Mr León Weinstok > BLP > San Jose, Costa Rica > Lawyer Profile

The market-leading team at BLP employs the combined bench strength of offices in San José, Puntarenas and Guanacaste, in addition to branches across Latin America and Europe, to advise global household names including Adidas, Sony and WeWork, on the management, licensing and enforcement of their international intellectual property portfolios. With an active client base spanning such sectors as apparel, food, education, entertainment and financial services, the practice brings expertise to matters involving trade marks, copyrights and sanitary registrations, in addition to complex patent prosecutions, cross-border registration reports, the seizure of counterfeit goods, third-party infringements and the assignment of rights. Giselle Reuben leads the team, bringing expertise to the anti-counterfeiting litigation practice. Other key figures include Uri Weinstok, whose utilises a multidisciplinary skill set to handle IP issues related to competition and antitrust law, advertising, and, along with senior associate León Weinstok, manages complex IP data protection matters. Key support at the associate level is provided by Anel Aguilar, a specialist in trade mark filing strategies.

The team at BLP remains a leader in the market, creating, implementing, and monitoring compliance programmes and risk management strategies for domestic and household-name multinational corporates such as Microsoft, Colgate-Palmolive and Samsung, across the tech, electronics, pharmaceuticals, infrastructure, construction and hospitality sectors. The group advises clients on matters ranging from anti-money laundering, consumer protection and antitrust to corporate human rights, data privacy, corporate regulatory frameworks and ESG. Juan Carlos Tristán, who brings strength to investigations, training and the drafting and implementation of ethics and anti-corruption programmes, leads the team, along with Uri Weinstok, a specialist in conducting audits and compliance programmes. Other key figures include Andrés López, who brings AML expertise; experienced litigator and special counsel Alejandro Rojas; and San José office director and data privacy expert León Weinstok.