Dr Alvaro Sevilla > Tobar ZVS > Quito, Ecuador > Lawyer Profile
Tobar ZVS Offices
AV 12 DE OCTUBRE N26-97 LINCOLN, EDIFICIO TORRE 1492, OF 1505
QUITO
Ecuador
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Dr Alvaro Sevilla
Work Department
Corporate and M&A
Position
Partner
Career
Álvaro Sevilla is Partner in the Corporate and Competition Practice and Head of the Intelectual Property Unit at Tobar ZVS. He joined the Firm in 1994. He has more than 28 years of experience in the competition, intellectual property and anti-piracy areas.
He is head of the competition unit with practice in trials for abuse of market power, corrective measures, market distortion, unfair competition and agreements. He also handles within the corporate unit issues related to the structuring of legal business vehicles, commercial contracts, M&A and project finance.
He has extensive experience in regulatory matters, his practice includes aspects related to health, advertising, communication, telecommunications, data protection and food and beverage-related issues. In Intellectual Property matters, he provides strategic advice in the different phases of intellectual property, particularly in matters related to copyrights and plant breeders’ rights.
The most recent advisories have focused on the health sector, technology, advertising, floriculture and agriculture, brand management, communications, entertainment and sports.
- Recognized as “Recomended Lawyer” by Legal500.
Languages
Spanish and English
Memberships
Education
- Lawyer and Doctor in Jurisprudence in 1997 by the Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador.
Lawyer Rankings
Ecuador > Intellectual property
Tobar ZVS houses an intellectual property and anti-piracy team capable of protecting patent, trade mark and copyright portfolios, with particular experience handling enforcement campaigns and border measures relating to the Andean community. Alvaro Sevilla heads the practice and is active in an array of IP litigation and matters surrounding plant breeder’s rights, while of counsel Alfonso Rivera, a name to note for retail, biotechnology, automotive and apparel clients, focuses on anti-counterfeiting and copyright issues. Dispute resolution head Oscar Vela is also noted alongside associate Andrea Guevara Terán, who is recommended for infringement matters.
Ecuador > Corporate and M&A
Founding and managing partner Bernardo Tobar, who has over thirty years of infrastructure experience, leads the Tobar ZVS team and bolsters the group’s corporate work in this sector. Another key team member is Alvaro Sevilla, who works on the structure of legal vehicles for businesses, commercial contracting, M&A and project financing. The full-service team is also proficient in corporate design, restructuring, governance and corporate tax. As a whole, the firm incorporates technology, and provides clients with an online self-service facility (ExponentiaLaw) for some issues.
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