Silvia Saenz de Ormijana
Biography
Silvia focuses her practice in intellectual property law and unfair competition, with a focus in design, patent, copyright, trademark law, unfair competition and advertising matters. She has been working at Baker McKenzie since 2015.
Her clients include some of the most prestigious fashion companies, some of the biggest food and beverages companies worldwide, companies from the healthcare sector, and technology companies.
She is a member of Baker McKenzie's GDIT Senior Associate Steering Committee. She is also in charge of the GDIT Legal Goods newsletter.
Silvia has been participating in the AIPPI questions of study since 2016 and regularly gives lectures before the Barcelona Bar Association and at universities.
From the beginning, we at Baker McKenzie have participated in different corporate social responsibility programmes. The most recent, coinciding with our 25th anniversary in Barcelona, is the pro bono advice agreement with the Sant Joan de Déu Charitable Organization.
Other outstanding projects are the agreement to create and advise the Liceu Barcelona Opera House US Foundation and regular contributions to the food bank.
Her clients include some of the most prestigious fashion companies, some of the biggest food and beverages companies worldwide, companies from the healthcare sector, and technology companies.
She is a member of Baker McKenzie's GDIT Senior Associate Steering Committee. She is also in charge of the GDIT Legal Goods newsletter.
Silvia has been participating in the AIPPI questions of study since 2016 and regularly gives lectures before the Barcelona Bar Association and at universities.
From the beginning, we at Baker McKenzie have participated in different corporate social responsibility programmes. The most recent, coinciding with our 25th anniversary in Barcelona, is the pro bono advice agreement with the Sant Joan de Déu Charitable Organization.
Other outstanding projects are the agreement to create and advise the Liceu Barcelona Opera House US Foundation and regular contributions to the food bank.
Practice Focus
Silvia advises on intellectual property law and represents clients in IPtech litigation before Spanish civil, commercial and criminal courts, EU courts, and administrative bodies. She also represents clients in advertising disputes before self-regulating bodies. She has taken part in many trademark, design, patent, unfair competition and illegal advertising disputes, representing both claimants and defendants. She also advises on copyright, moral rights and related rights questions and has extensive experience in IP transactions.
Representative Legal Matters
- Advised a large fashion company on protecting and enforcing some of its most valuable IP assets in Europe and Spain.
- Designed and enforced a strategy to protect non-registered IP assets from some very well-known companies in the food and beverages sector worldwide.
- Advised pioneering companies in the healthcare sector to protect their trade secrets.
Professional Honors
Professional Associations and Memberships
- International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property - Member
Admissions
- Madrid~Spain (2013)
Education
- ESADE (Master's degree in IP) (2014)
- ESADE (Degree and master's degree in law) (2010)
Languages
- English
- Spanish
Baker & McKenzie Barcelona S.L.P. is a member of Baker & McKenzie International, a Swiss Verein.