Mario Galindo, founding partner of Galindo, Arias & López, with more than 50 years of experience, specialized in the branches of civil, tax and commercial law, particularly in the specialties of company law and exchange law.
He drafted the current law on financial leasing. His works on Constitutional Law, Exchange Law and Registry Law have been cited in several Supreme Court rulings.
Dr. Galindo also served as Professor of Commercial Law at the Universidad Católica Santa María La Antigua (1967-1978).
In addition to his experience at the firm, he also held the following positions:
- Board of Directors of the Panama Canal Authority.
- Board of Directors of the Permanent Court of Arbitration of The Hague.
- Board of Directors of the National Council on Foreign Relations.
- Presidential Advisor.
- Minister of Finance and Treasury.
- Review Commission of the Political Constitution of the Republic of Panama.
Publications
- “Four lessons in Panamanian real estate registration law”, 2013.
- “The extinction due to expiration and prescription of exchange actions and the impact on the causal action produced by the issuance of the negotiable document and the aforementioned extinction of said exchange actions” (second updated and expanded edition), 2012.
- “False endorsement in comparative exchange law and Panamanian law”, 2011.
- “To focus the debate on the expansion of the Canal”, 2006.
- “Party democracy, democracy in parties and militant democracy”, 2004.
- “Specific notions of Panamanian real estate registration law”, 2004.
- “The Panamanian nation on the eve and dawn of the republic”, 2003.
- “Our separation from Colombia: The two legends and the dilemma”, 2002.
- “The expiration and prescription of exchange actions and their effects on the causal action in Panamanian law” (first edition), 1999.
- “The action of unjust enrichment and the payment of what is not owed in exchange law”, 1996.
- “Laws-table and surrounding matters in Panamanian law”, 1987.
- “Sense and scope of the constitutional reforms of 1983.”
- “Role of political parties in democracy”, 1970.
- “Constitutional control and public treaties”, 1967.
- “Rights of the lessee on buildings built during the lease”, 1960.
- “Theory of risks in civil sales”, 1958.
