Life sciences Tier 1

Boutique OlarteMoure is recognised among peers as top notch in the patent field and is frequently active on regional matters, especially in the bio-pharmacy sector, where the highly-regarded Carlos Olarte has an impressive reputation. The specialist firm also renders advice on medical devices, food and beverages, and new materials manufacturing, as well as to R&D institutions and universities. Olarte - who has vast experience advising major global R&D pharma companies - heads the firm's patents, life sciences and plant breeder's rights (PBR) department, leading a sizeable team that touts dual-background professionals (law and science), including that of Alexander Agudelo who directs the patent department. The firm also has an infringement search and freedom to operate (FTO) practice and an Asian desk led - from Tokyo - by Carlos Parra, director of innovation, protection and technology transfer.

Intellectual property Tier 2

A leading name in the patent field across Latin America, OlarteMoure's recommended practice is recognised as one of the best in the pharmaceuticals sector, and also advises major companies in the food and beverages sector, along with a number of R&D institutions. Founding partners Carlos Olarte and Juan Guillermo Moure -heading the patent, and trade mark and competition practices, respectively, co-lead the sizeable 36-strong team. Olarte, in particular, has a high-profile reputation, and the firm's specialised patents drafting team -many of whom have dual professional backgrounds (legal and scientific)- covers over 20 technology sectors. Through the firm's regional programme, it also and handles the management of patents families, centralising strategy and harmonising prosecution for the whole region. Director of litigation Juan Felipe Acosta, named partner as of June 2020; Carlos Parra, who heads the firm's Asia desk from Tokyo; Alexander Agudelo, who directs the patent department; and associate María Alejandra Pava, currently acting as trade mark coordinator, are also all practice co-heads.

Competition and antitrust Tier 4

Best known for its firepower in the patent-field for life sciences and pharmaceutical companies across Latin America, OlarteMoure actually has a wider sector expertise, advising an array of national and multinationals, in particular of the food and drinks sector. The 17-strong group is led by Juan G Moure, a former deputy superintendent of industrial property matters and competition at the SIC. Fellow co-heads Juan Felipe Acosta (who was named partner in June 2020), and senior associate Isabella Herrera, direct the litigation and coordinate the competition area, respectively. The group handles the full array of competition and antitrust matters, and is well versed in merger reviews, investigations and unfair competition litigation, as well as in risk assessment and prevention.

TMT Tier 4

OlarteMoure's practice is highly specialised in data privacy, working transversally with the boutique's IP and competition areas; it is primarily corporate focused, as well as acting in disputes and before the regulatory authorities. Drawing from the firm's deep experience in the pharma and life sciences sector, the practice develops and implements data policies and strategies (including data de-identification procedures), the negotiation of agreements involving data transfer, and the implementation of compliance and accountability programmes. The six-strong department is led by founding partner Juan Guillermo Moure; associate corporate and data privacy coordinator Daniela González (who focuses on data in relation to credit granting conditions, among other matters); and associate compliance coordinator Catalina Jiménez. Litigation director Felipe Acosta, who made partner in June 2020, also contributes to the team.