Carlos Manuel leads the firm’s Debt Recovery team. He advises companies across a range of sectors, with a primary focus on banking and financial institutions, designing strategies for the recovery of loans and delinquent accounts. The team is recognized in the financial market as one of the most successful in implementing and executing recovery strategies, delivering significant financial benefits to its clients.
He has represented, and continues to represent, the leading financial institutions established in Panama, while also serving as Legal Counsel to several multinational companies in the Construction, Pharmaceutical, Energy, Engineering, Advertising and International Investment sectors.
His professional career includes serving at the Mayor’s Office of Panama as Corregidor (now known as Justice of the Peace) of the District of Panama in 2007.
MEMBERSHIPS AND PRO BONO
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Colegio Nacional de Abogados (Panamá).
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International Bar Association (IBA).
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Instituto Panameño de Derecho de Nuevas Tecnologías.
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Cámara de Comercio, Industrias y Agricultura de Panamá
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Observatorio Judicial (Judicial Observatory) (2016 – to date). A committee that issues observations and recommendations to the Judicial System of the Republic of Panama. The Universidad Santa María La Antigua, the Comisión de Justicia y Paz and the committee of jurists actively participate in the committee.
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Member of the advisory committee of the Citizen Security Observatory of the Cámara de Comercio de Panamá (2018 – to date).
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Comisión de Justicia y Paz (Justice and Peace Commission). Legal advisory work on issues of national interest for the Comisión de Justicia y Paz, concerning electoral matters, democratic civic participation and social education (2013 – to date).
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Casa Esperanza, an NGO that provides development opportunities to children and adolescents living in poverty (2007 – 2016).