Luis Fernando Bermejo Quiñonez

Luis Fernando Graduated from Universidad Francisco Marroquín as attorney and notary public with a Cum Laude distinction (top GPA of his class) and had further postgraduate studies in the University of Navarra with a scholarship from the “Fundación Carolina Foundation” in International Investment Law and Arbitration.

Heads the Intellectual Property Department of the firm since its inception 11 years ago, and has grown quite a reputation within the local and international Intellectual Property environment.

He serves as Chair of the Latin American and the Caribbean Subcommittee of the Parallel Imports Committee in INTA and was invited to be a speaker at INTA´s Annual Meeting in Boston in May, 2019 for the conference “Shades Of Grey – . Current Issues in Parallel Importation Law—A Global Perspective”. He has been selected for the Emerging Issues Committee for the term of 2020-2021 and has been named chair of the global new emerging issues sub-committee.

He is a member of the Trademarks committee of ASIPI and has served in the Committee for Alternative Dispute Resolution since 2018.

He also serves in the Academic Committee of CAMPI (Cámara Guatemalteca de la Propiedad Intelectual).

Luis Fernando Has over 10 years’ experience handling Intellectual Property matters in Guatemala and coordinating the protection of intellectual property assets and portfolios in several other jurisdictions throughout Latin America. He is particularly knowledgeable and very active in Mexico, Central America (Guatemala to Panama), Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Perú and Chile and several islands of the Caribbean (Cuba, Puerto Rico, Bahamas, Haiti, Jamaica and Dominican Republic).

Has been recognized in publications such as the Legal 500 for his expertise in Intellectual Property matters.

Luis Fernando is also Head of the Litigation Department of the firm, where he handles all corporate, commercial and civil litigation having tried cases in several instances in Guatemala including the Constitutional Court for local and international clients.