The firm partners are members of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), as well as the most prestigious international law and business associations. They have been active members of the International Fiscal Association, the International Tax Planning Association and the International Bar Association since 1975. In Panama, they are members of the Panama Bar Association and the International Lawyers Association.

Born in Fuerth, Bayern, Germany on 20th March 1948. He read law at Santa Maria La Antigua University in Panama City, where he was awarded a B.A. in law in 1973. He worked as an attorney in London from 1975 to 1977 and thereafter started what has today become Mossack Fonseca & Co.   Member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP).

Languages: Spanish, English, German and some French. 

Born in Panama on 14th July 1952. He studied law at the University of Panama and the London School of Economics. His professional experience includes an appointment at the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development in Geneva as a legal adviser from 1977 to 1982.

He is a writer and has twice been granted Panama’s Miró National Literary Award. Other undertakings include: Founding director of Mi Banco (micro-credit facilities for the needy) from 1997 to the present; member of the Advisory Council of Transparency International from 2004 to January 2007; member of the Board of Directors of Panama’s Inter-Oceanic Region Authority (took part in the sale of the Panama Canal region’s assets) from 2000 through 2005; director and patron of the Children’s Hospital from 1995 through 2005.

Languages: Spanish, English and French. 

Ramsés Owens
Director - General Manager

Born in Panama, Republic of Panama, 14th September 1968; admitted, 1992, Panama. Education: University of Panama, School of Law (LL.B., Summa Cum Laude, 1992); Santa Maria La Antigua University, School of Business Administration (B.A., Summa Cum Laude, 1995). Staff member since 1992 and partner since 2007.

Member: Panama Bar Association, the International Tax Planning Association, the International Lawyers Association and the Panama Branch of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP).

Languages: Spanish and English.

Egbert Wetherborne
Lawyer

Born in Panama, Republic of Panama, on 12th November 1977. Education: University of Panama, School of Law (LL.B. - Panama 2001); The International Institute of Human Rights “Rene Cassin” (International and Comparative Law – Strasbourg, France 2002); The Hague Academy of International Law (Public International Law – The Netherlands 2004); University of Edinburgh (LL.M. in International Law – Scotland, U.K. 2005); Latin University of Panama, Tax Management Certificate (2006). Staff member since 2007.

Member: Panama Bar Association; the Latin-American Council of International Law Scholars (COLADIC); the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP).

Languages: Spanish and English.

María González Siburu
External Law Consultant

Born in Panama, Republic of Panama, August 31, 1978. Education: Santa María La Antigua University, School of Law (LL.B., 2000); Tulane University, United States, (LL.M. in Maritime Law, 2001); United Kingdom, University of London (LL.M in International Business Law, 2007). OAS´s scholarship recipient. Staff member since 2004.

Member: Panama Bar Association, Member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) - Panama Chapter.

Languages: Spanish and English.

Edison Teano
Lawyer/Senior Trust Executive

Born in Colon, Republic of Panama, 2nd September 1971. Education: University of Panama, School of Law (LL.B., 2005); Latin University of Panama, Tax Management Certificate (2006). Staff member since 1991.

Languages: Spanish, English and some French.

 

Paola Vecchio
Compliance Officer

Born in Panama, Republic of Panama, January 16th, 1981. Education: Latin American University of Science and Technology (ULACIT), Bachelor of Arts in Marketing and Advertising (2003). Staff member since 2004.

Languages: Spanish, English and Italian