Mrs Melanie Avea > BLP > Guatemala City, Guatemala > Lawyer Profile
BLP Offices
1 DIAGONAL 6 10-50, ZONE 10, INTERAMERICAS BUILDING
NORTH TOWER, LEVEL 8, OFFICE 801
GUATEMALA CITY
Guatemala
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Mrs Melanie Avea
Work Department
Intellectual Property
Position
Associate
Career
Melanie is a BLP Associate in the Guatemala City offices. She specializes in the practice of Intellectual Property, in which she has advised national and multinational companies in all aspects related to the registration, protection, and defense of their Intellectual Property rights.
Likewise, she has extensive experience managing portfolios of trademarks, patents, and copyrights throughout the Central American region. Her expertise also covers negotiating and preparing various industrial and intellectual property contracts, as well as regulatory advice related to the Sanitary Registration of Products in Central America.
Melanie joined the BLP team as an associate in 2022.
Languages
Spanish, English
Memberships
- Guatemalan Bar and Notaries Association (CANG).
Education
- Law degree, Universidad Francisco Marroquín, Guatemala, 2011.
Lawyer Rankings
Guatemala > Intellectual property
BLP‘s IP team attracts high praise from clients for its ‘great ability to handle work in various jurisdictions‘, leveraging the firm’s regional footprint to advise clients on the management of IP portfolios across Central America. The firm offers an impressively broad practice, with its workload ranging from trademark and patent prosecutions to complex copyright matters, IP-related litigation, and the acquisition of IP assets in high-profile transactions. In particular, the team is commended for its advice to multinationals, most notably in the pharmaceutical and technology sectors, where it counts a host of household names among its clients. Other areas of expertise include health registrations (where the team is supported by regulatory affairs specialists Jennifer Calderón and Diana Godoy), data privacy and consumer protection. ‘Wonderful adviser‘ Luis Ruiz leads the IP group in Central America, while the ‘outstanding‘ Pamela López is head of IP in Guatemala. The growing team also includes associates Marleni García and Melanie Avea, who joined from Sfera Legal in 2022.