is an attorney at law admitted to practice in the Republic of Panama (1996) and the State of New York (2002). Ms. Thayer completed her law school at the University of Panama (1995), obtained an LLM degree at Georgetown University Law School (1997) and is currently an Executive MBA candidate from INCAE Business School (2021).
Ms. Thayer has an extensive working experience in the areas of trade, corporate law, mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures, antitrust and government procurement. She held several positions at the Ministry of Trade and Industries, as well as in the Foreign Trade Council, participating in the negotiations of important international agreements, such as the Trade Promotion Agreement with the United States, among others. She was also, Partner to Galindo, Arias & López until 2021.
As part of her private practice, she has worked on many complex cross-border acquisition and investment transactions, including a real estate transaction for a transnational hotel investment ant the establishment of foreign investment for a post panamax port facility. She also works regularly on international issues related to customs and trade regimes and advises foreign clients like Interconexión Eléctrica,S.A.; Kalpataru Power Transmittion Limited; Systra and Inelectra Servicios, S. de. R. L, in their participation in public bids related to infrastructure projects like. Moreover, Ms. Thayer provided advise to Bac International Bank; ASSA Compañía de Seguros, SA; Compañía Panamena de Aviacion (Copa Airlines); Claro, SA; Asociación Nacional de Molinos de Trigo, Baterías Nacionales, S.A, Unión Eólica Panameña, S.A., Industrias Lácteas, S.A. and Grupo Bilanz, among others.
Currently, she is a member of the member of the Board of WIP Panama, and American Bar Association and the Georgetown University Alumni Association. She is also member of the Board of Directors of several companies.
