Gare Advogados

Founding Partner: Luiz Claudio Garé

Senior Partners: Elisson Garé, Sari Franco Schnaider, Rodrigo Gianny Carney and Marcelo Camargo

Team structure: Forty specialist professionals, including partners, lawyers, a legal support team and a structured back office.

Founded in 1990, Garé IP, formerly Garé Advogados, is a boutique law firm specialising in Intellectual Property. The firm's main areas of expertise include: (i) intellectual property litigation; (ii) brand protection; (iii) anti-counterfeiting; (iv) consultancy and contracts relating to intellectual property and technology matters; (v) trade mark registration; (vi) fashion law; and (vii) copyright, patents, industrial designs, and unfair competition.

The firm's team of lawyers possesses in-depth knowledge of the Intellectual Property landscape, representing well-known companies across a diverse range of sectors, including luxury goods, sportswear, apparel, footwear, consumer products, hygiene and cleaning goods, beverages, automotive parts, motorcycles, cosmetics, electronics, pharmaceuticals, and more.

Founding partner Luiz Claudio Garé was president of the Intellectual Property Committee of the Brazilian Bar Association of São Paulo (OAB/SP) in the last biennium (2022/2024) and is recognised by clients and publications as "an authority on brand protection". Other partners have also been appointed as top-tier professionals in anti-counterfeiting and fashion law, namely Elisson Garé, Sari Franco Schnaider, Rodrigo Gianni Carney and Marcelo Camargo.

The core value of the team is offering full solutions in IP matters and providing sophisticated strategies for IP owners. During the last few years, Garé IP has experienced strong growth in handling strategic cases and providing relevant consultancy services in advisory, litigation and brand protection sectors across the country, with a substantial expansion in its client portfolio, including new market sectors such as pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and toy industry, as well as in the registration of trademarks and patents. In 35 years of practice, the firm has become a reference for brand protection and litigation services on behalf of companies from various sectors.

Operating across all judicial levels and working with various federal regulatory bodies throughout Brazil, the firm has trained over eighteen thousand public officials in the identification of counterfeit goods. It plays an active role in several public sector initiatives in this area, including the creation of task forces to combat the illicit trade of counterfeit products.

The office has experienced considerable growth in its team over recent years, always maintaining a remarkable balance of gender equality and a diverse team. Garé IP has a consolidated back office team that supports its legal team and operations in areas such as finance, IT, HR and marketing, always aiming to deliver the best results and personalised service to all its clients.