Alejandro Ponce Martínez

Practice Areas

His main fields of activity are litigation, specially in civil, tax and administrative courts and the Andean Tribunal, and intellectual property, specially patents. He has handled relevant cases on behalf of Philip Morris, Procter & Gamble, Texaco, Pfizer, Merck, Seitur

Arbitrator in an average of 12 arbitrations per year.

Career

Permanent Associate Judge of the Superior Court of Quito (1988-92, 2000-04); Chief Legal Advisor for the Presidency of the Republic specifically for President Leon Febres Cordero(1985-87); Professor of Universidad Catolica de Quito, Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil, Universidad Central del Ecaudor, Universidad del Azuay and Universidad Anidna Simon Bolívar.

Professional Memberships

Quito Bar Association; International Bar Association (IBA); International Trademark Association (INTA); Interamerican Association of Intellectual Property (ASIPI); Interamerican Institute of copyrigh; Paulist Association of Industrial Property (ASPI); Ecuadorian Association of Intellectual Property (AEPI), International Society of Community Law and Integration (SIDECI), Inter-American Federation of Lawyers (FIA).

Publications

Several law books and many articles in Law reviews. He has also provided articles on Ecuadorian Law for several foreign book publications