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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 client’s relationship. Our professionals are good communicators, they work with you to clearly understand your business objectives and design the best 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
Managing PartnerJuan founded ABG in 2003. He has more than 30 years of experience in IP
Francisco Bernardo
Managing PartnerFrancisco founded ABG in 2003 and is Managing Partner. He has 30 years of experience in IP
Fernando Prieto
PartnerFernando is European Patent Attorney. He has 25 years of IP experience. He is a partner in Engineering & Physics and ICT Departments
Enric Carbonell
PartnerEnric 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
PartnerAgustín is European Patent Attorney since 2007. He is a partner in the Biotechnology Department
Almudena Fernández
PartnerAlmudena is European Patent Attorney. She holds a PhD in Chemistry and is a partner in the Chemistry & Materials and Pharma Departments
Pablo Calvo
PartnerPablo 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
Managing PartnerJuan founded ABG in 2003. He has more than 30 years of experience in IP
Francisco Bernardo
Managing PartnerFrancisco founded ABG in 2003 and is Managing Partner. He has 30 years of experience in IP
Enric Carbonell
PartnerEnric 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
PartnerAlmudena is European Patent Attorney. She holds a PhD in Chemistry and is a partner in the Chemistry & Materials and Pharma Departments
Tomás Llamas
AssociateTomás is European Patent Attorney since 2012. He holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry and is an associate in the Chemistry & Materials Department
Marta Rodríguez
AssociateMarta is an European Patent Attorney and Spanish Patent and Trademark Agent. She is an associate in the Chemistry & Materials Department
Sofia Pettersson
AssociateSofia is European Patent Attorney (EQE, 2015). She holds a PhD in Chemistry and is an associate in the Chemistry & Materiales Department
Iain A. McGeoch
AssociateIain 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
Patent AdviserAndré holds a PhD in Organic Chemistry. He joined ABG in 2016 and is a patent adviser in the Chemistry and Pharma Departments
Virginia Gómez
Patent AdviserVirginia is Spanish Patent and Trademark Agent and she holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering
Ana Herreros
Patent AdviserAna holds a Ph.D. in Chemical and Pharmaceutical Science and Technology and she is Spanish Patent and Trademark Agent
Giovanni Bottari
Patent AdviserGiovanni holds a PhD in Chemistry Sciences. He joined ABG in 2021 and is a patent adviser in the Chemistry & Materials Department
Biotechnology & Life Sciences
AllPartnerAssociatePatent Adviser
Agustín Alconada
PartnerAgustín is European Patent Attorney since 2007. He is a partner in the Biotechnology Department
Irene Vázquez
AssociateIrene is European Patent Attorney. She holds a Ph.D. Biomedicine and is an associate in the Biotechnology & Life Sciences Department
María Corral
AssociateMaría is European Patent Attorney and holds a Ph.D. Biochemistry. She is a associate in the Biotechnology & Life Sciences Department
Gemma Muruais
Patent AdviserGemma holds a PhD in Molecular Biology. She is European Patent Attorney and works in our Biotechnology & Life Sciences Department
Ana María de Lucas
Patent AdviserAna María holds a PhD in Biology. She joined ABG in 2017 and is a patent adviser in the Biotechnology & Life Sciences Department
Rodrigo Sánchez del Valle
Patent AdviserRodrigo began his career as IP professional in 2013. He is a patent adviser in the Biotechnology & Life Science Department since 2020
Engineering, Physics & ITC
AllPartnerAssociatePatent Adviser
Fernando Prieto
PartnerFernando is European Patent Attorney. He has 25 years of IP experience. He is a partner in Engineering & Physics and ICT Departments
Pablo Calvo
PartnerPablo is European Patent Attorney and holdsPh.D. in Mechanical Eng. He is a partner in Engineering & Physics and ICT Departments
Laura de la Vega
AssociateLaura is European Patent Attorney. She holds a Ph.D. Physics and is an associate in the Engineering & Physics and ICT Departments
Mª Dolores Fernández-Villa
Patent AdviserMª Dolores holds an M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering. She joined ABG in 2013 and is a patent adviser in the Engineering & Physics Department
Beatriz García
Patent AdviserBeatriz is B.Sc. Aeronautical Engineering. She joined ABG in 2016 and is a patent adviser in Engineering & Physics and ICT Departments
Alberto Betegón
Patent AdviserAlberto holds a M.Sc. Aeronautical Engineering. He joined ABG in 2018 and is a patent adviser in the Engineering & Physics Department
Inés García
Patent AdviserInés holds an M.Sc. Telemedicine and Bioengineering. She joined ABG in 2018 and is a patent adviser in the ICT Department
Thomas Sanders
Patent AdviserThomas is Industrial Engineer. He is a patent adviser in the Engineering & Physics Department
Juan Antonio Bonache
Patent AdviserJuan Antonio holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science Engineering. He is a patent adviser in our ICT Department
Legal & Litigation
AllAssociateAttorney at LawParalegal - Legal & Litigation
Laura Montoya
AssociateLaura is a lawyer specialising in the field of the Intellectual Property since 2002. She is the head of our Legal and Litigation Department.
