Throughout this movement, ECIJA consolidates as the Spanish Firm with more presence in the American continent, where it is already present in 10 countries
ECIJA continues working its ambitious strategy of development in Latin America, merging at this time with the Panamanian firm Shamah, Vargas & Córdoba, which will join the existing ECIJA team at Panama. Thus, after the merger just two years ago with the firm Expertis, which meant to ECIJA the entry into 7 countries of Central America and the Caribbean, including Panama, the Firm now takes a step forward, strengthening its practice in Panamanian territory. With this movement, ECIJA exceeds the number of 300 professionals in America, with a presence in a total of 10 territories (USA, Panama, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Chile, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala and Puerto Rico) , which places ECIJA as the Spanish firm with the largest presence in Latin America.
The new Panamanian team, led by the new ECIJA partners Daniel Shamah, Antonio Alberto Vargas and Armando Córdoba, will reinforce the practice of ECIJA in the country, giving it a more multidisciplinary character and especially consolidating the areas of corporate, labor, tax and procedural, where the new partners and their teams will help consolidate ECIJA's presence in the country.
This merging takes place shortly after the addition to ECIJA of the Spanish firm Bustillo Abogados, the Chilean firm Estudio Jurídico Otero and the Puerto Rican firm SBGB. Among other integrations in 2019, the incorporation to ECIJA of the Jiménez de Parga Office, Ad & Law, Colón de Carvajal and Zadal Abogados and Tax Advisors is also included.
In the words of Alejandro Touriño, managing partner of ECIJA: “Our goal is to constantly improve and grow in partners, offices, teams, expertise and brand positioning to be a diverse and multidisciplinary firm. Thanks to this focus, today we can say that we are the Spanish firm with the largest presence in Latin America. We are aware that there are still relevant markets to open, but we work hard every day for it.”
Armando Córdoba, new partner of ECIJA in Panama, indicates that this movement means for Shamah, Vargas & Córdoba to join a diverse and referent firm in Europe in the field of TMT: “Every office is different, but all partners work under the same firm team, we support each other, and we all share resources, offices, experts and know how. Undoubtedly, this will result in an improvement of services to our clients who seek in us the strength of a firm like ECIJA and innovation in the provision of legal services.”
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