Ricardo Arias
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Work Department
Securities and Capital Markets, Banking and Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions
Position
Ricardo Arias is a Partner in the corporate law department and co-heads the Securities and Capital Markets practice. Mr. Arias focuses primarily on complex securities transactions some involving cross-border components and usually involving dollar amounts in the millions. He has worked on a broad range of public and private transactions for investment banks, financial institutions and companies in a number of industries, including energy, banking, real estate, education, private funds, gaming, automotive, aviation, among others.
Mr. Arias also regularly counsels on transactions related to banking, M&A and project finance. He has represented local and foreign lenders as well as local and foreign developer/borrowers in secured and unsecured financings and project financings.
He also specializes on setting up investment companies, including Real Estate Investment Funds (REITs); and is recognized for his participation in the first ever public offering of revolving Green Bonds issued in the Republic of Panama.
Mr. Arias has been recommended by Chambers & Partners as a leading lawyer in Capital Markets, an collaborate with publications in the securities sector.
Education
Mr. Arias obtained an LL.B. from the School of Law of the Universidad Latina de Panama.