Garé Advogados is a specialist IP boutique which focuses on advising multinational companies from the luxury goods, sportswear, fashion and consumer products sectors on a range of IP issues. Its anti-counterfeiting work is especially notable, but the team is also well positioned to assist with brand protection and trade mark registration and management. Founders Luiz Claudio Garé and Elisson Garé are the main points of contact in the team; both are recommended for their 'solid legal background' and 'pragmatic approach to every issue'.
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Testimonials
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- 'The firm provides a high-quality service in terms of legal expertise, responsiveness and client-orientation. They frequently arrange huge operations with local Authorities with excellent results in terms of items seized, visibility and service rendered to the community.'
- 'The lawyers are qualified and experienced, always attentive, proactive and solution-oriented. Luiz Claudio Garé, Elisson Garé and Sari Franco have a solid legal background and a pragmatic approach to every issue. They are extremely attentive and responsive in all matters and are driven for results.'
- 'Garé Advogdos provides a full service regarding brand protection online and offline. The service is impeccable, and the legal opinions and guidance are very complete.'
- 'The team at Garé Advogados has several specialists who masterfully work from the beginning to the end of the cycle, understanding the problems and engaging with authorities in order to have enforcement applied to cases involving IP violations, monitoring and developing winning arguments in related criminal cases, representing brands at trainings and events where it is relevant for brands to be present, ensuring that seized illegal products are destroyed, and presenting accountability with a faithful description of the cases it manages and monitors.'
- 'This law firm has perfectly understood how to maximise the fight against counterfeiting by suing intermediaries such as landlords of shopping malls where counterfeits are offered for sale.'
- 'Rodrigo Gianni Carney - A highly qualified professional. Engaged with the client's needs. Prepared to listen and apply the appropriate measures to the specific case.'
- 'Sari Franco - Excellent management, making the teams properly specialised and engaged with the respective and different issues.'
- 'Rodrigo Carney stands out for his attention to the company's needs, seeking out the necessary information and investigating IP infringement cases in particular, and Marcelo Camargo for the care he takes to understand the problems and risks generated by counterfeiting and for representing the client so well in training sessions. I would also like to highlight Elisson Garé for his creativity and perseverance in finding a solution that seemed unprecedented in the country.'
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Luiz Claudio Garé, Elisson Garé