He is a partner with the Panamanian law firm Galindo, Arias & López since 2003. He joined the firm in 1986 as a legal assistant and in 1991 became an associate. In 1991 graduated from Santa María La Antigua University in Panama as Bachelor of Law and Political Sciences. In 1993 obtained a Masters in Law (LL.M) in Tulane University Law School in New Orleans and in 1995 obtained an MBA from the Instituto Centroamericano de Administración de Empresas (INCAE), in Costa Rica. His private practice in Galindo, Arias & López has had an emphasis on providing legal counsel and representation to multinational and large national corporations in the financial and industrial sectors, but also embracing companies serving public utilities (telecommunications). He has led teams in mergers and acquisition for national and foreign banks and corporations, and has also advised national and foreign clients in the development and structuring of loan syndications and securitizations. He has also played a key role in some of the main mergers and acquisition in Panama and Latin America, and has participated in several corporate and financial restructurings. He currently leads the team that advises the Panama Canal Authority overseen all of the legal aspects of the Panama Canal Expansion Project. He has supported, pro bono, several non profit organizations, such as Fundación de Lupus de Panamá, Fundación Amador and the Central America Leadership Initiative Foundation (CALI). He collaborated in the drafting of the Panamanian Call Center legislation, is the Vice President of the Board of Directors of INCAE’s National Committee, is a member of AMCHAM, TAGLaw, Lawyers Associated Worldwide and of the Alianza Legal Lationamericana. He is married, has three children and likes to play golf.