Selva del Carmen Quintero Marrone has been part of the Galindo, Arias and López team since 2001, practicing in the Litigation and Arbitration and Regulatory groups.

As part of the Litigation and Arbitration team, Ms. Quintero has specialized in arbitration as well as civil, constitutional and contentious-administrative litigation, and also in administrative procedures before various public institutions, mainly in procedures before the National Authority of Public Services (ASEP), including the representation of multinationals in arbitration proceedings for public services.

As part of the Regulatory team, she generally advices on matters related to regulatory issues in banking, electricity and telecommunications.

In addition to her private practice at Galindo, Arias y López, she has taught undergraduate and graduate courses and facilitated the Training Center of the Attorney General’s Office and the Institute for Legal Studies and Research (INEJ).

Ms. Quintero began her professional practice at the Supreme Court of Justice (Plenary and Third Chamber of the Supreme Court). In 2015, she was declared eligible for the position of Supreme Court Justice by the Ministry of Government, and in 2016, she was appointed by the Executive Branch as a member of the Codification Commission for the drafting of the 2017 Code of Contentious Administrative Procedure. Since 2023, she has been on the CESCON roster of arbitrators. She has also served as an expert witness in Panamanian Administrative Law in proceedings before international tribunals.

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