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Adalberto Pinzon Cortez, Founding Partner

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Practice Areas

  • Cadastral Law & Land titling;
  • Deed Titles;
  • Real Estate Law;
  • Corporations and Foundations;
  • Negotiation & Mediation
  • State Contracts specializing in concessions, sales, and leases.

Education

  • Elementary School Teacher. Graduated with 4th. Honor Roll, Juan Demostenes Arosemena Normal School, Republic of Panama.
  • Bachelor Degree (Honors), Law and Political Sciences, University of Panama (Sigma Lambda, Valedictorian Class 1995-1996)
  • Post-Graduate Degree, Mediation, University of Panama, 2002
  • Informal Land Markets Course, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Cambridge, MA, USA.
  • Uses and Applications of Land Registry Course, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, University UNISINOS, Brazil, Ministry of Economy and Finance. City of Knowledge, Panama, 2003.
  • “Policies and Procedures for Procurement of Goods, Works and Consulting Services” Course, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Ministry of Economy and Finance. Republic of Panama.

Experience

  • Legal Consultant, Office of Marine Security of the Republic of Panama in New York; 1996.
  • Legal Advisor, Ministry of Economics and Finances; 2001
  • Former Director of Cadastre and Public Property, Ministry of Economy and Finances; 2001-2003.
  • Commissioner to the Technical Board of Real Estate, Ministry of Commerce and Industries; 2003.
  • Vice-Minister to the Presidency of the Republic of Panama, 2004.
  • College Professor of Law; Universidad Americana, 2005 -2006

Consulting

  • Cadastre, Registry and Territorial arrangement assessment and impact studies;
  • Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), 
  • USAID Washington/Chemonics International Inc.;
  • Federation of the Central-America Isthmus Municipalities (FEMICA);
  • Private companies.

Publications

  • Penal Aspects of Illegal Brand Use; Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Políticas, Universidad de Panamá, 1995.
  • Compilation of the Service Guide of the National Directorate of Cadastre and Public Property; Ministry of Economics and Finances of Panama, Republic of  Panamá, 2003; 
  • Territorial Cadastre in Latin America and the Caribbean; Chapter, The Cadastre of the Republic of Panama, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Cambridge, MA, 2008. http://www.lincolninst.edu/pubs/PubDetail.aspx?pubid=1373
  • Guide for Application of the Management Plan of Property Rights; Chemonic International for USAID, Washington, USA, 2007.
  • Rights of Possession: The State, the Possessors, the Investors and the Town Councils. A concrete proposal. Essay, December, 2009.

Memberships

  • National Bar Association of Panama
  • Inter-American Alliance of the Real Estate Property Rights

Languages

  • Spanish and English
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