Menalco Solís

(Q.E.P.D. )
Partner

Date of Birth

November 10, 1937

Academic Preparation

1962

Harvard University (LL.M.), Cambridge, Massachusetts.

 

1961

Tulane University (J.D.), New Orleans, Louisiana.

 

1958

Fordham University (B.S.S.S.), New York.

 

Menalco Solís Rivas

(Q.E.P.D. )
Founding Partner

Dr. Menalco Solis Rivas is a graduate of Fordham University, New York, U.S.A., who later studied law at Tulane University, Louisiana, U.S.A., and then obtained a master's degree from Harvard University, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

In his professional career he held the positions of Director General of Revenue, Minister of Planning and Economic Policy, Minister of Finance and Treasury, and Director of the National Public Council and National Defense.

Career Path

1964-1965

Legal Advisor, General Directorate of Revenues, Ministry of Finance and Treasury.

 

1965-1967

General Director of Revenues, Ministry of Finance and Treasury.

 

1984-1985

Minister of Finance and Treasury.

 

1995 -1999

Chief Legal Advisor, Interoceanic Region Administration (ARI).

 

1990-1994

Presidential Advisor and Director of the Public Security and National Defense Council (CSPDN) of the Presidency of the Republic.

Areas of practice

Tax Law, Corporate Law, Banking Law, Insurance Law.

Languages

English and Spanish

Membership

National Bar Association

Publications

1980

Income Tax in Panama 1980 ( co-editor).

 

1971

Income Tax in Panama 1971 ( co-editor).

 

1970

Legal and Accounting Aspects of the Income Tax System" (Panama Chamber of Commerce, mimeographed).

 

1963

Creation and Maintenance of the Minimum Standard of Treatment Applicable to National and Foreign Juristic Persons",

37 Tulane Law Review 205-234.