THE FIRM

OUR HISTORY

Our firm was founded by SERGIO CABRERA MANRIQUEZ, a lawyer and professor of Chilean nationality in 1982 in Cali, Colombia. Due to his extensive professional experience as a Lawyer authorized in Colombia and Chile, he practiced Civil, Family, and Commercial Law as well as being the pioneer advisor in Intellectual Property in the Department of Valle del Cauca, Colombia.

He studied at the University of Chile, graduated as a lawyer from the Libre University of Colombia and was a professor at the University of Cauca (Popayán) and Libre University of Colombia (Cali).

He was a lecturer at the Universidad del Valle, Universidad Nacional (Palmira), University of Gran Colombia (Armenia), Antonio Nariño University (Roldanillo), Palmira Chamber of Commerce, Tuluá Chamber of Commerce, at the Marco Fidel Suárez Aviation School, and in the Valley Liquor Industry among others.

The law firm of SERGIO CABRERA MANRIQUEZ, partnered with his son SERGIO CABRERA TORRES, and his wife, also a lawyer, MARIA CLAUDIA GORDILLO DE CABRERA in 1986.

Today, the third generation of the founding lawyer SERGIO CABRERA MANRIQUEZ, his grandsons and lawyers SERGIO MARCELO CABRERA GORDILLO and EDUARDO CABRERA GORDILLO are partners in the firm continuing the legacy that their grandfather began.

ABOUT US

We are a law firm with more than 39 years of experience that meets all of your legal needs. Our first priority is the total satisfaction of your legal needs and protection of your company and your family. Our firm is well integrated with a team of legal professionals, partners of the firm, consulting lawyers in different branches of the Law, paralegals and legal correspondents in Colombia and abroad.

Our firm has associate consultants in different branches of law and legal correspondents in Colombia and abroad with which we work jointly and in a coordinated manner under the same principles, guaranteeing optimal services and resources with deep knowledge and vast experience in the understanding and management of the legal mechanisms necessary to protect your company and family in the different areas of the law that require it.

At SERGIO CABRERA LAW FIRM, we provide attention and customized treatment with the dedicated purpose of fulfilling the best relationship between: Cost - Time- Efficiency, with our main objective to provide:
«PERSONALIZED AND OPTIMAL LEGAL SERVICES».

Our firm is well integrated with a team of legal professionals, partners of the firm, consulting lawyers in different branches of the Law, paralegals and legal correspondents in Colombia and abroad.

We are a recognized firm in Intellectual Property, Commercial, Corporate and Business Law

OUR TEAM

We have a great team of lawyers supporting our partners, expert associate lawyers in different legal areas, an extensive network of foreign legal correspondents, paralegals and associate consultants.

FOUNDING PARTNER

SERGIO CABRERA MANRIQUEZ (†)

Lawyer, professor and founder of the Firm SERGIO CABRERA LAW FIRM with 35 years of experience as a trial lawyer in Colombia and Chile, practicing in Civil, Family, Commercial and Intellectual Property Law.

He studied at the University of Chile, graduated as a lawyer from the Libre University of Colombia and was a professor at the University of Cauca (Popayán) and Universidad Libre de Colombia (Cali).

He was a lecturer at the Universidad del Valle, Universidad Nacional (Palmira), Universidad la Gran Colombia (Armenia), Antonio Nariño University (Roldanillo), Palmira Chamber of Commerce, Tuluá Chamber of Commerce, at the Marco Fidel Suárez Aviation School, and the Valley Liquor Industry among others.

Qualified to practice law by the Supreme Court of Chile.

Member of the Colombian Industrial Property Association.

PARTNERS

SERGIO CABRERA TORRES

sergiocabrera@sergiocabrera.com.co

Phone: 602-6605911

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Partner, manager, and lawyer of the SERGIO CABRERA LAW FIRM, law graduate of the Libre University of Colombia, specialization in Industrial Property, Copyright, and New Technologies from the Externado University of Colombia.

He has been a professor at the Libre University in the Industrial Property module, at the Icesi University in the Industrial Property module for the MBA program, at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Cali, in the Industrial Property module for the Master's Degree in Business Law program, and at the University of San Buenaventura in Cali part of the Law Faculty in the field of Concurrence Theory and Intellectual Property Law.

He has been a guest speaker at Universidad del Valle, Universidad Nacional, Universidad la Gran Colombia, Antonio Nariño University, Palmira Chamber of Commerce, Tuluá Chamber of Commerce, Cúcuta Chamber of Commerce, at the Marco Fidel Suarez Aviation School, and in the Valley Liquor Industry, among others.

Qualified to practice law by the Supreme Court of Chile.

