Morgan & Morgan won the Jurisdiction Award: Panama – in the Women in Business Law Awards Americas 2023.
Panama, February 15, 2023. We are pleased to announce that our firm won the Jurisdiction Award: Panama in the Women in Business Law Awards Americas 2023. These awards, organized by Euromoney plc, recognize women in business law and those law firms that have designed initiatives and programs to support and encourage women and diversity within the
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Morgan & Morgan consolidates as the Panamanian law firm with the best corporate reputation and ESG-responsible.
Panama, January 26, 2024. For the sixth consecutive year, the Corporate Reputation Business Monitor (MERCO), a reference monitor for Ibero-America, presented the rankings of 100 companies and leaders with the best reputation and most ESG-responsible companies in Panama. We are pleased to announce that Morgan & Morgan remains the only law firm in this important
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Morgan & Morgan featured in the Chambers D&I Report: Latin America 2023.
Panama, January 22. 2024. The Chambers Diversity & Inclusion team has published the third annual D&I Latin America Report, looking closely at Latin America’s most innovative initiatives and best practices in 2023. The key trends that emerged were focused on renewed understandings of gender diversity, raising awareness and supporting access to justice, and innovative efforts
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New deadlines for the submission of extensions for Temporary Residency Permits, Provisional Permits, or Permanent Residence Permits and Domestic Workers’ Visa.
The National Immigration Service, through Resolution No. 246 of January 3rd, 2024, established the new deadlines for the submission of extensions for Temporary Residency Permits, Provisional Permits, or Permanent Residence Permits and Domestic Workers’ Visa. Resolution No. 246 of January 3rd, 2024 (hereinafter referred to as the “Resolution”) grants a deadline until February 29th, 2024,
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Morgan & Morgan advised Mercandú in a capital raising round to expand its e-commerce platform in the region.
Panama, January 8, 2024. Morgan & Morgan acted as the Panamanian legal advisor for Mercandú, a startup based in El Salvador that operates the largest marketplace in the Central American region, offering over 500,000 products, in a capital raising round. The capital raising round took the form of issuing shares (equity-raising) in favor of two
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New minimum wage rates
Executive Decree No. 1 of January 10th, 2024 The President of the Republic has issued the new Minimum Wage Decree that becomes effective as of January 16th, 2024, considering that a consensus was not reached in the Minimum Wage Commission, and it is up to the Executive Branch to set the new applicable rates. It
- Published in Labor Law_news, News
WSG Tax Guide: Navigating Tax Law Policies in Latin America.
Panama, January 5, 2024. The World Services Group (WSG) Tax Group has published Navigating Tax Law Policies in Latin America, a country-by-country Guide that provides detailed insights, updates and trends on important laws and policies throughout the region. The Guide focuses on four major areas of interest including: income taxes, trading taxes/rules, OECD/international tax rules
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Actions to take into account due to new outcomes of COVID-19 cases.
Due to the increase in COVID-19 cases in our country, we want to remind you of the actions to take in case you have been exposed to the virus or if you are COVID-19 positive. According to Executive Decree No. 64, of November 30, 2023, the actions to follow are: *Day 0: for asymptomatic patients
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Guide to Governmental Procurement in Latin America.
Panama, December 18, 2023. The Republic of Panama promotes the participation of foreign companies in its public procurement market and encourages competition to ensure efficiency and quality in the execution of projects and the provision of goods and services. The legal and regulatory framework for public procurement includes Law 22 of 2006 and its amendments,
The Leading FinTech advisers worldwide
Nos complace comunicarles que Morgan & Morgan ha sido reconocido como Band 1 en la guía global de FinTech por Chambers and Partners 2024. Esta es la primera edición de esta guía en Panamá. Además, nuestros socios, Kharla Aizpurúa y Roberto Vidal, son destacados en la guía como abogados recomendados, ambos en la posición Band
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