Degree:

• Law Degree, Universidad Complutense de Madrid. 
• Attorney at law, Member of the Madrid Bar Association. 

Practice Areas:

• Technical and legal advice concerning filing and prosecution of Trademarks abroad (national trademarks, international trademarks, European Union trademarks and Community Designs).
• Drafting of Trademark registration viability reports and other IP rights. 
• Drafting of contracts in relation to IP rights, such as assignments, co-ownerships, licences, franchises, etc.
• Assisting in third party negotiations concerning intangible assets.
• Coordination of litigation proceedings concerning IP matters.
• Drafting of international IP protection strategies.
• Defense of Trademarks and other IP rights before the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO).
• Legal and technical advice in administrative and judicial procedures related to IP matters.
• Study and supervision of litigation proceedings concerning IP matters abroad.
• Preparing lawsuits before the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU).
• Management, control and supervision of IP portfolios.

Training:

• Master´s Degree in European Law, Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
• Harvard's Programm of Instruction for Lawyers, Harvard Law School.
• University Degree in Mediation,  Universidad Rey Juan Carlos.
• Attendance in Brussels at European Summit of Intellectual Property.
• Intellectual Capital Management Course, Management Forum.
• International Intellectual Property Licensing and Writting and Negotiating an International Intellectual Property Licence courses, Management Forum.

Professional Career:

Before joining UNGRIA's Madrid office, she started her professional career as legal counsel and Head of the International Relations Department of the Spanish Federation of Transport. Likewise, she actively participated for 5 years as a Master's professor at an important Spanish university, teaching Community Law courses.

Since joining UNGRIA in 1997 and, for more than 20 years of experience in the Intellectual Property field, she has devoted her professional activity to legal and technical advice regarding the prosecution and protection of Trademark rights abroad (direct trademarks abroad, international trademarks, European Union trademarks and Community Designs). In her solid professional career, she has also specialized in enforcing the rights inherent to Distinctive Signs before the EUIPO, as well as in legal advice in administrative and judicial proceedings in relation to IP matters.

Additionally, she has actively participated in annual meetings and conferences related to the firm's business activity, such as: INTA, ECTA, MARQUES, PTMG (Pharmaceutical Trademark Group), International Trademark Conference, ASIPI, AIPPI, ITMA (Institute of Trademark Attorneys), Forum Européen de la Propiété Intellectuelle, among others.

Languages: Spanish, English, German, French

In UNGRIA since: 1997