Business law for companies that mean business.
+ Twenty years
Every sector. Every deal size. Every regulatory shift Panama has seen.
Legal M&A certified
Transactions practice with institutional depth – not improvised deal work.
Boutique structure
Senior attention on every matter
Turkish · English · Spanish
Three languages. One team. Zero friction across borders.
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Senior counsel. Integrated practice. Direct access.
At Chanis, you work directly with the lawyers handling your matter. Our practice integrates corporate, transactional, compliance, and technology expertise – so your legal work moves as a coherent whole, not as separate engagements.
DIRECT ACCESS
The attorney who knows your business handles your matter. Every time.
Your file is never handed to a team you didn’t choose. The lawyer who understands your business is the one doing the work.
INTEGRATED EXPERTISE
Corporate, M&A, compliance, and technology – not in silos.
AML/CFT obligations, data protection, tax, and operational requirements handled as part of the same engagement.
INTERNATIONAL REACH
Local counsel with a broad network across jurisdictions.
We coordinate with vetted legal correspondents internationally, with Panama as the anchor for every cross-border matter.
Integrated legal counsel across three areas
Corporate operations, strategic transactions, and digital business – with international structuring as the thread that connects them all.
International Business & Investment Structuring
Panama is the structure. The holding, the investment vehicle, the residency program, the Turkey Desk – these activate when your matter crosses borders, from whichever practice it starts. We coordinate with a broad network of legal correspondents across jurisdictions, with Panama as the anchor.
Turkey Desk · International Holdings · Residency Structuring →
Built for matters that do not stay in one box.
Not a list of credentials. The way we actually practice.
More than 20 years in the Panama market teaches you things no manual covers.
More than 20 years teach you where structures fail, where regulators focus, and where a transaction that looks efficient on paper becomes a problem in practice. Chanis was built around that kind of judgment: legal advice shaped by what actually happens after signing, after growth, and under scrutiny.
Chanis was founded in 2005. Since then, Panama has reformed its AML framework, enacted data protection legislation, created the MHQ regime for multinational companies, launched EMMA for manufacturing operations, introduced the Qualified Investor Visa as a direct path to permanent residency, and positioned itself as one of the most actively used jurisdictions for regional corporate structuring in Latin America. We have practiced through every one of those developments – advising companies, investors, and family businesses at each stage of that evolution.
That accumulated judgment is not a credential.
“It is how we think about every matter we take on.”
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Let’s talk about your matter.
Schedule a consultation with our team – a direct conversation about your business and what you need.
