Enric Carbonell

Partner & Head of Barcelona Office

Barcelona Office

Professional Qualifications

  • European Patent Attorney (EQE, 2005)

Academic Qualifications

  • Universitat Ramón Llull, M. Sc. Chemistry (1984)

Enric joined ABG in 2007 and is partner in charge of the Barcelona office and has more than twenty-five years of patent experience. His practice is focused on patent prosecution, opinion work and portfolio management in the areas of chemistry  and pharmaceuticals. He is a qualified European Patent Attorney (EQE, 2005).

“Leading the Barcelona office, polyglot Enric Carbonell is an important source of the overall department’s know-how and specialist knowledge in the areas of chemistry and pharmaceuticalshe possesses rich in-house counsel experience”, IAM Patent 1000 (2025)

Before joining ABG, Enric was responsible for patent prosecution at international pharmaceutical company Almirall (2002-07) and worked in the patent departments of international consumer products firm Benckiser (1990-2002) (now Reckitt-Benckiser) and Spanish consumer products firm SA Camp (1986-90).

Enric lectures in several patent forums including the Lucentinus Master at the University of Alicante, the Spanish Preparatory Course for the EQE and the European Patent Law Course in Madrid (EPI-CEIPI).

Enric is a native speaker of Spanish and Catalan and is also fluent in English, French and German.

Email: ecarbonell@abg-ip.com

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Accolades

  • Spain, Recommended Individual, IAM Patent 1000

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