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Knowledge and Teamwork

ABG team of IP professionals combines excellent academic qualifications, extensive technical and legal knowledge, and industry experience.

This combination underpins the high quality of our services and our dedication to our clients’ IP rights.

At ABG we have passion for knowledge. We work at the frontiers of science and IP law, providing our clients with advice and solutions that help their businesses. We specialize in complex situations, providing innovative legal solutions.

IP Professionals

Our professionals work in teams designed to handle your projects, combining technical skills and legal experience to meet your goals. They are team players, trained to give their best, in an efficient and cost-conscious manner.

Most of our team members are in-house trained. We allocate time and resources to ensure they are at the top of their profession, with the best qualifications and IP experience required to deal with today’s fast technological changes.

Best IP partners

We value our relationship with each client. Our professionals are good communicators and work alongside you in order to clearly understand your technology and business objectives and design the best IP strategy to achieve them.    

They will follow closely the projects, keeping you informed so you can take the right decisions concerning your IP assets.

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Partners

AllManaging Partner
Juan Arias

Juan Arias

Managing Partner

Juan cofounded ABG in 2003. He has more than 30 years of experience in IP

Fernando Prieto

Fernando Prieto

Partner

Fernando is European Patent Attorney. He has 25 years of IP experience. He is a partner in Engineering & Physics and ICT Departments

Enric Carbonell

Partner

Enric is European Patent Attorney and is partner in charge of the Barcelona office. He has more than 25 years of experience in IP

Agustín Alconada

Agustín Alconada

Partner

Agustín is European Patent Attorney since 2007. He is a partner in the Biotechnology Department

Almudena Fernández

Almudena Fernández

Partner

Almudena is European Patent Attorney. She holds a PhD in Chemistry and is a partner in the Chemistry & Materials and Pharma Departments

Pablo Calvo

Pablo Calvo

Partner

Pablo is European Patent Attorney and holdsPh.D. in Mechanical Eng. He is a partner in Engineering & Physics and ICT Departments

Chemistry, Materials & Pharma

AllManaging PartnerPartnerAssociatePatent Adviser
Juan Arias

Juan Arias

Managing Partner

Juan cofounded ABG in 2003. He has more than 30 years of experience in IP

Enric Carbonell

Partner

Enric is European Patent Attorney and is partner in charge of the Barcelona office. He has more than 25 years of experience in IP

Almudena Fernández

Almudena Fernández

Partner

Almudena is European Patent Attorney. She holds a PhD in Chemistry and is a partner in the Chemistry & Materials and Pharma Departments

Tomás Llamas

Tomás Llamas

Associate

Tomás is European Patent Attorney since 2012. He holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry and is an associate in the Chemistry & Materials Department

Marta Rodríguez

Marta Rodríguez

Associate

Marta is an European Patent Attorney and Spanish Patent and Trademark Agent. She is an associate in the Chemistry & Materials Department

Sofía Petterson

Sofia Pettersson

Associate

Sofia is European Patent Attorney (EQE, 2015). She holds a PhD in Chemistry and is an associate in the Chemistry & Materiales Department

Iain A. McGeoch

Iain A. McGeoch

Associate

Iain is European Patent Attorney and holds a M.Sc. in Medicinal Chemistry.He is an associate and responsible for ABG’s Basque Country office

André Santos

André Santos

Associate

André is European Patent Attorney and he holds a PhD in Organic Chemistry. He joined ABG in 2016

Virginia Gómez

Virginia Gómez

Patent Adviser

Virginia is an European Patent Attorney and Spanish Patent and Trademark Agent. She holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering

Frédéric Ratel

Patent Adviser

Frédéric is an European Patent Attorne and he holds a PhD in Chemistry

Ana Herreros

Patent Adviser

Ana holds a Ph.D. in Chemical and Pharmaceutical Science and Technology and she is Spanish Patent and Trademark Agent

Giovanni Bottari

Patent Adviser

Giovanni holds a PhD in Chemistry Sciences. He joined ABG in 2021 and is a patent adviser in the Chemistry & Materials Department

Estefanía del Horno

Patent Adviser

Estefanía joined ABG in 2023. She holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry and works as patent advisor in the Chemistry & Materials Department.

Biotechnology & Life Sciences

AllPartnerAssociatePatent Adviser
Agustín Alconada

Agustín Alconada

Partner

Agustín is European Patent Attorney since 2007. He is a partner in the Biotechnology Department

Irene Vázquez

Irene Vázquez

Associate

Irene is European Patent Attorney. She holds a Ph.D. Biomedicine and is an associate in the Biotechnology & Life Sciences Department

María Corral

María Corral

Associate

María is European Patent Attorney and holds a Ph.D. Biochemistry. She is a associate in the Biotechnology & Life Sciences Department

Gemma Muruais

Gemma Muruáis

Patent Adviser

Gemma holds a PhD in Molecular Biology. She is European Patent Attorney and works in our Biotechnology & Life Sciences Department

Hélio A. Roque

Patent Adviser

Hélio holds a PhD in Molecular Biology. He works at our Biotechnology & Life Sciences Department

Laura San Felipe

Patent Adviser

Laura holds a Master in Management & Development of Biomedical Technologies and she is a patent adviser in the Biotech Department

Jorge Ibor

Patent Adviser

Jorge holds a Master in R&D in Biotechnology and Biomedicine and is a patent adviser at the Biotech & Life Sciences department.

Susana Egusquiaguirre

Patent Adviser

Susana holds a Ph.D. in Pharmacy and is a patent adviser at the Biotechnology & Life Sciences department.

