Staff Attorney at ViaCarte in Panama, Panama, PA

About Conga Capital

Conga Capital is a Panama-based private firm operating at the intersection of investment, strategy, and professional services. We hold interests in a portfolio of financial services entities across Latin America and the Caribbean — including a licensed card issuer and financiera, a licensed Casa de Remesas and platform operator, and a consumer payments brand — and provide shared services to those entities across legal, HR, marketing, technology, and administrative functions. We are building our team as the group scales.

The role

Conga Capital's legal function is the connective tissue of the group. Contracts, corporate records, intercompany agreements, employment matters, regulatory liaison coordination, and the day-to-day legal needs of a private firm with interests in regulated financial entities — all of it flows through this role.

We are looking for a junior to mid-level attorney who combines solid commercial legal foundations with an understanding of — or genuine appetite to develop expertise in — Panama's financial services regulatory environment. You do not need to be a specialist regulator from day one. You need to be sharp, organized, and willing to learn the regulatory landscape while handling the full breadth of the group's legal workload.

The ideal candidate has existing relationships with Panama's financial regulators — SBP, MICI, UAF — or is positioned to build them quickly. Those connections, combined with strong commercial legal instincts, are what this role is built around.

Responsibilities

Commercial & contractual

—  Draft, review, and negotiate commercial contracts across the group — service agreements, vendor contracts, intercompany MSAs, employment agreements, and NDA frameworks

—  Maintain the group's contract register — tracking active agreements, expiry dates, renewal obligations, and key commercial terms

—  Support business development and commercial transactions — providing legal input on new client relationships, partnership structures, and commercial arrangements

 Corporate & governance

—  Maintain corporate records for Conga Capital and coordinate with outside counsel on statutory filings and registered agent requirements for portfolio entities

—  Support board governance across portfolio entities — preparing resolutions, maintaining minutes, and ensuring corporate formalities are observed

—  Coordinate legal aspects of employment matters — offer letters, employment agreements, work permit applications, and HR legal compliance

 Regulatory liaison

—  Serve as the internal legal point of coordination for regulatory matters across the group's licensed entities — liaising with outside counsel, tracking regulatory developments, and supporting compliance teams in their interactions with SBP, MICI, and UAF

—  Support regulatory filings and authorization processes — coordinating documentation, managing information requests, and ensuring submissions are complete and accurate

—  Monitor Panamanian legal and regulatory developments relevant to the group's operations — AML legislation, financial licensing requirements, corporate law changes — and provide timely updates to leadership

—  Build and maintain relationships with regulatory bodies and relevant government offices — positioning Conga Capital and its portfolio entities as credible, well-governed participants in Panama's financial services landscape

Who we are looking for

- A law degree from a recognized Panamanian or international institution, and admission to the Bar in Panama

- 2–5 years of legal experience — in private practice, in-house, or a combination of both

- Solid commercial contracting skills — you can draft and review agreements independently

- Some exposure to financial services regulation in Panama — banking, securities, or payments — or a clear appetite to develop it

- Bilingual Spanish/English at professional level — you can draft legal documents and communicate with counterparties in both languages

- Existing relationships with SBP, MICI, UAF, or Panama's financial regulatory community

- Experience in a regulated financial institution or a firm that serves them

- Familiarity with AML/CFT legal frameworks — Law 23 of 2015 and related regulations

- Experience with corporate governance documentation — resolutions, minutes, and shareholder matters

- International legal exposure — multi-jurisdiction transactions or cross-border commercial work

- Organized and detail-oriented — you manage multiple matters simultaneously without things falling through the cracks