Practice Areas - Antitrust, Trade and Competition
- Banking and Finance
- Taxation
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- Securities Regulation
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| Contact Info | Telephone: +507-205-7000
Fax: +507-205-7001
http://www.arifa.com/lawyers/eaparicio
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| Education | University of Houston Law Center (Master of Laws, Fulbright Scholar, cum laude, 1996); Panama University (Bachelor of Laws, sigma lambda, 1994) |
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| Admitted | 1994, Panama; 1997, New York |
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| Memberships | Panama Bar Association; New York State Bar Association. |
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| Languages | Spanish and English |
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| Born | Panama, Republic of Panama, September 10, 1970 |
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| Biography | From 2004 to 2006, the Firm granted Mr. Aparicio a leave of absence to work for the Panamanian government as Chief Trade Negotiator of all bilateral and multilateral free trade agreements. As Chief Trade Negotiator, Mr. Aparicio coordinated Panama's participation in the Doha round of negotiations of the World Trade Organization and successfully negotiated free trade agreements with the United States, Singapore, and Chile. From 2006 to 2007, Mr. Aparicio worked for the law firm of Sullivan & Cromwell in New York, participating in capital markets, M&A and project finance transactions. Author: Latin Lawyer Reference-Capital Markets, Panama Chapter (2011); Latin Lawyer Reference-Capital Markets, Panama Chapter (2010); "The Essentials of Merger Review", American Bar Association (2009); "Unfair Practices Against Local Producers: Reflections on Dumping" (Prácticas de Comercio Desleal Contra la Producción Nacional: Reflexiones Entorno al Dumping), Revista Lex, 2000; "Panamanian Antitrust Regime: A Comparative Study" (Régimen Sustantivo de Antimonopolio Panameño: Un Estudio Comparativo), Revista Lex, 1997; "The Discount Contract", (El Contrato Bancario de Descuento de Letras), Novum Ius, 1985. Leading banking and finance lawyer in Panama by Chambers Latin America (2011); Leading corporate/commercial lawyer in Panama by Chambers Global, 2010; Leading corporate / M&A lawyer in Panama by Chambers Latin America, 2010-2011; Corporate/M&A associate to watch in Panama by Chambers Latin America, 2009; Country's top professionals under 40, 2005; Fulbrighter of the year, 2005.
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| ISLN | 915723841 |
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| Transactions | Scotiabank's separate factoring transactions with construction companies Degrémont and Construtora Norberto Odebrecht, totaling US$116 million, in connection with cleaning up the Panama bay; Casa Luker US$91 million acquisition of Café Durán, a Panamanian coffee manufacturer with an 80% market share; US$70 million Scotiabank's factoring transactions with Concesionaria Madden-Colon for the construction of the Madden-Colón portion of the Transisthmyc Highway of Panama; Volvo's US$210 million bus fleet sale to Metro Bus, Panama; US$60 million Banco General's financing of Pedregalito I and II hydroelectric projects, taken together, one of the largest hydroelectric projects developed by Panamanian investors; €200 million financing of Panamanian government contracts with Finmeccanica entities for security and surveillance system; ARIFA helps Citibank Panama open the country's capital markets to US investment; Acquisition of Grupo Industrias Lácteas by Coca-Cola and Coca-Cola FEMSA, in its first incursion in the milk and value-added dairy products category; Oiltanking's US$30 million acquisition of Colon Oil and Colon Port Terminal; US$160 million financing for San Jacinto-Tizate phase II power generating facility in Nicaragua, Central America's largest geothermal greenfield project; CABEI and FMO's US$42 million loan to Consorcio Eólico Amayo; Advising the Panama Stock Exchange and Latin Clear in a strategic reorganization to better position these companies to compete as part of a unified group in the Central American and Andean markets; US$20 million financing in connection with the Madden-Colon toll road; US$17.5 million non-recourse collection rights purchase facility to Construtora Norberto Odebrecht for additional work associated with the design and construction of the landmark "Cinta Costera"; US$100 million loan by Citibank to TACA - US$95.9 million, US$62.2 million, US$352 million and US$1 billion consecutive Panama's Fiduciary Trust Bonds sale; HSBC Bank (Panama) historic first registration of a program of Negotiable Banking Certificates in Mexico; US$225 million Citibank's loan to the BAC / Credomatic Group; US$610 million Financial Stimulus Program of the government of Panama; Stock merger between Bank of America and Merrill Lynch. |
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