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Associate

Practice Areas

PABLO MARTINELLI

Pablo E. Martinelli M. is an associate of the Firm, and his practice focuses on Capital Markets, Banking, Finance, and Mergers and Acquisitions.

Pablo has represented public and private companies in complex cross-border transactions, advising clients on debt restructurings and securities issuances and assisting clients in acquisitions of companies in the distribution, franchise, and retail sectors. And wholesale, retail, telecommunications, and even the educational sector and companies located in the Free Zones of Panama.

His experience in the practice of Capital Markets has focused on legal advice to various issuers in the issuance of debt and capital at the national market (Superintendency of the Stock Market of Panama) and the international market (New York Stock Exchange ).

Within his practice in Banking and Project Financing, he has stood out in advising companies within the financial sector and debtors in debt restructuring and project financing and transactions related to the acquisition of companies.

Education

  • Santa María la Antigua University, Panama (LL.B., 2016). (cum laude).
  • The University of Virginia, School of Law, Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.A. (LL.M., 2017).
  • Instituto de Empresas (IE), Business School, Master in Administration, Madrid, Spain (M.I.M, 2018).

Languages

  • Spanish
  • English

Relevant Transactions

  • Legal advisor to Corporación de Finanzas del País, S.A. (Panacredit), in the registration of a preferred shares program of up to an amount of US$10,000,000.00 in the Superintendency of the Securities Market of Panama.
  • Legal advisor to Corporación de Finanzas del País, S.A. (Panacredit), in the registration of a revolving program of corporate bonds of up to an amount of US$150,000,000.00 in the Superintendence of the Securities Market of Panama.
  • Legal advisor to the largest aviation company in the Republic of Panama in the registration of a convertible bond program for up to US$350,000,000.00 on the New York Stock Exchange, U.S.A.
  • Legal advisor to a local capital company in the retail sector in acquiring one of the largest supermarket chains in the Republic of Panama.
  • Legal advisor to the largest telecommunications company in the region in the sale of its operations within the Republic of Panama.
  • Legal advisor to a foreign capital company in the energy sector (Dominican Republic) in the acquisition through a Panamanian vehicle of one of the most important electrical generators in Colombia. The transaction also contemplated the negotiation of the financing granted by banking institutions in the United States of America and the negotiation of the contracts and guarantees given by the client in favor of said banking entities.
  • Legal advisor to various companies in the franchise sector in the sale and acquisition of operations within the Republic of Panama

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