Samantha Maldonado-Coronel > Pérez Bustamante & Ponce > Guayaquil, Ecuador > Lawyer Profile

Pérez Bustamante & Ponce
AV FRANCISCO DE ORELLANA Y MIGUEL H ALCÍVAR
CENTRO EMPRESARIAL LAS CÁMARAS, TORRE B, OFICINA 904
GUAYAQUIL
Ecuador

Work Department

Samantha is fully knowledgeable and experienced in trademark registration, trademark litigation, and copyright matters. She has advised international clients, handling processes involving highly renowned foreign trademarks. Likewise, she advises local clients, proposing strategies regarding the protection of their trademark portfolio at the Andean Community level aiming at its expansion. She has also worked in regulatory law, overseeing procedures for the registration of notices of sale of goods, and reviewing documents required for such purpose.

Position

Senior Associate

Career

Pérez Bustamante & Ponce (2023 – present)

Romero Corral Abogados (2015 – 2023)

Bermeo & Bermeo Abogados (2014 – 2015)

Marklaw Abogados (2012 – 2014)

Estudio Jurídico Terán & Terán (2012)

Navas Zúñiga y Dávalos (2011)

Santacruz & Donoso Abogados (2010 – 2011)

Languages

Spanish, English

Memberships

Ecuador Bar Association

Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property (ASIPI)

Education

Universidad de los Hemisferios (Lawyer, 2014)

Lawyer Rankings

Ecuador > Intellectual property

Pérez Bustamante & Ponce is ‘made up of excellent professionals with very good knowledge‘ of the full range of IP rights, namely patents, copyrights and trade marks. With experience in the public and private sectors, the team is particularly well placed to advise clients from the pharma, food and beverage, luxury goods, oil and gas, and hospitality sectors on the management of their trade mark portfolios. Contentious and non-contentious matters involving industrial designs, trade names, plant varieties and anti-counterfeiting issues are other areas of activity for the practice. Department head Francisco Pérez-Gangotena assists major brands with the management of their IP portfolios at the national and international levels. Key support is offered by senior associate and experienced IP practitioner Camila Mateus, who has ‘unparalleled experience in Ecuador’ when it comes to the protection of trade marks, plant varieties and patents. Alysa Arcos and Samantha Maldonado are also noted for their involvement in IP matters.