Professional Career

• Internship, Baker & Hostetler, Washington D.C. 1994.
• Partner of Silva. Lawyer in charge of the international department with emphasis in the area of trademarks, patents and litigation (1999).
• Participates in the following associations: Chilean Bar Association A.G., Chilean Intellectual Property Association (ACHIPI), Inter American Association of Industrial Property (ASIPI), International Trademark Association (INTA), American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) and European Communities Trademark Association (ECTA).

Professional background

• Law School, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, graduated in 1992.
• Masters of Laws in International Legal Studies, American University, Washington College of Law, D.C (1993).

University and Academic Activities

• Moderator and lecturer at seminars of the International Trademark Association (INTA), being president of the Annual Conference of the Trademark Administrators Conference in 2007. He has also been lecturer at seminars organized by the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA).

Awards

• World Trademark Review, Gold category, 2020
• Chambers & Partners, Band 4, 2021
• IP Stars, trademarks, 2021
• IAM PATENT, Silver, 2021
• Legal 500, intellectual property: Leading individuals, 2021
• Best Lawyers, litigation and intellectual property, 2021
• Who's who leader, global leader recommended trademark, 2020

Outstanding cases

• Successfully represented French laboratory Bioderma in unfair competition lawsuit against its former Chilean distributor.
• After 3 years and more than 100 opposing cases, he was able to reach a coexistence agreement between its client Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (ENTEL) and INTEL.
• Won legal dispute in Chile for "Great Place" representing Great Place to Work.