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Dentons Paz Horowitz Offices

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Site Center, Torre 1, oficina 301.
Cumbaya, Quito
Ecuador
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Bruce Horowitz

Work Department
Anticorruption/FCPA Compliance, Intellectual Property
Position
Co-Founder Partner
Career
Bruce is a Juris Doctor from New York University and he has a Diploma Superior in Public Corruption Prevention from the Catholic University of Ecuador.
With 30 years of experience in both Anti-Corruption and Intellectual Property Law and with continued International recognition in both fields, Bruce Horowitz advises, trains and helps clients in Ecuador and abroad to ethically and safely succeed in extortion and other corruption situations. He has recently received international recognition for his pro bono work and for his support in the advancement of women.
Bruce has counselled clients on intellectual property rights and the USA Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). He has chaired ABA International IP Rights Committee, State Capital Group IP Section, INTA Latin American Geographical Indications Sub-committee and Co-Chair of ABA International Anti-Corruption Committee. He provides seminars and trainings to corporate clients, universities, The World Bank, The Inter American Development Bank, ABA, INTA, IBA, IACCM, The American Conference Institute, and The India American Chamber of Commerce.
Languages
English, Spanish
Memberships
- International Association of Contract and Commercial Management (IACCM).
- TRACE International Anti-corruption Association, Ecuador legal contact for Anticorruption Compliance matters.
- American Bar Association.
- International Trademark Association (INTA).
- State Capital Group.
- Fulbright commission.
- Quito Chamber of Commerce, Center of Arbitration.
Education
- Postgraduate Diploma, in Prevention of Public Corruption, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, 2006
- Mentor for trainers, Legal Services Corporation, 1982, 1983
- Juris Doctor, New York University School of Law, New York City, 1976
- A. History, Brandeis University, 1970
Lawyer Rankings
Ecuador > Intellectual property
The IP practice at Dentons Paz Horowitz is well placed to advise on a wide range of registration and enforcement matters, spanning trade marks, patents, designs, copyrights, trade secrets and plant varieties. Drawing on its global network, the firm is able to assist clients with IP asset negotiations throughout the Latin American region. Bruce Horowitz specialises in international trade mark law, while Gabriel Santelices regularly advises companies on the implementation of privacy and personal data protection systems. Both practitioners lead the group alongside Mónica Cortez Izurieta, who focuses on IP portfolio management work, and Verónica Chiriboga, whose areas of expertise include trade mark prosecution and anti-counterfeiting issues.