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Diego Herrera

Diego Herrera

Work Department

Corporate and Commercial, M&A, Estate Planning, Incorporation Services, Public Procurement, Real Estate.

Position

Partner. Mr. Herrera focuses on corporate law, mergers and acquisitions; serving key players in the financial and industrial sectors.

Career

Diego Herrera has been with Galindo, Arias & López since 1986 and has been recognized for his advice to both national and international businesses in the financial and industrial sectors, as well as telecommunications.

He has led practice groups in mergers and acquisitions of both banks and multinational companies, participated in banking syndicates and stock offerings. He has also played an important role in various processes of financial restructuring.

He led the practice group that advises the Panama Canal Authority in all legal aspects of the Canal expansion project and was a collaborator in the drafting of legislation enacted to promote Commercial Call Centers.

He has supported Pro Bono, a number of NGOs such as the Central American Leadership Initiative Foundation (CALI), the National Association for Nature Conservation (ANCON), the Bio Museum, Glasswing (Crisálida) International Foundation, and Pura Panamá.

Languages

English and Spanish

Memberships

International Bar Association

Entreprenuers Organzation

Club de Golf de Panamá, S.A.

Fellow, Aspen Global Leadership Network of The Aspen Institute.

Secretary of the Board of Directors, National Association for Nature Conservation (ANCON). Member of the Board of Directors, INCAE Business School. Chairman of the National Committee INCAE Business School of Panama. Member, Bio Museum Development Committee. Co-Founder, Global Shapers Community in Panama, an initiative of the World Economic Forum. Co-Founder and Member of the Board of Directors, Venture Club, the first network of angel investors in Panama.

Education

INCAE Business School, Costa Rica (MBA, 1995) Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana (L.L.M., 1993) Santa Maria la Antigua University, Panama (Bachelor of Law and Political Science, 1991).

Leisure

Golf.

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