Speakers

Noor Al-Banna

Noor serves as the Co-Chair of the LES USA & Canada Brands as a Business Sector, Vice-Chair of the LESI Sustainable Development Goals IP Index Committee, and incoming LESI YMC Pan-America Vice-Chair. At Ocean Tomo, Noor is a Senior Director in the IP Valuation and Management Consulting practice where he focuses on the valuation and monetization of intellectual property including patents, technology, brands, data, and other forms of intangible assets. Noor’s experience includes valuation, strategy, and transaction advisory assistance to companies, investors, and governments in a variety of industries including life sciences, energy and climate tech, sustainable materials and production, software, and retail, among others. Noor’s analyses have been used to support investment decisions, capital raises, IP monetization, M&A, bankruptcy & restructuring, IP licensing, JV formation, litigation, and tax matters.

Marco M. Alemán

Marco M. Alemán, studied law at the Javeriana University (J.D., 1991) where he also obtained a Corporate Law Certificate (L.L.M., 1996). He then obtained a Diploma in Advanced Studies (DEA) in Research at the Alcala University (Spain, 2006), and a Ph.D. in Law (2011, Cum Laude).

Mr. Alemán practiced as an IP Attorney from 1991 to 1995. He was then appointed Head of the Colombian Industrial Property Office, from 1995 to 1998, and was invited as a Fellow Visiting Researcher at the Max Planck Institute in Munich, Germany in 1998. He joined WIPO in 1999 as Senior Program Officer, Office of Cooperation for Development for Latin America and the Caribbean (from 1999 to 2006). He was then appointed Deputy Director in the Division for Public Policy and Development (from 2006 to 2009), Deputy Director of the Patent Law Division (from 2009 to 2013), and went on to be Director of the Patent Law Division (2013 – 2020). He currently holds the position of Assistant Director General, leading the IP and Innovation Ecosystems Sector (IES).

David Attanasio

Is a Partner in the International Arbitration team at Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP. With extensive experience in highly technical industries, his practice focuses on crafting compelling advocacy for his clients and finding creative solutions for their international disputes through international arbitration, cross-border litigation, and other means. Leading legal directories—including Chambers Global, Chambers USA, Lexology, and Legal 500 US—have recognized David for his international arbitration advocacy. He has served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center, a Visiting Professor at Universidad de los Andes, and an Associate Professor at the Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano, the latter two both in Bogotá, Colombia.

Gabriel Benites

He is a lawyer and a graduate of the National University Federico Villarreal (Peru). He holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Intellectual Property from the University of Turin (Italy) and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), as well as a Master’s Degree in Business Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. He has completed specialization courses in intellectual property in South Korea, England, China, Costa Rica, Japan, and Georgia.

Mr. Benites previously served as Legal Coordinator of the Intellectual Property Chamber at INDECOPI, the Peruvian authority on intellectual property. He currently works as an international official responsible for intellectual property matters at the General Secretariat of the Andean Community. In addition, he is a professor of Intellectual Property at ESAN University, San Martín de Porres University, and Cayetano Heredia University, all located in Lima, Peru. He also serves as director and professor of the Advanced Specialization Program in Intellectual Property at the Andean University Simón Bolívar (central campus – Bolivia), as well as Tutor of the course Intellectual Property Law of the Andean Community at the WIPO Academy.

Jennifer Chicoski

Since 2023, Jennifer Chicoski has served as the IP Attaché for the Andean Community and Chile of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and is based in Lima, Peru. Ms. Chicoski advocates for United States’ intellectual property (IP) policy interests and supports U.S. businesses in protecting and enforcing their IP rights in the region. She has extensive experience as an IP attorney, with 26 years of service inside the USPTO in a variety of positions within the Trademark Organization and the Office of Policy and International Affairs. She has actively participated in the implementation of trademark classification and examination policies and procedures and advised on domestic policy-making and international affairs. She attended Georgetown University to receive her bachelor’s in business administration and the Georgetown University Law Center for her juris doctorate degree.

Sergio Chuez Salazar

Lawyer specialized in Intellectual Property, with studies on the subject in various countries, such as South Korea, Japan, Switzerland and the United States of America, among others.

He is a teacher and regular speaker at various national and international academic events.

He is a member of the Indecopi team in charge of designing the National Intellectual Property Policy, as well as the adoption, revision and discussion of the Andean Regulation on Geographical Indications and Distinctive Signs. He has participated in the elaboration of the current Peruvian Legislation on Industrial Property, and the Andean Decision on Country Brand. Likewise, he has participated and participates in the negotiation of the Intellectual Property chapters included in various trade agreements negotiated by Peru, as well as in their review and implementation.

