Estif Aparicio

Empresa Panameña de Alimentos, S.A. acquires Gold Mills de Panamá, S.A.

ARIFA acted as lead counsel to it’s long time client Empresa Panameña de Alimentos, S.A., in regards to the indirect acquisition of Gold Mills de Panamá, S.A., a leading wheat and foodstuffs supplier and distributor in Panamá.

A first-of-its-kind transaction to increase housing finance and support women-owned businesses

US$90 million unsecured loan facility to Global Bank aimed at increasing housing finance for women and support women-owned businesses in Panama.

Financing of Line 3 of the Panama Metro, the largest public infrastructure project in Panama

ARIFA advised ECAs and banks in connection with a US$ 2,264,037,941.16 and JP¥ 51,458,523,871.00 receivables purchase facility and related credit facilities agreements for the financing of Line 3 of the Panama Metro System.

Estif Aparicio, new Senior Vice-Chair of the IBA Latin American Regional Forum

Arias, Fábrega & Fábrega is pleased to announce that the International Bar Association (IBA) has appointed Partner Estif Aparicio as 2020-2021 Senior Vice-Chair of the Latin American Regional Forum (LARF).

Panama Law on Public-Private Partnerships

Panama’s National Assembly has enacted Law No. 93 of September 19, 2019 on Public Private Partnerships, in an effort to bolster infrastructure investment and job creation as well as address ongoing public infrastructure needs.

Country by Country Report – Panama adopts new tax compliance report

In 2016, Panama adopted the implementation of the recommendations made by the G20 countries and the OECD on the application of BEPS and committed to implementing action 13, which addresses the strengthening of the Transfer Pricing Documentation Standards and the Country-by-Country (CbC) report.