WHO AM I?
I am a lawyer that helps technology companies protect their intellectual property, in the United States and Argentina. I am also on the faculty of the Torcuato Di Tella Law School.
Connecting Two Regions
The focus of the my career since I was 21 has been connecting Latin America and the United States, two cultures that I understand on a deep level. On the Latin American side, I grew up in Buenos Aires, was the valedictorian of the Di Tella Law School, I’ve been an associate at a law firm in Buenos Aires and have resolved complex international cases. On the American side, I received my Masters in Law from Stanford and lived in Silicon Valley, I was a research fellow at Columbia and lived in New York, I’ve been working with American companies for a decade — and, perhaps most importantly, my husband and two children are American.
MY STRENGTHS
RESEARCH
I’ve had my research funded by Columbia as a research fellow, Penn as a grant recipient, Stanford where I was a SPILS fellow and a Fulbright Scholar, and Di Tella where I’m on the faculty. My research focuses on intellectual property law, specifically:
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