Arias

Banking, Finance and Insurance Corporate and Commercial law Mergers and Acquisitions Project and Infrastructure Finance Capital Markets and Securities

Partner

Maria Cristina joined the firm in 2016 and leads the Finance and Transactional department of the Panamanian office since 2019, areas in which she has grown by assisting national and international companies. She has participated in a significant quantity of complex transactions that have involved multi-jurisdictional and multidisciplinary teams such as financing projects of high levels of complexity; Due diligence processes, structuring and execution of mergers, acquisitions, examining corporate and contractual aspects; international bond issuance, among others. Maria Cristina has wide range cross-border experience with local components from Panamanian Law.

She has also provided legal advice to companies related to International Reinsurance, stock market, banks, financial entities and Private Investment Funds; supporting them with consultations regarding the application of Panamanian legislation.

She has provided pro bono legal advice to the World Bank Group in connection with Panamanian legislation in the project "Doing Business".

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International Bar Association (IBA)

International Business Law, LLM. San Pablo CEU, Madrid, Spain.

Specialization in International Law. Universidad Latina, Panamá.

Degree in Law and Political Science. Universidad Santa Maria la Antigua, Panama.

Fordham University – Structural Issues in Law Firm Management, 2022.