He was elected Chair of the WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications (SCT), and Chair of the Main Committee I of the Diplomatic Conference held in November 2024 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, which concluded with the celebration and adoption of the Design Law Treaty (DLT).

He currently serves as Director of the Distinctive Signs Directorate and Chair of the Distinctive Signs Commission.

Paolo del Aguila Ruiz de Somocurcio

Lawyer at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP), he also holds a Master of Laws degree specializing in Competition Law and Intellectual Property Protection from the same institution. He has completed postgraduate studies at the University of Salamanca, Spain, and a specialization course in Dispute Resolution Boards at ESAN University.

He served as Secretary General of the Arbitration Center of the Lima Chamber of Commerce and as a founding member of the Peruvian Arbitration Journal. He was President of the Specialized Chamber for Bankruptcy Proceedings of the INDECOPI Tribunal, Vice President of the Commission for the Elimination of Bureaucratic Barriers of INDECOPI, and President of the Lima-North Bankruptcy Proceedings Commission of INDECOPI.

He is a Professor at the PUCP Faculty of Law, teaching courses in Bankruptcy Law, Arbitration, and Conflict Theory, and at the Graduate School in the Diploma Program in Corporate Law. Besides, he is a professor in postgraduate courses on National and International Commercial Arbitration and Government Contracting at the Universidad de Lima, Universidad Continental, and the Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC).

He serves as an Arbitrator and Arbitration Expert, with an active practice as an Independent Legal Consultant.

Juan Pablo Egaña

Juan Pablo has been a partner at Sargent & Krahn since 2000 and joined the firm in 1992. Since 2000, he has headed the Patent Group, leading—together with the group’s attorneys and technical professionals—the representation of domestic and international clients in the prosecution of patent applications across a wide range of technical fields, with particular emphasis on the pharmaceutical, mining, and salmon farming industries.

He regularly assists several of the firm’s clients in the enforcement of their industrial property rights before judicial and administrative authorities, and also advises them in negotiations related to the contractual exploitation of such rights.

Juan Pablo holds a law degree from the University of Chile and an LL.M. from The George Washington University (1995). He is ranked Band 1 in Intellectual Property by Chambers Latin America and is also recognized by Legal 500. In 2017, he received an award from the Chilean Association of Industrial Property (ACHIPI) for his authorship of the work “Doctrine of Equivalents in Chile.”

He is also the author of the following publications:

Legitimacy of Pharmaceutical Patents – A View from Chile, Monograph, Tirant lo Blanch Publishing House, September 2024.
Undisclosed Information and Trade Secrets in Chile, published in the Revista de Actualidad Mercantil of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, Annual Edition No. 8, 2024.
Industrial Property in the Political Constitution of Chile, published in Derechos Intelectuales of ASIPI, Volume 27, Issue 2, 2023.
Biosimilar Products in Chile. Technical Rule No. 170, LawyerIssue Magazine, London, Biotech & Pharmaceutical Law, March 2016.
Chilean Law Chapter, International Pharmaceutical Law and Practice Journal, LexisNexis, USA, 2019.

During 2025, he has served as a professor in the Diploma in Industrial Property and in course DEM 298: Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.

He is a member of the Quality Section of SACEPO (Standing Advisory Committee before the European Patent Office), belongs to the Chilean Association of Industrial Property Law (ACHIPI), and is an Observer of the Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APAA).

Hugo R. Gómez Apac

Specialist in constitutional (economic), civil, administrative, competition, Andean Community, intellectual property, consumernprotection, and environmental law.

Lawyer graduated from the National University of San Marcos (Peru). Master’s degree in Business Law from the Peruvian University of Applied Sciences. Admitted to the Doctoral Program in Law at the University of A Coruña (Spain).

Currently serves as an arbitrator and university professor: in the Master’s Program in Intellectual Property and New Technologies at

Austral University (Argentina), in the Master’s Program in Intellectual Property and Competition Law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, and in the Master’s Program in Economic Administrative Law at the University of the Pacific (Peru).

He is presently the Director of the Specialized Program in Administrative Law at the Graduate School of the Peruvian University of Applied Sciences. He is also a member of the CERC Corporation (Economic Competition, Regulation and Consumer Protection) of Ecuador.

Served as a Judge of the Andean Community Court of Justice from March 2016 to January 2026. Also served as a member of the Advisory Board of Judges of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) during the 2023–2025 term.

