Since 1982, Panama acquired jurisdiction over actions arising out of maritime disputes occurring within the territory and over vessels carrying the Panamanian flag. Prior to this, the United States of America had jurisdiction over these actions pursuant to the Panama Canal Treaties. For this reason, Panama maintains generally the same procedure that the American courts, based on common law. The Maritime Court has therefore been a hybrid figure in our traditionally roman juridical system, having adopted a common law features such as the use of in rem actions, discovery and the figure of the Marshall, among others.
The new Maritime Court of Panama has steadily created a solid and constant jurisprudence of international character. KARNAKIS & KARNAKIS is aware of these matters and that is the reason we keep ourselves updated of the recent legislation and jurisprudence in maritime litigation, in order to serve and represent our clients interests the best way we can.
Panama’s Ship Registry has positioned itself for most of the last decade as the world’s leading Merchant Marine. Considered by shipowners and financial entities as a high quality and efficient Registry, more often than not businessmen have conditioned the sale or financing of a ship to her being registered in the Panamanian Merchant Marine. The solid structure of our Registry is coupled with the existence of a global network of Panamanian Merchant Marine Consulates, allowing the registration of a ship in the Panamanian fleet to be a simple and fast process. Important transactions can be completed in one day, without requiring the physical presence of the principals in Panama.
KARNAKIS & KARNAKIS plays an active role in this efficient global network, being involved in the registration of ships, as well as in the preparation and drafting of all contracts involved in the sale, operation and management of the ship, as well as the naval mortgage contracts that are the principal warranty used in the financing operation.
The Republic of Panama is signatory of multiple International treaties that regulate the subject of Marks and Industrial and Intellectual Property, making to Panama a fort in which to Protection of Marks it talks about.
This combined to our privileged geographic position and the Colon Free Zone, we have become one of but the great Registries of Marks and Patents.
We offered services as registry and protection of marks, commercial patents, symbols, names, industrial and clear designs of invention, representing our clients in the legislations that are derived from the Protection of Right of Intellectual Property, Industrial and Right Connected.
We offered a consultant’s office in relation to the legislation of the migratory status in our country and, at the same time, we oriented to our clients to the type of visa or permission to which it could apply according to it’s necessities in individual.
In this matter, we as much offered to consultant’s office to individual clients or corporative clients or multinational companies that operate in Panama and which they assign foreign personnel to toil in our country.
The types of visas to which it is possible to be applied are:
The visas in quality of immigrant grant the resident to the foreigner in two (2) stages: Provisional and Permanent.
Provisional Permanence: Once presented/displayed the request of visa of immigrant and being approved by the National Service of Migration the foreigner the provisional permanence by two (2) years is granted to him.
Definitive Permanence: Overcome (2) years both the request will be due to present/display to the National Service of Migration to obtain the definitive permanence, which will give right the foreigner to reside indefinitely in Panama, and to obtain it’s personal identity card, that soon we explained the concept.
Types of Visa
The same ones are asked for depending on the activity and the time that wishes to remain the foreigner in the Republic of Panama.
Visas of Immigrants (Who grant definitive permanence)
Temporary Visitors (Temporary Permission of Resident)
To apply to Adoptions must fulfill the following requirements established by Article 297 A of the Family Code.
Request through a lawyer in which one expresses desire and the reason to adopt a boy, girl or adolescent; and one specifies the age and the sex of the minor one that is tried to adopt.
Socioeconomic and psychological studies practiced by an institution public or deprived, recognized by the country or professional with suitability.
Criminal records.
Medical certificate of Good Health.
Certainty of work with indication of the position, pay, antiquity and social benefits derived from the labor relation. In it’s defect, authenticated copy of the two last declarations of rent or banking references will be accepted.
Certificate of birth.
Two sworn declarations of people who know the person or persons who will adopt. In case of married people or together with fact, the sworn declarations will talk about to their relation like marriage or people who have coexisted together with fact.
Color photographs of postal size of each one of the rooms that conform the home and the facade.
A recent photography in colors of each one of the person who will adopt, as well as of the other members of the familiar picture that reside habitually in the house where will reside the minor or the minor one whose adoption is asked for.
Express acceptance of which a periodic pursuit is made, by space of three (3) years from the declaration of adoption, of the person or the persons who will adopt when adopted or the adopted one he is minor, with the regularity or regularity that determines the Judge or the Judge of the cause.
Express acceptance of allocation to have a temporary coexistence with the children, children and adolescents in adoption.
In case that the person or persons who will adopt are Panamanian, certificates of to have received preparation for adoptive parents; if they are foreign, certificate issued by the central authority of the country of residence or in it’s defect, the established thing by the National Direction of Adoptions of the Ministry of Social Development.
In case in that the person or persons who will adopt they domicile abroad, authenticated copy complete of the passport and authorization to adopt sent by the competent central authority of the country of origin of the applicant.
If the person or persons who will adopt domicile abroad, copy properly authenticated of the authorization to enter to the adopted one or the adopted one to this country.
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KARNAKIS & KARNAKIS ofrece servicios legales en la República de Panamá y en Grecia, tanto a clientes nacionales como internaciones, ofreciendo asesoramiento legal en todas las áreas del Derecho, con énfasis en derecho Marítimo y Comercial.
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