Phillipi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero y Uría

Camilo

Suárez

Director

Intellectual Property Law

Personal Contact

Camilo Suarez PPU Legal

Associate-to-watch Camilo Suárez continues to offer a solid practice advising clients on contentious IP mandates in Colombia. “Camilo Suárez is a highly qualified professional, committed, serious and accurate in his advice. As a lawyer, he is precise and honest”. Intellectual Property, Chambers and Partners, Latin America.

Director of the Intellectual Property and Life Sciences team. His professional practice focuses on litigation practice and evidentiary collection in matters related to Intellectual Property, as well as in matters of Unfair Competition and Consumer Law. He has more than 15 years of professional experience in these fields, advising national and foreign clients and, likewise, acting as their attorney before different national and international judicial, arbitration and administrative authorities. Since two (2) years ago he assumed the autonomous construction of the Anti-Piracy and Counterfeiting practice, representing national and foreign clients in these fields. He served as Foreign Lawyer in the Madrid office of Uría Menéndez between 2019 and 2020 in the coordination group of Industrial Property and Unfair Competition . Author of several articles in indexed and specialized publications; he has been recognized and highlighted in international guides such as Chambers & Partners, The Legal 500, Benchmark Litigation, Leaders League and Best Lawyers.

Education

2013
LL.M.
Universidad de la Rioja
2012
POSTGRADUATE DEGREE
Universidad del Rosario
2011
DIPLOMA
Georgetown University
2006
LAWYER
Universidad del Rosario

Languages

English, Spanish

Work experience

2023 - CURRENTLY
DIRECTOR
Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría
2015 - 2022
PRINCIPAL ASSOCIATE
Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría
2012 - 2014
SENIOR ASSOCIATE
Prietocarrizosa
2010 - 2012
HEAD OF LEGAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Talaris Former De La Rue company
2007 - 2010
LITIGATION ASSOCIATE
Triana, Uribe & Michelsen
2006 - 2007
LAWYER
Central de Inversiones S.A.

Memberships

  • Rosaristas Bar Association
  • Competition Committee of the Colombian-American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM)
  • Colombian Association of Intellectual Property (ACPI)

Academic and Teaching Activities

2018 - CURRENTLY
Intellectual Property Module - Real Rights Class
PROFESSOR - Universidad de Los Andes
2018 - CURRENTLY
Attorney's Juridical Regime
PROFESSOR - Universidad del Bosque