Formerly held senior public positions, including Chair of the Board of Directors of the Environmental Evaluation and Enforcement Agency, National Director of Legal Affairs at the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights, and Advisor to the Minister’s Office of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism.

At Indecopi, he served as Vice Chair of the Consumer Protection Commission, Technical Secretary of the Competition Defense Chamber, Advisor to the Legal Affairs Office, and Technical Secretary of the Free Competition Commission.

Has over twenty-six years of professional experience, more than seventeen of which were in the public sector and ten in an international organization.

Has taught constitutional, administrative, competition, and environmental law at Peruvian and Ecuadorian universities with twenty-six years of teaching experience.

Author, co-author, editor and co-editor of numerous books and academic articles on constitutional (economic), administrative, competition, Andean Community, intellectual property, consumer protection, environmental, civil, and criminal law. Published his first academic article twenty-nine years ago.

Regular contributor of opinion articles in La Voz de Galicia (Spain), La República (Colombia), and, in Peru, in the newspapers El Comercio, Gestión, Perú 21, and El Peruano.

Viviane Kunisawa

Dr. Viviane Kunisawa is a PARTNER at Danieal Law and Head of the Patent Litigation and Regulatory Law for Life Sciences & Agribusiness Groups. She has extensive experience in strategic litigation, consultancy, and advocacy initiatives, with more than two decades of experience in high-risk patent litigation, focusing on complex multijurisdictional disputes. She served as chief strategist and led the patent litigation team in several major disputes in Brazil. Having worked on cases related to patent infringement and invalidity, as well as unfair competition projects, she leverages her expertise in regulatory law to protect the clients' interests. Some of her representative cases have been in pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, biotechnology, and engineering sectors, including telecommunications. She has vast experience with advocacy projects, from drafting bills and regulatory norms to preparing legal opinions and white papers. Viviane’s experience as an in-house counsel for a multinational company in the agribusiness sector allowed her to combine legal skills with business acumen. She obtained a Law Degree from UERJ and holds a Ph.D. in Law from the University of Munich (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität), having conducted her doctoral research as a fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition. She also served as a guest researcher at the Institute of Intellectual Property (Chizaiken) in Tokyo.

Santiago Mayora

Santiago joined the Mayora group in 2009 working across both the corporate and intellectual property operations, setting up and becoming managing director of MAYORA DOMAINS, a domain name and brand protection service for the whole of Latin America. He became partner in 2013 and soon after began to dedicate himself exclusively to intellectual property matters and the running of the IP practice as joint managing partner.

Santiago has a background in international trade and economic law, with a focus on competition law, digital brands, e-commerce, and cybersecurity. He has a wealth of expertise in trademark law and civil IP litigation, and is considered a specialist in trademark clearance and prosecution, licensing of copyright and related rights, trade secrets and technology transfer, and privacy law.

Overseeing substantive IP strategy and operations in all three countries, Santiago is key to ensuring a standardized high level of IP counseling and seamless service delivery across the Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras offices.

Santiago sits on INTA’s Anti-counterfeiting Committee and ASIPI’s Privacy Committee. He forms part of AIPPI’s Enforcement Committee, and is President to the Board of Directors for their Central American and Caribbean division.

Santiago is recognized by leading legal directories such as The Legal 500, IP Stars, and WTR 1000.

EDUCATION

LLM in Intellectual Property– Berkeley Law, California, USA (2016)

LLM in International Business and Economic Law – Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C., USA (2015)

Graduated as a lawyer from the Universidad Francisco Marroquín, Guatemala City, Guatemala (2013)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

AIPPI

ASIPI

IAPP

INTA

Brendan Oviedo

Practice areas

Energy and Climate Change

Projects, Infrastructure, and Construction

Oil and Gas

Education

Diploma in Competition Law and Policy, World Trade Institute (Switzerland), 2006

Degree in Spanish Law, Universidad de Barcelona, Spain, 2005

Master in Energy Policy and Regulation, Center of Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law, and Policy, University of Dundee (Scotland), 2004

Universidad de Lima, Peru, 2000

Career

Hernández & Cía. (2016 to date)

President of the Peruvian Association of Renewable Energies – SPR (2019 to date)

Advisor to Peru on carbon markets and mitigation mechanisms in the negotiations under the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement (2021)

President of the Electricity Committee of the International Bar Association of the International Bar Association (2016 to date)

Rubio Leguía Normand Law Firm (2010-2016)

Lema, Sorari & Santiváñez Law Firm (2007-2010)

Negotiator for Peru on carbon markets and mitigation mechanisms in negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol (2009).

Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (2004)

Olaechea Law Firm (2000-2002)

Acknowledgments

Brendan Oviedo has been recognized as a leading lawyer in Energy & Infrastructure by IFLR 1000, in Energy & Natural Resources and Projects by Chambers & Partners, Latin America and Chambers & Partners Global and a leader in Energy by Legal 500.

Teaching

Professor of the course on Public Services Regulation and Energy Law Seminar at the Peruvian University of Applied Sciences (2008-2012)

Professor of the Diploma of Energy Law and the Diploma of Environment of the Peruvian University of Applied Sciences (2010-2012)

Professor in the Master in Energy Management at ESAN University (2010-2012)

Memberships

Lima Bar Association

International Bar Association

Languages

Spanish and English

Bruna Rego Lins

Legal executive with over 25 years of experience leading IP and technology strategies for companies operating in complex, highly regulated and innovation-driven environments. I am a partner at Veirano Advogados, one of Brazil’s leading law firms, and currently serve as President of LES Brasil.

My work focuses on advising C-suite executives and boards on IP strategy as a business enabler, supporting growth, risk management, market positioning and long-term value creation. I have extensive experience structuring and executing legal strategies in high-stakes negotiations, complex litigation and strategic transactions, aligning legal solutions with commercial objectives.

I have advised organizations across technology, media, fashion, agribusiness and healthcare, leading matters involving IP prosecution, complex dispute resolution and the negotiation and drafting of sophisticated commercial and technology agreements. As a CIPP/E certified professional, I also integrate data protection and privacy governance into broader IP and innovation strategies.

My academic background includes an LL.M. in Intellectual Property Law from The George Washington University and a Master’s degree in Intellectual Property and Innovation from the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office Academy, providing a solid foundation for strategic decision-making in innovation-driven businesses.

I am consistently recognized by Chambers, WIPR, WTR, Leaders League and Análise Advocacia, and regularly engage as a speaker, educator and thought leader in IP, technology and fashion law. Through publications, teaching and active participation in DEI initiatives, I contribute to shaping the future of the IP ecosystem with a focus on leadership, inclusion and innovation.

Renzo Scavia

Renzo Scavia is the Founding and Managing Partner of Scavia & Scavia, a leading law firm based in Lima, Peru. He graduated summa cum laude from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú and has more than 30 years of experience advising companies and institutions on intellectual property and business law, providing strategic and highly specialised counsel in complex legal, transactional, and regulatory environments across multiple jurisdictions.

His professional practice encompasses intellectual property and business law, including trademarks, patents, copyright, licensing and technology transfer, unfair competition, data protection, consumer protection, advertising regulation and high-stakes litigation.

Renzo currently serves as President of LES Andean Community and Vice-Chair of the Americas Committee of Licensing Executives Society International (LESI), actively promoting best practices in intellectual property, licensing, and technology transfer throughout Latin America.

He is an international arbitrator for the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the Guayaquil Chamber of Commerce, and a certified arbitrator of the Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property (ASIPI). He also serves as Treasurer of the Peruvian Group of the Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle (AIPPI) and has been appointed to the Committee of Experts of the Peruvian Association of Industrial Property and Copyright (APPI), in civil, administrative, and corporate law.

Renzo regularly participates as a speaker and panelist in international conferences and academic forums on intellectual property, licensing, innovation, and technology transfer.

Carolina Isabel Sepúlveda

Lawyer with 30 years of experience in intellectual property, technology transfer, and public policy in these fields.

She has led negotiations of multilateral and bilateral agreements on intellectual property and their implementation during her tenure as Head of the Intellectual Property Department at the Undersecretariat of International Economic Relations.

She has developed public policies on innovation in biotechnology, governance guidelines for technological consortia, and intellectual property frameworks while serving at CORFO’s Technological Capabilities Management.

She also developed the INAPI Running Mentorship Program jointly with WIPO during her role as Chief of Staff at the Chilean National Institute of Industrial Property (INAPI).

She currently serves as Director of Innovation at Universidad Alberto Hurtado, where she has promoted innovation with social impact, diployed the Network of Universities for Social Innovation, and recently signed a collaboration agreement with the UK social innovation network Aspect, an initiative supported by the British Academy.

She is the author of several publications on innovation strategies and technology transfer, including:

International Technology Transfer to Promote Access and Innovation in Times of Global Crisis, Les Nouvelles, March 2021 (SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=3771482)
Impacto del TPP en la innovación y el acceso al conocimiento, Revista Puentes 2018

Christian Stein C.

