Spain

ABG Intellectual Property is one of the most respected IP firms in the Spanish market. The firm changed its name in 2018 from ABG Patentes to ABG Intellectual Property to reflect its full-service IP practice, which now includes a legal department. Patent protection and portfolio management is still the firm's core business, with a range of clients in technical fields such as pharmaceutical, chemistry, biotechnology and engineering.

Co-founder and European patent attorney Juan Arias, who has a background in chemistry, leads the firm. In the patents practice you will find experienced senior patent attorneys such as Pablo Calvo, Agustín Alconada, Fernando Prieto and Enric Carbonell. Prieto and Calvo lead on engineering and physics-related instructions while Alconada deals with biotechnology matters.

The firm has a team of lawyers and trade mark attorneys to deal with brand-related matters. European trade mark attorneys Christine Weimann and Inés Cantero Clivillé are the key practitioners in its trade mark practice. Weimann is in charge of the trade mark practice. Laura Montoya is responsible for the legal department. Iain A McGeoch and Marta Rodríguez are among the junior IP practitioners to watch.

Abril Abogados is recommended for contentious and non-contentious soft IP work. The firm ended its relationship with Jacobacci & Partners in 2023.

The key partners in the firm are Ignacio Temiño Ceniceros, Salvador Diaz Prades, and Fernando Ortega Sánchez. Temiño Ceniceros is the key contact for disputes while Diaz Prades and Ortega Sánchez specialise in soft IP work, especially trade marks. For disputes, the partners are supported by experienced lawyers such as Isabel García, Carolina Montero, Rubén Canales Quinto and Patricia Revuelta Martos. Carlos Baños and Revuelta Martos are notable practitioners for IP protection and portfolio management department, while Canales Quinto is involved in copyright matters.

Spanish law firm DA Lawyers joined the legal and tax firm Andersen Tax & Legal in 2021. José Garrido leads the firm's IP practice, which focuses on soft IP.

Balder IP Law has grown rapidly in recent years. The firm is highly recommended for its IP protection services. Olof Fickert serves as managing partner. Other key partners are Óscar García, Patricia Koch and Magnus Stiebe. 

Ballester IP specialises in trade mark work. The firm is led by Rosalía Ballester, who is a qualified lawyer. She is assisted by lawyers Sara Mojica and Lucas Flores and a team of paralegals.

Bird & Bird’s IP team is recommended for contentious and non-contentious IP work. José Miguel Lissén Arbeloa, Mariano Santos and Antonio Cueto are key partners in the firm. Santos leads the brands practice while Cueto is an all-round IP litigator. Manuel Lobato, who serves as of Counsel, is an experienced patent litigator in the firm. For trade mark work, the senior practitioners are supported by IP associates, most notably María Fernández.

ClarkeModet Spain is recommended for IP protection and management work. The key figures at the firm are Isabel Gómez-Acebo, Clara Pombo and Miguel Rigueiro.

Curell Suñol is a well-established Spanish IP firm widely revered for its IP protection and portfolio management services. The trade mark department is headed by European trade mark attorney Oscar Pírez and Mireia Curell, who is dual-qualified as a European trade mark and patent attorney. The partners have a sizeable team of junior trade mark attorneys and lawyers to support them in trade mark matters. Mercè Hernández and Isabela R McClymont are notable associates.

ECIJA is recommended for soft IP work, particularly copyright and related rights. The firm is well known for its expertise in the TMT sector. Alejandro Touriño, Carlos Pérez, Cristina Villasante and Juan Salmerón are among the key partners in the firm who can advise on copyright and technology matters. The partners are supported by a non-partners such as Carlos Hurtado, Tamara Criado Gómez and Diego de la Vega.

