Practice Areas - Banking and Finance
- Corporations
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- Securities Regulation
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| Contact Info | Telephone: +507 205 7090
Fax: +507 205 7001
http://www.arifa.com/lawyers/jcanavaggio
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| Education | Tulane University (Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 2006); Harvard University (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 2003) |
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| Admitted | 2006, Texas; 2009, Panama |
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| Memberships | State Bar of Texas; Panama Bar Association. |
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| Languages | Spanish, English and French |
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| Born | Panama, Republic of Panama, May 18, 1981 |
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| Biography | Director and Treasurer of Harvard Club of Panama, 2008-Present. Author: Getting the Deal Through - Mergers & Acquisitions, Panama Chapter, Law Business Research (2011); "A promising future", IFLR Global Mergers & Acquisitions Guide (2011); The Mergers & Acquisitions Review, Panama Chapter, Law Business Research (2010); "Dealing in the Debt Markets", IFLR Focus Latin America (2010); PLC Cross-border Capital Markets Handbook, Panama chapter (2009/2010); "The Essentials of Merger Review", American Bar Association (2009); The Mergers & Acquisitions Review, Panama Chapter, Law Business Research (2009); PLC Cross-border Capital Markets Handbook, Panama Chapter (2008/9). Named a lawyer "increasing in prominence", LatinLawyer 250, 2010.
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| ISLN | 919511888 |
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| Transactions | Casa Luker US$91 million acquisition of Café Durán, a Panamanian coffee manufacturer with an 80% market share; Loan and management agreement for the Royalton Panama Spa & Beach Resort; 18 separate aircrafts financings and 5 separate aircraft refinancing transactions for Avianca-TACA, the national airline of Colombia; 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; Grupo Gildemeister's multi-jurisdictional acquisition in Grupo Los Tres in Central America; Sale of Bonlac to Casa Luker; US$150 million subordinated bonds of Global Bank, second largest Panamanian-based bank; US$45 million Petaquilla Minerals prepaid forward gold purchase agreement; €100 million Codere bond offering; €120 million renewal of CODERE senior facilities agreement; US$2.25 billion Bladex's Euro Medium Term Note Program update; Bladex's first Panamanian bank bond offering in Chile; Reorganization and sale of Stanford Bank (Panama); US$30 million financing investment package in QBE del Istmo Compañía de Reaseguros to support the insurance sector in Latin America; US$211 million Grupo Mundial Tenedora strategic alliance with Mapfre America, resulting in the largest insurer in Central America; US$450 million notes offering by Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp.; HSBC Bank (Panama) historic first registration of a program of Negotiable Banking Certificates in Mexico; Harsco acquisition of Esco Interamerica; Merger between Cable Onda and Telecarrier, resulting in the only 100% Panamanian-owned telecommunications services provider of paid-TV, telephone, broad-band internet, and telecom affiliated services; US$450 million Arcos Dorados bond offering; SIBUR acquisition of Citco Waren-Handelsgesellschaft; Stock merger between Bank of America and Merrill Lynch; Productos Alimenticios Pascual acquisition of La Suprema; Acquisition of Tecoloco International by Saon Group. |
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