Arosemena Burbano & Asociados (AB&A)®

What Arosemena Burbano & Asociados (AB&A)® does

Arosemena Burbano & Asociados (AB&A) is an Ecuador-based intellectual property law firm founded on April 26, 2007 (World IP Day) as the first IP-only practice in Guayaquil. It operates from offices in Guayaquil and Quito and serves a heterogeneous client base that includes enterprises, software producers, creative professionals, inventors, and educational institutions. The firm's core services span IP audits, trademark/copyright/patent registration and portfolio management, IP valuation, franchise law advisory, unfair competition and antitrust matters, administrative and judicial IP defense, and cross-border protection through a correspondent network covering 30+ countries. Differentiated proprietary offerings include Portafolio PI® (a portfolio-monitoring platform providing real-time IP asset visibility) and SAPI® (a structured service creating an Ecuadorian Sociedad Anónima holding vehicle for IP assets).

The business model is professional services: fees are generated through counsel-led engagements billed on a quote basis tied to matter scope, with implicit recurring revenue characteristics from long-tail trademark and patent portfolio maintenance, oppositions, and renewals. Distribution is hybrid — direct client relationships anchored in Ecuador supplemented by the international correspondent network that routes cross-jurisdictional filings and enforcement work. The firm is privately held as a Cía. Ltda., with no disclosed outside funding, M&A, or equity events. Reputation and demand-side validation are evidenced by sustained inclusion in WTR 1000, Chambers and Partners, WIPR Leaders, and Leaders League. With 18 employees and a credential-heavy bench (Georgetown LL.M., Glasgow LL.M., former IEPI/SENADI affiliations), AB&A is a small but category-specialized firm whose scale is leveraged through correspondent partnerships and productized services rather than organic headcount expansion.

Name

Arosemena Burbano & Asociados (AB&A)®

Legal name

Arosemena Burbano & Asociados Cia. Ltda.

Website

https://arosemenaburbanoyasociados.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Arosemena Burbano & Asociados is an Ecuador-headquartered intellectual property law firm serving enterprises, software producers, creative professionals, and educational institutions with trademark, copyright, patent, IP valuation, franchise, and antitrust services across 30+ countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Guayaquil

HQ country

Ecuador

HQ region

Latin America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Legal Professional Services: Fee-based legal services for intellectual property matters including trademark registration, copyright protection, patent filing, IP audits, IP valuation, unfair competition, antitrust, and franchise legal advisory. Services are provided to diverse clients including enterprises, startups, educational institutions, and individuals.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

AB&A is a specialized intellectual property law firm that delivers fee-based legal services covering trademark, commercial slogan and trade name registration, copyright protection, patent filing, trade secret protection, IP audits (Auditoría P.I.), IP valuation (Valoración P.I.), franchise legal advisory, IP defense in administrative and judicial venues, unfair competition, and antitrust matters. The firm also operates two exclusive branded service lines — Portafolio PI® for real-time IP portfolio status review and SAPI® for IP holding company structures — and delivers international IP protection across 30+ countries through a foreign correspondents network.

Product overview

Arosemena Burbano & Asociados (AB&A)® is the first intellectual property law firm in Guayaquil, Ecuador, founded in 2007. The firm offers a comprehensive suite of specialized legal services centered on intellectual property: IP Audit (Auditoría P.I.), Registrations and IP Portfolio management (Portafolio P.I.®), IP Valuation (Valoración P.I.), Franchises, SAPI® Intellectual Property Holding Company, IP Defense, Unfair Competition, and Antitrust services. The firm also provides international IP protection across 34 countries. The offering functions as a unified legal services practice rather than a software product, with services designed to work together as part of complete intellectual property management for clients ranging from startups to established enterprises.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Registered IP assets in more than 30 countries

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Baker McKenzie: Global law firm with an extensive IP practice across Latin America (including Ecuador) — represents the broader incumbent competition AB&A faces for multinational IP portfolio work routed through global panels.
• Clyde & Co: Global law firm with IP and brand protection practices — relevant incumbent for international IP portfolio work in LATAM markets.
• Hogan Lovells: Global law firm with a strong IP, trademark, and brand management practice serving LATAM — relevant incumbent competing for the same multinational brand-owner work that AB&A accesses via its correspondent network.
• Dentons: Global full-service law firm with IP practices across Latin America — represents incumbent competition that could disintermediate boutique firms like AB&A on cross-border IP mandates.

Direct peers

• Brigard Castro: Top Colombian full-service law firm with a substantive IP practice serving enterprise and multinational clients — comparable as a regional LATAM competitor for cross-border IP mandates.
• Carey: Leading Chilean full-service law firm with a strong intellectual property practice and international client base — comparable as a Latin American regional peer for IP registration, prosecution, and litigation.
• Cavelier Abogados: Leading Colombian IP boutique law firm with comparable full-service IP practice (trademarks, patents, copyrights, litigation, IP valuation) and Andean regional orientation, making it the closest peer in scale and service mix.
• Olivares: Premier Mexican IP boutique with trademark, patent, copyright, and litigation practices serving multinational brand owners — a closely comparable Latin American IP specialist firm.
• Pérez Bustamante & Ponce: One of Ecuador's largest full-service law firms with a recognized IP practice — a direct domestic competitor for enterprise IP mandates and cross-border work routed through Ecuador counsel.
• Corral Rosales: Established Ecuadorian law firm with a regulatory and IP-adjacent practice — a direct domestic peer competing for similar enterprise and regulatory clients in the Ecuadorian market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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