Member of the Colombian Association of Intellectual Property (ACPI).

Experience

He has 35 years of experience as a Lawyer, professor, and litigator in the profession of civil, family, commercial, business and corporate matters with emphasis on Intellectual Property Law.

He has worked as an advisor, representative, and business consultant, for corporate, commercial and intellectual property for large Colombian and international / multinational companies.

Appraisal Expert of Intangible Assets registered with the National Self-Regulatory Corporation of Appraisers (A.N.A.)

Member of Board of Directors.

MARIA CLAUDIA GORDILLO DE CABRERA

claudiadecabrera@sergiocabrera.com.co

Phone: 602-6605911

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Partner at SERGIO CABRERA LAW FIRM since 1986.
Director of the Intellectual Property Department.
Graduated as a lawyer from the Libre University of Colombia, has 30 years of experience in the protection and defense of Intellectual Property Law, in the area of trademarks, commercial slogans, commercial names, patents, industrial designs, utility models, and Copyright of the firm.
Member of the Colombian Association of Intellectual Property (ACPI).

Experience

She is an Adviser in the development, protection, and litigation in Intellectual Property of large portfolios for different national and international companies.

Extensive experience in the monitoring of Intellectual Property Rights, search trademark background, trademark registrations, patents, and Copyright at national and international level.

Proxy and business consultant in defense, claim, and opposition proceedings, cancellation actions, registration, negotiation, transfer and licensing actions, declaration of notoriety, nullifying actions and appeals before the Superintendence of Industry and Commerce and the State Council.

SERGIO MARCELO CABRERA GORDILLO

sergiomcabrera@sergiocabrera.com.co

Phone: 602-6605911

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Graduated law from the Externado University of Colombia with specialization in Tax Law from the same University. Master in Conflict Management, Mediation and Arbitration in Private Law from the University of Valencia, Spain.

Monitor of the Department of Mining and Energy Law of the Externado University of Colombia.

He studied Chinese-Mandarin at the University of International Relations (Center for International Education) of the People's Republic of China in the City of Beijing.

He served as Legal Assistant to the Legal Affairs Section of the Colombian Embassy in the People's Republic of China. He was Head of the Legal Department in charge of STF GROUP S.A. (Studio F, ELA, STF MAN and TOP ONE).

Columnist in Legal Affairs of La República newspaper in Colombia.

He was an assistant professor and professor of the Law Faculty at the San Buenaventura University in the Department of Concurrence Theory and Intellectual Property Law.

Member of the Colombian Association of Industrial Property and the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property.

Experience

He has extensive experience in the area of litigation. He has represented national and foreign clients in commercial matters, unfair competition and consumer protection.

Advisor, representative, and consultant in corporate, tax, contractual, alternative dispute resolution methods (national and international conciliation and arbitration), intellectual property abroad and corporate insolvency regime.

Member of Board of Directors.
Languages: Spanish, English and Mandarin.

EDUARDO CABRERA GORDILLO

eduardocabrera@sergiocabrera.com.co

Phone: 602-6605911

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Graduated as a Lawyer from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Cali and specialized in Industrial Property, Copyright, and New Technologies from the Externado University of Colombia.

He studied Chinese-Mandarin at the University of International Relations (Center for International Education) of the People's Republic of China in the City of Beijing.

Guest speaker at the Conciliation Center of the Cali Chamber of Commerce.

Columnist of the newspaper La República in Legal Affairs on trademark lawsuits nationwide and Columnist of the PÓLEMOS Interdisciplinary Legal Portal of the Civil Law & Society Association of the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.

Member of the Colombian Association of Industrial Property and the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property.

Experience

Provides advice to national and foreign clients in the management of the portfolio of intellectual property assets, including the planning and execution of anti-piracy campaigns for the adequate protection of said assets; on contractual and corporate matters; personal data protection; computer and information technology law; confidentiality and trademark licensing agreements.

Advisor, representative, and consultant in conflicts related to Intellectual Property assets and unfair competition matters, contractual matters, either through extrajudicial claims, alternative dispute resolution methods, in jurisdictional proceedings and before the State Council.

Languages: Spanish, English and Mandarin

MEMBERSHIPS

ACPI:
Colombian Association of Intellectual Property

The Colombian Association of Industrial Property has been established as a private non-profit legal entity, made up of people who carry out professional activities concerning the Protection of industrial property rights.

AIPPI:
International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property

The International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property, known as AIPPI (Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle), is the world's leading non-profit association dedicated to the development and improvement of laws for the protection of the intellectual property. It is a politically neutral, non-profit organization, based in Switzerland, with more than 8000 members worldwide from 131 countries.