José Juan Marquez > Fabrega Molino > Panama, Panama > Lawyer Profile
Fabrega Molino Offices
BMW PLAZA, 9TH FLOOR
CALLE 50.
P.O. BOX: 0816-00744
Panama
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José Juan Marquez
Work Department
José Juan Marquez is a Senior Partner at FABREGA MOLINO. He focuses his practice on meeting the corporate and transactional needs of private equity sponsors and public and private companies in a variety of domestic and cross-border complex business transactions including succession planning, private foundations, family private trust companies, trust and estate administration, and tax matters. He looks after the affairs of individual clients and corporations, planning all aspects of their structures, including onshore and offshore investments, advising on specific legal issues as well as on commercial and property matters.
Position
Jose Juan is also active in all areas of the firm’s real estate practice, including formation, structuring and related transactions, and real property development. His clients include both domestic and international investors, corporates, developers, financial institutions and public sector entities on different industries.
Career
Corporate.
Estate Planning & Private Client.
Hospitality & Leisure.
Tax.
Languages
English, Spanish
Memberships
American Bar Association (ABA).
International Bar Association (IBA).
International Fiscal Association (IFA).
Education
Santa Maria La Antigua University, Panama (LL.B., 1990).
University of Notre Dame, USA (LL.M, in International Comparative Law 1991).
Lawyer Rankings
Panama > Offshore
Highly praised for its ‘extensive experience, personalised service, and accessible and supportive partners‘, Fabrega Molino advises a wide array of financial services firms, corporations, and HNWIs and family businesses from across Latin America and the Caribbean. The estate planning and private client branch of the practice focuses on succession planning, wealth management, the formation of trusts and foundations, and corporate governance, while the corporate side specialises in the organisation of Panamanian corporate structures and assists with the tax and commercial aspects of international transactions. Recently, the firm has also seen a notable uptick in instructions relating to M&A and the establishment of multinational company headquarters (SEM) in Panama. On the private client side, the ‘responsive, personable and brilliant‘ Gretel Ciniglio advises on wealth management, estate and succession planning, governance and family law matters, while Juan Pablo Fábrega handles the full array of corporate and estate planning issues, and also has a notable strength in arbitration. The sizeable group also includes José Juan Marquez and associate Juan Raúl Sosa, both of whom are frequently called upon to advise on tax issues; Liza Díaz, who has a focus on advising Central American and Caribbean clients; and Carlos Molino, who stands out for his assistance to clients in Colombia.
Panama > Tax
Fabrega Molino‘s ‘dynamic, up-to-date‘ tax practice is widely hailed by clients for its position ‘at the forefront of tax issues‘, with wide-ranging experience of advising multinational corporations on tax structuring and compliance, direct and indirect tax issues, and transfer pricing, and noteworthy expertise in Panama’s special tax regimes. The firm also has a thriving wealth and estate planning practice, where senior partner Gretel Ciniglio and Carlos Molino are the key contacts. Firm president José Juan Marquez, whose practice spans tax and succession planning matters, leads the team. Associate Juan Raúl Sosa (who joined from KPMG in June 2022) particularly stands out for his advice on commercial and transactional tax matters and issues surrounding the taxation of free trade zone companies and multinationals.