Senior Associate
Practice Areas
José Antonio Sierra is a Senior Associate at FABREGA MOLINO. His practice concentrates on Real Estate, Government Regulatory Permits, Hospitality & Leisure, Healthcare & Life Science, Media, and Technology. José Antonio has extensive experience in corporate real estate matters, and he regularly advises clients on real estate investments and co-investment through complex cross-border structures.
He has advised institutional investors, owners, and developers in sophisticated transactions involving industrial zones, offices, hotels, special export trade zones, and multi-family residential properties.
Mr. Sierra has experience with transactions in several industries, including automotive, biotechnology, chemicals, clean energy, government contracts, health care, investment management, life sciences, pharmaceuticals, real estate, and technology.
Besides, he has served as Vice-Minister of Justice and Inland Government on several occasions. He serves as a liaison between Panama and the United States to exchange information on money laundering crimes. He also was the Legal Advisor of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (1990 – 1991; Head of the Legal Department of the Ministry of Government and Justice (1992 – 1993); Legal Counselor to the Minister of Finance and Economy (1997 – 1999). Before FABREGA MOLINO, he has practiced law at a local firm (1993-1996) and in-house corporate law specialist for a well-known multinational firm with diversified real estate holdings and international trade interest (1999-2008).