TAPIA, LINARES & ALFARO, also known as TALIAL, was founded in 1949 by FELIPE S. TAPIA C. who in the early days of his professional career participated in the organization of the Shipping Bureau of Panama. In 1958, Dr. Julio E. Linares G., joined the firm after completing post-graduate studies in Spain and Italy. Dr. Linares, a very well known jurist and politician, was for fifteen years a professor of International Public Law and Procedural Law at the University of Panama, and held important public offices, as a member of the National Assembly 1960-1964; Ministry of the Treasury 1963-1964; and Minister of Foreign Affairs 1989-1993.

Since its foundation more than fifty years ago, the firm has been one of the leading Panamanian law firms, with a well develop and strong practice in international matters (offshore corporations & shipping ) as well as in the developing of its local practice with major emphasis in banking, corporate, litigation and intellectual property law.

All attorneys at the firm have been very active in different areas within Panama’s academic, business, legal and political circles. For instance, from the current partners you will find a former Ambassador of Panama in Washington, a former Vice Minister of Education and former Law Schools professors. Other attorneys from the firm have belong to the board of Directors of the Panama Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture; the Panama Association of Banking Law, the Panama Association of Maritime Law, Panama Association of International Lawyers and the Panama Association of Industrial Property. Senior partner, Dr. Eloy Alfaro, has been sitting at the Board of Directors of the Panama Canal since 1997. Among our attorneys you will also find a former Alternate Supreme Court Justice, a former Substitute Judge to the First Superior Court of Justice of Panama and Judge of the Third Court of Justice of Panama as well as professor of Civil and Mercantile Law from the most prestigious universities in the country.

The new offices of TALIAL are located at the modern Capital Plaza Building, 15th floor, Roberto Motta Boulevard, in Costa del Este, the zone of major growth in Panama City, a few minutes from the center of the city and from Tocumen International Airport. We have a staff of more than thirty persons, including well trained secretaries and several assistants supporting lawyers in their daily work.