Marval O’Farrell Mairal

Marval O’Farrell Mairal‘s large IP practice represents domestic and multinational clients in complex, cutting-edge cases, working across all IP aspects of transactions and contentious and tax-related matters. Patent prosecution, trade mark registrations, IP litigation and enforcement are all covered by a team that handles an unmatched volume of patent applications, trade mark portfolios and copyright works. In addition to its dominant position in the Argentine market, the firm is also called on to assist on IP matters across the rest of Latin America and the Caribbean. The team is co-led by patents expert Martín Bensadon; formidable trade mark litigator Gustavo Giay; Iris Quadrio, who leads on IP registrations and IP portfolio management; and exceptional trade mark specialist Sergio Ellmann. The practice is also able to draw on expertise from a deep bench of dynamic, young partners that includes active patents lawyer Ignacio Sánchez Echagüe; IP litigator Martín Chajchir; Juan M López Mañan, who handles trade mark and domain name work; respected IP transactional lawyer Diego Fernández; Andrés O’Farrell, who covers criminal law, litigation and anti-counterfeiting; patents and litigation partner Eugenio Hoss; and Manuela Adrogué, who was promoted to partner in August 2024 and handles data protection, privacy and IP asset transactional matters. At associate level, senior Maria Laura Etcheverry is an up-and-comer of note, her pratice covering IP litigation, advisory and commercial agreements, along with a focus on the agro and pharma sectors where she also handes patents and designs.