Engineering, Physics & ICT

AllPartnerAssociatePatent Adviser
Fernando Prieto

Fernando Prieto

Partner

Fernando is European Patent Attorney. He has 25 years of IP experience. He is a partner in Engineering & Physics and ICT Departments

Pablo Calvo

Pablo Calvo

Partner

Pablo is European Patent Attorney and holdsPh.D. in Mechanical Eng. He is a partner in Engineering & Physics and ICT Departments

Laura de la Vega

Laura de la Vega

Associate

Laura is European Patent Attorney. She holds a Ph.D. Physics and is an associate in the Engineering & Physics and ICT Departments

Diana Mariné

Patent Adviser

Diana is European Patent Attorney and Spanish Patent and Trademark Agent. She is a patent adviser in Engineering-Physics & ICT Departments

Beatriz García

Patent Adviser

Beatriz is Eurpean Patent Attorney. She holds a B.Sc. Aeronautical Engineering. She joined ABG in 2016 as patent adviser.

Sandra Ortuzar

Patent Adviser

Sandra is Industrial Engineer. She is a patent adviser in the Engineering & Physics Department and she has 9 years of experience in IP

Inés García

Inés García

Patent Adviser

Inés holds an M.Sc. Telemedicine and Bioengineering. She joined ABG in 2018 and is a patent adviser in the ICT Department

Thomas Sanders

Patent Adviser

Thomas is Industrial Engineer. He is a patent adviser in the Engineering & Physics Department

Juan Manuel Soto

Patent Adviser

Juan Manuel is Spanish Patent and Trademark Agent and holds a Ph.D. in Physics.

Legal & Litigation

AllAssociateAttorney at Law

Laura Montoya

Associate

Laura is a lawyer specialising in the field of the Intellectual Property since 2002. She is the head of our Legal and Litigation Department.

Clara Carranza

Attorney At Law

Clara is a lawyer, with a double degree in Spanish & French Law. She specialises in intellectual property law and emerging technologies.

Estefany Betances

Attorney at Law

Estefany is a lawyer, with a double degree in Law and Business Administration. She joined our Legal & Litigation Department in 2020.

Trademarks

AllAssociateTrademark AdviserTrademark Paralegal

Christine Weimann

Associate

Christine is Spanish Patent & Trademark Agent and European Trademark and Design Attiorney. She is in charge of the Trademarks Department

Inés Canrtero

Inés Cantero

Trademark Adviser

Inés is European Trademark and Design Attorney. Inés is a Spanish Attorney at Law and trademark adviser in ABG since 2015

Isabel García

Isabel García

Trademark Paralegal

Isabel files and prosecutes trademarks applications before SPTO, EUIPO and WIPO

Anna Kwadrans

Trademark Paralegal

Anna has three years of IP expertise and she files and prosecutes trademarks applications before SPTO and EUIPO

Leila Impellizzeri

Trademark Paralegal

Leila joined ABG in 2023 and she files and prosecutes trademarks applications before SPTO and EUIPO

Formalities

Cecilia Ranilla

Cecilia Ranilla

Patent Paralegal

Cecilia holds a MSc in Business Administration and she is Spanish Patent and Trademark Agent. She heads the European/PCT Section

Alicia Valle

Alicia Valle

Patent Paralegal

Alicia joined ABG in 2015. Her practice focuses on the filing and prosecution of International (PCT) and European patent applications.

Isabel Rivera

Isabel Rivera

Patent Paralegal

Isabel joined ABG in 2015. Her practice focuses on the filing and prosecution of International (PCT) and European patent applications.

Begoña Toledo

Begoña Toledo

Patent Paralegal

Begoña began her professional career in Intellectual Property in 2000 and joined ABG in 2019

María Zubia

María Zubia

Patent Paralegal

María started her career on the IP field in 2012 and joined ABG in 2019

Alejandra Pozo

Alejandra Pozo

Patent Paralegal

Alejandra joined ABG in 2008.

Susana Maicas

Susana Maicas

Patent Paralegal

Susana joined ABG in 2009. She heads the International Section.

Regina Ibarrola

Regina Ibarrola

Patent Paralegal

Regina joined ABG in 2010.

Katarzyna Szulik

Katarzyna Szulik

Patent Paralegal

Katarzyna joined ABG in 2012

María del Carmen Mora

María del Carmen Mora

Patent Paralegal

María del Carmen joined ABG in 2008.

María Gallardo

Patent Paralegal

María joined ABG in 2012.

Begoña Guerra

Patent Paralegal

Begoña joined ABG in 2016

Miriam Díez

Patent Paralegal

She began her professional career in Intellectual Property in 2011. Miriam rejoined ABG in 2021.

Irene Ausín

Patent Paralegal

Irene began her professional career in Intellectual Property in 2018. She joined ABG in 2021.

Carmen Acedo

Patent Paralegal

Carmen began her professional career in Intellectual Property in 2021, and joined ABG in 2022.

Accounting

Beatriz Ibáñez

Beatriz Ibáñez

Accounting/Finance

Beatriz joined ABG in 2004 and heads the Accounting/Finance Department.

Rocío Altozano

Accounting/Finance

Rocío joined ABG in 2010, as an Accounting Technician.

Business Development

Tatiana Ashurka

Business Development

Tatiana joined ABG in 2009 and is responsible for all aspects of business development strategy at ABG.

Ana B. Plaza

Marketing & Communication

Ana B. joined ABG in 2019 and she is journalist and marketer.

Jorge Domínguez

Jorge Domínguez

Marketing & Communication

Jorge joined ABG Intellectual Property in 2019.

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ABG Intellectual Property ranks among Europe’s preeminent and fastest growing IP firms.

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"We are very proud of our team of IP professionals: patent attorneys, lawyers, paralegals and support staff. They are all part of ABG’s success in providing a distinctive client service".

Juan Arias, ABG Founding Partner