Ranking Chambers Global Legal Guide 2023

Icaza, González-Ruiz & Alemán has been recognized once again in the Chambers Global Legal Guide, which ranks the top lawyers and law firms in over 200 jurisdictions across the world.

The firm’s Banking and Finance and Intellectual Property departments were ranked by this publication.

In this year’s edition, our attorneys ranked by the publication were the following:

• Gabriela Tejada de Britton (Partner) — Intellectual Property — Band 1
• Gabriel González-Ruiz (Partner) — Banking and Finance — Band 2
• Marisol Ellis (Partner) — Dispute Resolution — Associate to Watch.

We congratulate our Partners and their teams on this achievement.

Icaza, González-Ruiz & Alemán is recognized as a Gold Tier Law Firm

Icaza, González-Ruiz & Alemán is proud to be recognized for the tenth consecutive year as a Gold Tier Law Firm by the World Trademark Review 1000!

“Panama’s largest outfit Icaza González-Ruiz & Alemán is steeped in historical significance and home to a modern, thriving trademark practice.”  — World Trademark Review 1000

Our experts Gabriela Tejada de Britton, Moisés Iván Rivera, and Fernando González-Ruiz have also been recognized by the publication as recommended individuals for their exemplary work.

We celebrate this achievement with gratitude for our valued clients and our exceptional Intellectual Property team.

Read more about our ranking clicking here.

Inauguration of APADEPI’s new Board of Directors

On Thursday, January 26, 2023, the Panamanian Association of Intellectual Property Law (APADEPI) held the inauguration of its new Board of Directors. Our partner Gabriela Tejada de Britton, President of the outgoing Board of Directors, delivered a speech to commemorate her administration’s achievements. In addition, at the ceremony, our partner Moisés Iván Rivera was appointed Sub-Secretary of the new Board of Directors for 2023-2024.

APADEPI is a non-profit organization that brings together all professionals who wish to promote activities for the development of Intellectual Property.

Our firm wishes the new Board of Directors all the best as they embark on this new journey. Congratulations and success to them!

Icaza, González-Ruiz & Alemán has been named Panama’s Firm of the Year at the Managing IP Americas Awards 2022.

Now in its seventeenth edition, the Managing IP Awards celebrate remarkable Intellectual Property achievements by law firms and in-house teams in more than fifty jurisdictions.

The first installment of the Managing IP Awards 2022, focused on the Americas, took place on April 7 in New York where the achievements of the winning firms were recognized and celebrated.

Learn more about the awards and read the full list of winners by clicking on the following link: Managing IP Americas Awards 2022.

Icaza González-Ruiz & Alemán ranked in the tenth edition of The Legal 500 Latin America.

Our firm has the pleasure to share that it has been recognized in multiple practice areas in the tenth edition of The Legal 500 Latin America rankings.

The departments ranked this year are the following:

• Intellectual Property – Tier 2
  • Gabriela Tejada de Britton – Leading Individual
  • Fernando González-Ruiz – Rising Star
• Capital Markets – Tier 2
• Corporate and M&A – Tier 2
• Banking & Finance – Tier 3
• Transport: Shipping – Tier 3

To read testimonials from the rankings and view the key members in each department, click on the images below.

The Chambers Latin America 2022 guide has, once again, highlighted Icaza, González-Ruiz & Alemán by ranking the firm in two practice areas for the Panama chapter and recommending our attorneys as leaders in their fields. The areas of practice in which the firm was ranked are:

• Banking and Finance (Band 3)
• Intellectual Property (Band 2)

Our lawyers ranked in the guide are:

• Gabriel González-Ruiz – Banking and Finance – Capital Markets – Projects & Energy
• Marisol Ellis – Dispute Resolution 
• Gabriela Tejada de Britton – Intellectual Property

Chambers and Partners is a prestigious legal service guide, that identifies and ranks the most prominent law firms and lawyers in more than 180 jurisdictions around the world.

Managing IP Americas Awards 2021 names Icaza, González-Ruiz & Alemán Panama’s Firm of the Year

We have the honour to announce that on April 7, 2021, Icaza, González-Ruiz & Alemán was recognized by the Managing IP Americas Awards 2021 as Firm of the Year in Panama. The awards recognize remarkable intellectual property achievements by law firms and in-house teams during the past year.

We thank Managing IP for this recognition, and we congratulate our Intellectual Property Team for their hard work and commitment to our clients, which earned them this achievement. 

About the Managing IP Awards

Managing IP launched its awards programme in 2006. The ceremony attracts hundreds of guests from private practice and in-house as well as prominent figures in the IP industry. It is regarded as the premier IP law firm awards event in the legal industry. In total, more than 1,000 guests attended the ceremonies in 2019 and 2020.

Chambers Global Guide 2021 Ranking

In this year’s edition, our attorneys ranked by the publication were the following:

• Gabriela Tejada de Britton – Intellectual Property – Tier 1
• Gabriel González-Ruiz – Banking and Finance – Band 3, and Corporate and M&A – Band 4
• Alexis Herrera Jr. – Shipping – Litigation – Band 3
• Marisol Ellis – Litigation – Associate to Watch.

The firm’s Banking and Finance, Corporate and M&A, Dispute Resolution, and Intellectual Property departments were also ranked by the publication.

We congratulate our lawyers and their teams on this achievement.

Icaza, González-Ruiz & Alemán has been ranked for an eighth consecutive year in the World Trademark Review 1000. In the 2021 edition, the firm maintains its Gold Band ranking. The publication also highlights our Head of Intellectual Property, Gabriela Tejada de Britton, and Fernando González-Ruiz as leading individuals in the gold and silver bands, respectively. Moreover, Moisés Iván Rivera makes his debut in the publication this year, alongside Mariela De La Guardia Oteiza.

The publication provided the following review on the firm’s Intellectual Property team and its services:

About WTR 1000

Icaza, González-Ruiz & Alemán is pleased to announce that our partner Gabriela Tejada de Britton was included in the World Trademark Review (WTR) Global Leaders 2020 edition, which identifies the best of the best in trademark practice.

Head of the IP Division of the firm, Gabriela handles and provides expert counseling for the trademark portfolio of local and multinational companies in a wide range of sectors which include, among others, beauty and personal care, pharmaceutical, automobile, retail, luxury goods, food and beverages, finance and entertainment.

Counseling includes trademark and copyright licensing, franchising, trademark enforcement, trademark and patent prosecution, opposition and cancellation proceedings.

About WTR Global Leaders

WTR Global Leaders is an important publication that gathers the world’s top law firm and corporate trademark experts drawing on research from the WTR 1000 and WTR 300.

To be included in WTR Global Leaders, individuals must be ranked in the gold tier of the WTR 1000, which is a research directory focused exclusively on trademark practices and practitioners, that identifies the leading players in 80 key jurisdictions globally.