García & Bodán

The litigation and arbitration practice at García & Bodán, which specialises in IP enforcement, harnesses the bench strength of offices in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala to represent major international banks and corporations (including household names such as Sky and Mattel) across sectors ranging from entertainment and media to energy and hospitality. The team is led by office managing partner and regional IP head Julio Vargas, the former president of the Salvadoran Intellectual Property Association, who handles complex administrative and judicial IP cases, and a broad range of anti-piracy, data privacy, e-commerce and tech-related disputes, and Oscar Torres, who heads the Salvadoran litigation department, and has notable expertise in corporate, commercial and labour cases. The practice now benefits from the expertise of three partners, following the promotion in January 2023 of experienced tax litigator and practice director Mauricio Orellana.