MARIA CAROLINA VIEIRA > Contexto Legal S.A. > Medellín, Colombia > Lawyer Profile
Contexto Legal S.A. Offices
Cra. 43A No. 5A – 113
South Tower, Floor 14, One Plaza Building
Medellín, Antioquia
Colombia
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MARIA CAROLINA VIEIRA
Work Department
Intellectual Property
Position
Associate Director
Career
Lawyer specialized in Industrial Property, Unfair Competition, and Market Law litigation.
She has extensive experience in litigation before the Contentious Administrative Jurisdiction, the Ordinary Jurisdiction, and the Superintendence of Industry and Commerce; she has rendered her professional services in multiple private companies with diverse commercial purposes and has served as corporate counsel of an important multinational company that markets mass products.
Languages
Spanish and English
Education
- Specialization in Industrial Property, Copyrights and New Technologies
- Specialist in Administrative Law
- Specialist in Commercial Law
- Lawyer
Lawyer Rankings
Colombia > City focus > Medellín
A monolith in its local market, full-service, single-site Contexto Legal S.A. counts over thirty lawyers based in its Medellín office. The firm acts for a diverse roster of local, national, and multinational companies, including new client wins for 2022/2023 such as Agua Bendita, Evonik Colombia, and Premex. Guillermo Villegas Ortega spearheads the corporate, labour, and immigration departments and brings to bear significant in-house expertise gained during internal roles at several corporations, including Banco de Colombia and Grupo Corona. Other key names at partner level include Melissa Echeverri, who specialises in labour and social security matters; Andrés Márquez, who leads the IP and competition practices; Federico Escobar, who handles tax, estate planning, and international trade; and Juan Luis Escobar, who heads the restructuring and insolvency group. The firm also draws on the experience of consultant partner Gustavo Cruz, whose broad focus spans corporate, compliance, and litigation. A strong second line of associate directors include Felipe Restrepo, who leads the litigation and real estate units; Marcela García, who handles tax, international trade and foreign investment; and Maria Carolina Vieira, who has a focus on IP and competition litigation.
Colombia > Intellectual property
Medellín-based Contexto Legal S.A. is active across a varied mix of IP-related services, with experience in contentious and non-contentious trade mark, patent, industrial design and copyright work. The group is primarily engaged by food industry companies, but it has also recently undertaken work for clients in the life sciences, cosmetics, and public sectors. IP and competition partner Andrés Marquez heads the group with support from associate director Maria Carolina Vieira, who specialises in IP and competition litigation.