Experience

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  Hydor AS

  • Oslo, Norway

  • Claims Handler

    • Mar 2024 - Present
    • Oslo, Norway

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  De Castro & Robles

  • Panama

  • Associate Lawyer

    • May 2021 - Jul 2023
    • Panama

    - Dispute resolution and litigation:*Represented various clients including P&I Clubs, shipowners, charterers, ship agencies, freight forwarders, cargo owners, ports and underwriters;*Presented, pleaded and defended different types of claims regarding cargo damage and loss, charter parties, personal injury and death, collisions, contracts for the supply of bunkers and necessities, ship mortgages and oil pollution;*Presented claims against the Panama Canal Authority;*Executed, lifted and suspended ship arrests;*Drafted writs, pleadings, complaints, answers to complaints, discoveries and answers to discoveries;*Carried out preliminary investigations.- Drafted legal opinions and provided legal counsel on Panamanian Maritime Law to international clients.- Prepared and sent daily reports on the statuses of the law firm´s ongoing online judicial case files.- Managed, calculated and tracked the list of terms and deadlines for the Maritime Department.- Trained and managed the department´s team of paralegals.

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  Tulane University Law School

  • Maritime Law Fellow

    • Aug 2019 - May 2020

    - Legal research assistant

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  Morgan & Morgan

  • Panama
  • Law Practice
  • 400 - 500 Employee

  • Admiralty Paralegal

    • Jun 2017 - May 2019

    - Led a Panamanian team for 2 months in a disclosure process for an arbitration case in London- Monitored maritime processes, which involved:Calculating procedural terms to file documents in maritime courtsDrafting and submitting writs at the maritime courtsKeeping case files up to date, conducting legal research, preparing case summaries, and tracking the transit of vessels for their arrest

  • Shipping Paralegal

    • Nov 2016 - May 2017

    - Processed patents, permits, and radio licenses for vessels in the Panama Maritime Authority- Registered property titles, mortgages, and amendments of vessels´ documentation in the Panama Maritime Registry

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  Vallarino, Vallarino & Garcia-Maritano

  • Procedural Law Legal Assistant

    • Jan 2016 - Oct 2016

    Monitored legal processes in civil, commercial, intellectual property, and family law