Elzaburu remains a leading name for IP work in Spain. The firm is recommended for disputes and protection work. It has IP practitioners and technical specialists working together effectively to solve IP issues for its clients. Francisco Javier Sáez is responsible for the firm’s patent protection practice. The trade mark protection department is headed by Luis Baz. Antonio Castán leads the IP litigation practice while Javier FernándezLasquetty oversees legal and business practice. Managing partner Mabel Klimt and Castán are the key contacts for copyright and related rights advice. Castán and Fernández-Lasquetty are supported by senior IP litigators such as Colm Ahern, Carlos Morán and Enrique Armijo Chávarri. Fernando Ilardia is an experienced trade mark practitioner in the firm.

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Garrigues has IP practitioners across its offices in Spain, most of whom are based in Madrid. The firm is recommended for contentious and non-contentious IP work. Former patent examiner Mónica Arizti Acha heads its IP department. Acha is supported by Carolina Pina Sánchez and João Miranda de Sousa, who splits his time between Madrid and Lisbon. Both practitioners are highly recommended for trade mark work, though Pina Sánchez also has a copyright practice. The partners are supported by a team of IP associates, notably Fernando Rubiano Fernández and Antonio Muñoz Vico.

European law firm Gómez Acebo & Pombo is recommended for IP disputes. IP Stars Jesús Muñoz-Delgado and Sofia Martínez-Almeida Alejos-Pita and Anna Viladàs Jené are the leading lawyers in its IP department. Jené oversees the firm’s IP practice in Barcelona. They are supported by junior lawyers such as Isabel Bandín, Bárbara Sainz de Vicuña Lapetra and Mónica Esteve Sanz.

IP boutique Grau & Angulo is highly recommended for IP disputes. In patents, the firm is often seen acting for companies in the life sciences and pharmaceutical sectors. Jesús Arribas and Javier Huarte are the key contacts for patent disputes. Soft IP work in the firm is handled by partners such as Agustí Valls, Jordi Camó, Ignacio Marqués and Sonia Santos. Valls and Camó are noted for their enforcement practice, while Marqués is also recognised for copyright. The partners are supported by a team of junior practitioners. Julia Carretero, Ignacio Pontijas, Núria Ribera and Ángel Escoriaza are among the practitioners to watch.

European IP boutique Hoyng Rokh Monegier also has a strong IP practice in Spain, with experienced practitioners for IP disputes and trade mark protection work. The Spanish team is involved in the firm's cross-border disputes. IP litigator Luis Fernández-Novoa oversees the firm's Madrid office. Fernández-Novoa is supported by partners such as José Antonio Sanmartìn, Álvaro Velázquez and Laura Alonso.

Fernández-Novoa and Velázquez are often seen in patent mandates whereas Sanmartín and Alonso are soft IP practitioners. Alonso leads the trade mark protection practice. The partners have experienced, up-and-coming practitioners like Alicia Martin and counsel Laura Cantero. For copyright matters, clients can rely on the expertise of Sanmartín.

Isern Patentes y Marcas is one of the established IP agencies in Spain which is recommended for IP protection and portfolio management work. The firm has a busy European trade mark filing practice. The IP team consists of lawyers, engineers and industrial property agents. The team is led by firm partners Javier Isern, Jorge Isern, Pepe Isern, Nuria Isern and Marta Isern.

PONS IP is recommended for IP registration and portfolio management work. The firm has five offices across the country and representative offices overseas in places such as Belgium and China. Carmen González oversees the trade mark department. The firm also has a legal department which is led by José Carlos Erdozain. In 2024, the firm acquired SILEX IP, a firm specialising in patent and trade mark registrations. SILEX IP was founded by Ramón Leal and Guillermo Criado.

ZBM Patents & Trademarks is a well-established Spanish IP firm which is highly recommended for patent filing and prosecution work. The firm has experienced patent practitioners to protect inventions in technical fields such as life sciences, chemistry, electronics, and mechanics. The notable senior patent attorneys in the firm are Montserrat Jané, Bernabé Zea, Carles Comes and Anna Barlocci. The attorneys, particularly Zea, Comes and Barlocci, are also experienced in patent litigation support.