The IP team at Dentons Cardenas & Cardenas is ‘highly focused on detail and always ensures the highest quality work’. The group especially garners plaudits for its ability to link up seamlessly with the wider firm’s extensive global practice, with one client highlighting its policy to ’allow for a single point of contact and billing when teams from other countries are involved’. High-profile IP expert Luz Helena Adarve is sought after for her broad sector expertise, which encompasses IP prosecution, litigation and transactional matters. Juanita Acosta is recognised for her ‘level of dedication and sense of ownership that is uncommon in the legal industry’; she advises on technology, privacy, trade marks, patents and consumer protection law, among other areas. Mónica Bonnett, who co-heads the department together with Adarve and Acosta, is particularly noted for her focus on the life sciences sphere. Recommended associates include Juliana Vargas, Ana María Ruiz, and Rocío Ruíz. Since the conclusion of research, Bonnett has left the firm - effective as of JUly 2025.
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Luz Helena Adarve; Juanita Acosta