Partner
Intellectual Property
Margarita is a partner in PBP's Intellectual Property practice. With an extensive and diverse background of over 30 years, she has consolidated her expertise in trademarks, patents, and copyrights. Her leadership has extended to the main international IP associations.
Margarita has more than three decades of expertise in intellectual property. Her practice spans all aspects of trademarks, including advising on regulatory matters related to food and drugs, technical standards, consumer protection, advertising law, franchise agreements, and other contracts linked to the commercialization of intellectual property. She also advises on patents, utility models, industrial designs, and the negotiation of licensing agreements.
Currently, Margarita is the director of the social responsibility program of the Inter-American Intellectual Property Association (ASIPI) and a member of the Academic Committee of the International Trademark Association (INTA). She is also on INTA’s Global Advisory Council for Latin America and the Caribbean.
In 2024, she founded the Ecuador Chapter of Women in a Legal World (WLW), of which she is an officer. She is also in the Women on Boards cohort of the 30%+ Club Ecuador.
Margarita has been recognized as one of the top 250 intellectual property professionals by IP Stars. She is also ranked fifth in "Excellence in IP Management for Emerging Markets" by Women's IP World 2026.
Spanish
English
Quito Bar Association
Pérez Bustamante & Ponce, Partner (2023 - present)
Romero Corral Abogados, Founding Managing Partner (2014 - 2023)
MARKLAW, Founding Partner (2000 - 2014)
Several executive positions at ASIPI and INTA (2006-present)
Officer of Women in a Legal World Ecuador Chapter since 2024; Director of the ASIPI Social Responsibility Program, (2026-2027); Member of the INTA Global Advisory Council for Latin America and the Caribbean (2026-2027); Member of the INTA Academic Committee (2026-2027).
Harvard Law School Executive Education, Legal Leadership Development Program, Harvard Law School & Women in a Legal World WLW Madrid, Spain, June 2025.
CESA Center for Corporate Governance Studies, Women on Boards Program, Bogotá, Colombia, July-November 2025.
University of Alicante, Spain (LL.M. in Intellectual Property Law “V Magister Lvcentinvs”, 1998-1999)
Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar, Quito, Ecuador. (Postgraduate Certificate in Commercial Law, 1997)
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito (Doctor in Jurisprudence, 1996)
"Margarita Romero pays attention to details and provides clear strategies."
"Margarita Romero is always on the ball of matters entrusted to her. She has high responsiveness and knowledge of trade mark law, and her expertise allows her to know how the region functions."
This special publication recognizes Margarita Romero-Rosales as one of the most outstanding IP practitioners in private practice who have performed exceptionally for their clients and firms in 2025.
“Silver”
"Margarita Romero is an experienced and well-known attorney in IP mandates."
“Trade Mark Star”
"Recommended"
“IP litigation – Leading”; “Trademark prosecution – Leading”; “Patent prosecution – Highly Recommended”; “Plant Varieties Protection – Excellent”, “Enforcement & anti-counterfeiting actions – Highly Recommended”
“Margarita Romero displays great entrepreneurial and customer service awareness.”
INTA, https://www.inta.org/
ASIPI, https://asipi.org/
ECTA, https://ecta.org/
INTERTY, https://www.interty.com/
Aproximación o amenaza de la Inteligencia Artificial en la Propiedad Industrial y en sus principales actores
article in the Commercial Law Team (EDM) Magazine, University of Lima, 2024.
Article in the Newsletter of the Global Advisory Council for Latin America and the Caribbean (GAC)
International Trademark Association (INTA), 2023.
ASIPI, “Cara a Cara”
Interviews and Podcast (2022 - 2025)
