Mrs Ana María Castro > Lloreda Camacho & Co. > Bogota, Colombia > Lawyer Profile

According to satisfied clients, Lloreda Camacho & Co.’s team ‘has a “can-do approach” and finds creative ways to make projects possible’. The practice is particularly admired for its premier patent firepower, which leverages the firm’s top-tier life sciences practice to excel in handling large patent portfolios for R&D companies as well as complex litigation. The group also has extensive expertise in trade marks and copyright matters, where it acts for a growing roster of international companies. The ‘responsive’ Alicia Lloreda steers the overarching IP department and is recommended for her work in trade marks, copyrights, patents, unfair competition, and dispute resolution. Ana Maria Castro heads the patents and life sciences unit and is held up by sources as ‘one of the most prestigious professionals in the patent area’; and Natalia Franco Onofre – who was promoted to the partnership in August 2023 – is a specialist in trade mark portfolio analysis and strategy. Key support is provided by experienced associate director María José Lamus, who joined in September 2022 from the SIC.

‘A study of excellence in both life sciences and intellectual property’, Lloreda Camacho & Co. scores highly with sources for its ‘fast lawyers who are knowledgeable about the life sciences environment and industry’. The firm acts for many of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies, including Gilead, Eli Lilly, and Sanofi, for which it provides interdisciplinary advice on patents, regulatory matters, competition and data privacy, among other issues. Go-to sector specialist Ana María Castro possesses ‘deep knowledge of the pharmaceutical and biotechnology area’ and co-heads the practice together with regulatory-focused partners Enrique Álvarez (who also heads the competition, labour, and data protection teams) and Daniel Cardona.