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Joaquín De Obarrio

Associate

JOAQUÍN DE OBARRIO|  ASSOCIATE

T: +(507) 306-9600 

RANKINGS

  • Benchmark Litigation

  • Chambers Latin America

  • Legal 500

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MEMBER

  • Panama Bar Association

  • International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Panama Chapter, Arbitration Committee

  • Shiparrested Network

  • Panama Maritime Law Association (APADEMAR) – member of the Board of Directors (2019-2020 / 2020-2021)

  • Panama International Maritime University, Board of Trustees.

  • Young Arbitrators Group (YAG) from the Center of Alternate Dispute Resolution (CESCON)

  • Young ALDEC a division of the Latin America Association of Construction Law (ALDEC) 

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LANGUAGES

  • Spanish and English.

Joaquín has more than a decade of experience within the legal sector, specializing in Shipping Litigation, Commercial Law, Administrative Law, Public Procurement and Arbitration. 

He obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Law and Political Sciences from Universidad Santa Maria La Antigua; an L.L.M. in  Banking, Financial and Corporate Law from Tulane University, New Orleans (2015). 

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Joaquín also has superior studies in Alternative Dispute Resolution, Accounting and Auditing, Business Enterprises, Corporate Governance, Corporate Law and the Practice Aspects of Hostile Acquisitions, European Union: Antitrust & Merger Control, Foreign Investment Law in China, International Trade, Finance & Banking, Mergers and Acquisitions, Regulation of Financial Institutions.


He was President of the Tulane Lawyers Association; Spanish Language trainer at the Tulane University, Business School, he is also a founding member of the Board of Directors of the legal magazine GLAT Review. 


Author: Co-author of the Panama Chapter of the publications Getting the Deal Through – Public Procurement and Dispute Resolution, since 2018; The Shipping Guide of Chambers & Partners, since 2019; the Panama Chapter of the International Execution against Judgment Debtors, Center for International Legal Studies.

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