Belisario J Porras
Latin America Guide 2025
Band 2 : Shipping
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Provided by Belisario J Porras
Practice Areas
Belisario specialize in Maritime Law, Ship Finance, Corporate Law, Commercial Law and Banking Law. He has more than 20 years’ experience in handling the maritime and corporate interests of top ship owning companies, ship managers, banks and financial institutions from several different jurisdictions of Europe, United States, Middle East, Asia and Latin America. Providing assistance to clients from the firm´s Panamanian head office as well as from its branch office in London in which he serves as the Partner in charge.
Professional Memberships
Panama Bar Association; Panama Maritime Law Association (APADEMAR) - President from 2015-2016 / 2016-2017.
Publications
Co- author of the Chambers Global Practice Guide for Shipping Law – Panama Chapter, since 2018, among other publications.
He was member of the Drafting Commission of Law 56 of 2008, General Law on Ports; and Law 50 of 2017 on Shipping Financing Law.
Personal
Santa María La Antigua University, (LL.B); Boston University Law School, (LLM in International Banking Law); Costa Rica University, Instituto Manuel María de Peralta (Master in Diplomacy and International Relations); Ulacex Panamá- Santiago de Chile University (International Diploma in Negotiation, Treaties and International Trade); Harvard University Law School (Program of Instruction for Lawyers- Negotiation Workshops).
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Latin America
Established practitioner Belisario Porras comes highly recommended by market observers for his shipping practice in Panama.
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"Belisario Porras is a very good lawyer who manages maritime matters."
"Belisario Porras is a very good lawyer who manages maritime matters."
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2 items provided by Patton Moreno & Asvat (PANAMA)
Panama remains the first merchant marine registry in the world with nearly 8 thousand and more ships of different types and services. As open registry flag (be named that registry which does not maintain restrictions of nationality and in addition contains a series of fiscal and technical advantage
Legal regime of incentives to MARITIME FINANCING
Law 50 of June 28th, 2017 CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE CREATION OF LAW 50 ¿Why was this law created? In the maritime world there are cities that, based on their geographic and economic conditions, are renowned as international maritime financial centers. Examples of these cities would be: New York, Londo
Panama remains the first merchant marine registry in the world with nearly 8 thousand and more ships of different types and services. As open registry flag (be named that registry which does not maintain restrictions of nationality and in addition contains a series of fiscal and technical advantage
Legal regime of incentives to MARITIME FINANCING
Law 50 of June 28th, 2017 CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE CREATION OF LAW 50 ¿Why was this law created? In the maritime world there are cities that, based on their geographic and economic conditions, are renowned as international maritime financial centers. Examples of these cities would be: New York, Londo
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