Christian Stein leads the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department of Scavia & Scavia, a leading law firm based in Lima, Peru. He has studies within Master of Civil and Commercial Law, Post-title in State Contracting, Doctorate in Education, a Diploma in Arbitration, State Contracts, Public Management and Administrative Law; a specialization in Disputes Resolution and a Certification in Legislation on Digital Media.

With over 30 years of professional experience, Christian possesses an extensive track record in Civil, Criminal, Labor, Commercial, Administrative, and Constitutional Law, as well as Public Management and Strategic Intelligence. A former member of the Judiciary in Peru, he has served as a certified mediator since 1999 and a seasoned arbitrator in contractual and commercial matters since 1996.

An accomplished academic, Christian has dedicated 33 years to higher education. He has taught over 115 undergraduate and 13 graduate-level courses across 13 public and private universities, post-graduate schools, study centres and schools of various government entities.

Claudio Ulloa

Claudio Ulloa is a Partner at Basham, Ringe y Correa, S.C. He holds a degree in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering from Universidad Iberoamericana, where he also obtained his Law degree. He later earned a Master of Science in Automotive Engineering from Coventry University in the United Kingdom, graduating with honors.

With more than two decades of professional experience, Claudio has built a distinguished career in the field of Intellectual Property, with a particular emphasis on patents, technology transfer, and innovation management. His practice encompasses patent drafting and prosecution, as well as litigation involving patent enforcement and invalidation, representing clients across the automotive, aerospace, mechanical, energy, and emerging technology sectors.

Claudio has completed multiple advanced courses and certifications in Intellectual Property law, licensing, and technology commercialization, both in Mexico and internationally. He is the author and co-author of various specialized articles and publications, and has participated as a lecturer and panelist in numerous national and international conferences focused on innovation, IP protection, and technology development.

He is the former President of LES Mexico (Licensing Executives Society) and currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of LESI (Licensing Executives Society International), contributing to the global advancement of best practices in licensing, technology transfer, and intellectual asset management.

Luis W. Villaroel Villalon

Education: Lawyer, Universidad de Chile (1991). Master in International Legal Studies (LL.M), Washington College of Law (1997).

Director LES Chile
- Judicial Experience: Former Judge of the Industrial Property Court of Chile (August 2006 – December 2013). Served two consecutive terms as an alternate member, reviewing and adjudicating appeal cases for patents and trademarks.
- Academic Experience: Intellectual Property Professor at Mayor University, Santiago (2009 – present).
- Arbitration: Arbitrator for the Conflict Resolution System of Domain Names at NIC Chile (2014 – present).
- Leadership: Founder and Director of Corporación Innovarte (2008 – present). Provides technical assistance to Latin American IP offices and organizes training and law reform workshops in Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Uruguay, and Nicaragua. Currently managing technical assistance for compulsory licensing of Hepatitis C drugs in Chile.
- Government Advisory: Former Chief of the Legal Division and Intellectual Property Advisor for the Ministry of Education of Chile (2000–2008). Member of the Chilean negotiating team for FTAs with the USA, China, EU, and P4.
- International Consulting: Advised on IP reforms in Brazil, Uruguay, and Ecuador, and supported international negotiations for Malaysia and Vietnam. Contributor to organizations including KEI, DNDi, South Centre, and TWN.
- International Representation: Former Vice Chair of the WIPO SCCR (2008) and member of the APEC Intellectual Property Experts Group (2004–2008).

Jeffrey S. Whittle

Jeff Whittle provides over 30 years of legal experience to clients in the energy and high-tech industries. He serves as Head of Womble Bond Dickinson's Global Energy and Natural Resources Industry Sector, bringing extensive cross-border energy M&A experience. His global transactional practice encompasses strategic complex technology mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, commercial and licensing arrangements across the energy and technology sectors, with particular focus on technology-intensive transactions requiring multi-jurisdictional coordination, as well as various intellectual property transactional matters. Jeffrey is also a Global Board Member and was Managing Partner of the firm's Houston office.

Fernando Zeballos

Fernando Zeballos is the Director of Metallurgical Projects at Compañía de Minas Buenaventura (Peru). He is a chemical engineer with a master’s degree in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering and an MBA candidate, with more than 27 years of experience spanning process plant operations, consulting, engineering, and project management.

His career covers the full project life cycle, from scoping studies and PFS/FS through EPCM delivery, pre-commissioning, commissioning, and start-up operations. Fernando has led multidisciplinary teams in roles including Project Manager, Engineering Manager, and Process Engineering Manager.

With technical experience across both the mining and oil & gas sectors, he brings an innovation-driven perspective from both owner and contractor environments, aligned with technology development and intellectual property value creation.

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