Arias

Antitrust| Administrative and Constitutional Law | Compliance, Anti-money Laundering and Anti-corruption | Consumer Protection Regulation | Energy and Natural Resources | Government Procurement | Information Technology Law and Data Privacy | Labor Law | Public Infrastructure and Public Private Partnerships | Regulatory | Technology, Media and Telecommunications

Managing Partner

Siaska has fine experience in Labor Law, Data Privacy, Competition and Consumer Protection, Telecommunications, Energy and Infrastructure, Public Bidding and Concessions, as well as Administrative Law. She also has significant expertise in Contractual and Corporate matters, advising both local and multinational companies.

She was a Partner for 21 years at a prestigious law firm in Panama, where she handled regulatory and governmental matters, executive and mortgage collections, and served as legal counsel to foreign investors in major privatization processes in the energy, water, sugar, cement, and casino industries, among others.

In the field of Telecommunications, she led the team responsible for drafting Panama’s General Telecommunications Law and its Regulatory Decree in 1995, which remains in effect to this day.

From 2005 to 2009, she became the first woman to serve as Editorial Chief Director of La Prensa, Panama’s most influential national newspaper. After her journalist tenure at La Prensa, Siaska returned to legal private practice, establishing Arias’ Panama office in 2011. She has been the Managing Partner since 2016.

Spanish | English | Portuguese

International Bar Association (IBA)

Panamanian Bar Association

Harvard Alumnae Association

International Employment Law member

Bachelor's degree in Law and Political Science (summa cum laude) from Universidad Santa María La Antigua (USMA) in the Republic of Panama, graduating first in her class and valedictorian, with honors.

Masters Degree from Harvard University (LL.M)

Neutral Arbitrator for the International Centre for Dispute Resolution of the American Arbitration Association (AAA-ICDR), Miami-Florida, USA.

Certified Arbitrator for NAM (National Arbitration & Mediation), New York, USA.

Certified Arbitrator for the Panamanian Chamber of Commerce.

Certified Public Translator English/Spanish.