Claro & Cia.

Full-service law firm Claro & Cia. ‘houses a highly-skilled team with deep experience in IP’. In addition to its expertise in brands and patents, the six-strong group is mandated to advise on advertising, software, data protection, unfair competition, consumer law and regulatory matters in relation to the mining, technology, healthcare, and food and beverage sectors. Other industry specialisms include agriculture, clothing, footwear, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, tobacco and wine. The IP department also regularly works alongside its M&A and regulatory colleagues on major transactions, as well as leveraging the firm’s civil and criminal litigation experience for IP disputes. Department head and widely-respected IP specialist Felipe Claro is a former international president of the International Association for the Protection of Industrial Property (AIPPI); Paulina Bardón's practice encompasses cybersecurity, data protection, publicity rights, advertising law, licensing and technology transfers, along with e-commerce, unfair competition-related IP protection, and IP infringements, enforcement work and dispute resolution. At senior associate level, Claus Krebs focuses on trade mark and patent issues; Bryan Kernitsky's workload covers trade marks, patents, copyright, advertising, data protection and product labelling; Trinidad Rojas assists with patent-related prosecutions and litigation in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, mining, agriculture, aquaculture and beverage sectors; and Mahish Sadarangani has notable experience in copyright, trade mark and internet matters.