring and assistance to the Committee of Hygiene, trainings and legal advice for staff and management.

Immigration law: LOVILL has a team of lawyers specialized in providing legal advice in immigration law to local, international clients and leading multinational companies.

Intellectual property: We advise and represent clients in the registration of trademarks of products and services, trade names, utility models, industrial designs, patents and all aspects of the Industrial Property Law of Panama. Similarly, we advise our clients on copyright and protection of their works: books, software, productions under copyright Law.

Finance, banking and securities: LOVILL has a team of lawyers specialized in advising on banking, financial and securities law. The LOVILL team is trained to provide its clients with comprehensive legal advice on financial operations and regulatory aspects in the Republic of Panama.

Our clients are banks with general license in Panama, with regional and international presence, financial companies, investment advisers, investment funds, family offices, among others.

We have successfully represented clients in local and cross-border financial transactions, such as project finance, preparing and reviewing legal documentation to establish credit facilities and collateral, due diligence of financial institutions, purchase and sale of banking and financial entities, amongst others.

Languages: English / Spanish