Professionals by Last Name

ernardo M. Cremades, Jr., admitted to practice law in Madrid and in the state of New York, is a partner in the arbitration group of B. Cremades & Asociados. He focuses his practice on both investment treaty and international commercial arbitrations under the auspices of various arbitral organizations and rules, including the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), and the Inter-American Commercial Arbitration Commission (IACAC). Mr. Cremades also has experience in corporate finance matters, including mergers and acquisitions, company restructuring, structured finance and project finance transactions.

Melanie Mischkreu is specialized in real estate transactions, M&A and group taxation. Together with her team she supports national and international clients in all fields of taxation and structure planning. Based on her many years of experience with international group structures and complex taxation settings, she provides tailor-made and sustainable solutions for her clients.

Over the years, at Montaury et Al, we have successfully executed significant filing/enforcement projects in Brazil, and although striving to prevent disputes from reaching Courts, we can strongly defend our Clients in trials, when necessary. I have experience in devising and implementing IP prosecution/enforcement strategies for medium and large portfolio owners, including enforcement against unfair competition and counterfeiting with a proactive approach and pragmatic advice. I am also very familiar with the requirements of Clients in what concerns diligence, cost-effectiveness and efficiencies expected from us and had a chance to deepen my knowledge and expertise in Intellectual Property law during the Master’s Program of the Munich Intellectual Property Law Centre and the George Washington University Law School. The program focused on IP rights under both European and U.S. law. Areas of expertise: Focused primarily in three areas of IP, strategic counseling (trademarks), licensing and distribution (contracts) and dispute resolution (ADR).

With over 11+ years of versatile experience in Intellectual Property Law matters (Trademarks, Patents,Copyright, Industrial Design)- Amit handles the intellectual property needs of Large multinationals and Fortune 500 companies as well as small businesses and individuals across a wide range of industries across the globe. Amit assists clients in obtaining and protecting their trademarks, patents, copyrights and designs in India as well as in South Asian jurisdictions, through a network of preferred agents. His practice primarily includes preparing and filing applications for registration of trademarks, patents, copyrights & designs, drafting and filing responses to office actions, obtaining registration of trademarks, trade-dress and service marks at the TM Office, trade-name registrations, GI Registrations. Amit has successfully prosecuted a range of regular and specialized types of trademark applications, including collective marks, certification marks, priority marks and textile marks. He also assists in filing for and obtaining registration of copyrights and industrial designs and also attend hearings at the Trademark Office, Copyright Office, Patent Office, Designs Office and the IPAB. In addition, Amit handles contentious administrative proceedings at the Trademarks Office, Copyright Office, Designs Office, NIXI (National Internet Exchange of India), and the IPAB (Intellectual Property Appellate Board). This includes drafting and reviewing notices of opposition and cancellations, counter statements to notices of opposition, affidavits by way of evidence. He advises clients in strategizing negotiations carried out with adversaries and on structuring successful and profitable settlement, and drafts undertakings and settlement agreements. He attends hearings at the Trademarks Office, Copyright Office, NIXI, Designs Office and IPAB in relations to contentious matter proceedings