ClarkeModet

Specialist legal and consulting firm ClarkeModet provides a full-service IP offering to multinationals and local clients that includes legal, technical and consultancy advice. The firm covers the registration of patents, trade marks, designs, domains, and copyright; defends IP rights before national and international government agencies: and provides various other services to assist clients protect trade secrets and monetise intangible assets. The practice has gone through a period of leadership transition with the departure of managing director Diego Leandro Izón leading to the January 2023 arrival of experienced IP lawyer María Luisa Santa María -formerly a partner at Ojam Bullrich Flanzbaum- to become the firm’s first female country managing director. Legal services and trade mark director, Marcos Santiváñez Vieyra - whose practice covers corporate, contractual and contentious IP matters - is another key senior name; as is María Cecilia Aloise, who heads up the inventions department and advises on the acquisition, protection, administration and commercial exploitation of IP assets.