Jaime Alemán
FOUNDING Partner
Alemán, Cordero, Galindo & Lee (Alcogal)
Jaime E. Alemán (b. November 14, 1953, Panama) is a Panamanian attorney and diplomat. He is Senior Partner at Alemán, Cordero, Galindo & Lee (ALCOGAL) and has served in numerous public and international roles, including Panama’s Ambassador to the United States (2009–2011) and Minister of Government and Justice (1988). Earlier in his career, he was Legal Adviser at the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington, D.C.
Alemán holds a BA in Economics, magna cum laude, from the University of Notre Dame (1975) and a Juris Doctor from Duke University School of Law (1978). He is admitted to the District of Columbia Bar and the Panama Bar.
An avid explorer, he became in 2020 the first Hispanic-American to visit all 193 United Nations member states. He later reached both the North and South Poles (2024) and flew to space aboard Blue Origin’s NS-32 mission in 2025, becoming the first person in history to have visited every UN country, both poles, and space.
He is the author of La Honestidad no Tiene Precio and Alrededor del Mundo en 40 Años. He is married to Pilar Arosemena de Alemán, with whom he has three children.