Alejandro M. Castillero Pinilla

Who is Alejandro M. Castillero Pinilla?

Alejandro M. Castillero Pinilla is an attorney, real estate investor, shareholder of Nazareno Livestock Cattle Ranch, and founding partner of Castillero & Castillero law firm in Chitré, the capital of the province of Herrera, on the Azuero Peninsula of Panama.

In August 2009, Castillero was named Technical Coordinator of PRONAT — the National Land Administration Program, the sole government entity responsible for facilitating the titling process in Panama — by Panama President Ricardo Martinelli. Since that time, under the Martinelli administration, he and his PRONAT team have, on average, titled more than 2,500 properties per month.

Financed by Inter-American Development Bank, the extent of this land titling initiative is unprecedented for the Central American country, and is critical to achieving the Panama federal government’s goal of titling the entire country within five years to accelerate investment opportunities nationwide.

The impact of Castillero’s and his team’s early work at PRONAT came to fruition on December 31, 2009 when Law 80 was passed, facilitating possessory rights and free land titles across the Panamanian coastal zones and islands.