Rodrigo Manzanares
Attorney at LawRodrigo is a lawyer specialising in intellectual property law. He joined ABG in 2019 as litigator and legal adviser.
Estefany Betances
Attorney at LawEstefany is a lawyer, with a double degree in Law and Business Administration. She joined our Legal & Litigation Department in 2020.
Sara Gaviño
Legal & Litigation ParalegalSara joined ABG in 2017. She provides legal support and coordinate the team.
Trademarks
AllAssociateTrademark AdviserTrademark Paralegal
Christine Weimann
AssociateChristine is Spanish Patent & Trademark Agent and European Trademark and Design Attiorney. She is in charge of the Trademarks Department
Inés Cantero
Trademark AdviserInés is European Trademark and Design Attorney. Inés is a Spanish Attorney at Law and trademark adviser in ABG since 2015
Blanca Palacín
Trademark ParalegalBlanca she began her professional career in Intellectual Property in 2018 and joined ABG in 2020
Isabel García
Trademark ParalegalIsabel joined ABG in 2019.
Formalities
Cecilia Ranilla
Patent ParalegalCecilia holds a MSc in Business Administration and she is Spanish Patent and Trademark Agent. She heads the European/PCT Section
Alicia Valle
Patent ParalegalAlicia joined ABG in 2015. Her practice focuses on the filing and prosecution of International (PCT) and European patent applications.
Isabel Rivera
Patent ParalegalIsabel joined ABG in 2015. Her practice focuses on the filing and prosecution of International (PCT) and European patent applications.
Bárbara Fernández
Patent ParalegalBárbara began her professional career in Intellectual Property in 2016 and joined ABG in 2019
Begoña Toledo
Patent ParalegalBegoña began her professional career in Intellectual Property in 2000 and joined ABG in 2019
María Zubia
Patent ParalegalMaría started her career on the IP field in 2012 and joined ABG in 2019
Alejandra Pozo
Patent ParalegalAlejandra joined ABG in 2008.
Susana Maicas
Patent ParalegalSusana joined ABG in 2009. She heads the International Section.
Regina Ibarrola
Patent ParalegalRegina joined ABG in 2010.
Katarzyna Szulik
Patent ParalegalKatarzyna joined ABG in 2012
María del Carmen Mora
Patent ParalegalMaría del Carmen joined ABG in 2008.
María Gallardo
Patent ParalegalMaría joined ABG in 2012.
María Vallejo
Patent ParalegalMaría joined ABG in 2009.
Vanesa Fouz
Patent ParalegalVanesa began her professional career in Intellectual Property in 2016 and joined ABG in 2018
Begoña Guerra
Patent ParalegalBegoña joined ABG in 2016
Accounting & Business Development
AllAccounting/FinanceBusiness DevelopmentMarketing & Communication
Beatriz Ibáñez
Accounting/FinanceBeatriz joined ABG in 2004 and heads the Accounting/Finance Department.
Rocío Altozano
Accounting/FinanceRocío joined ABG in 2010, as an Accounting Technician.
Tatiana Ashurka
Business DevelopmentTatiana joined ABG in 2009 and is responsible for all aspects of business development strategy at ABG.
Ana B. Plaza
Marketing & CommunicationAna B. joined ABG in 2019 and she is journalist and marketer.
Jorge Domínguez
Marketing & CommunicationJorge joined ABG Intellectual Property in 2019.
