Our Team.
Wilfrido Fernández
w.fernandez@zafer.com.py
Born Asunción, Paraguay, 1953. Admitted to Bar 1977. (Paraguay)
Education: Law School - National University of Asunción, Paraguay (Attorney at Law, Doctor in Law). Roster of Honor. Master of Laws: Georgetown University Law School (Washington D.C., U.S.A.); J.W. Goethe University (Frankfurt, Germany), with full scholarship of the Organization of American States. Post-graduate studies in International Business Law at the International Development Law Institute (Rome - Italy) with full scholarship of the U.S. government. Founding partner of Zacarias & Fernández. Paraguayan Bar Association Delegate before many international events. General Secretary of the Paraguayan Association of Industrial Property Agents. Co-Secretary General of the Paraguayan Association of Industrial Property Agents. Member of the International Trademark Committee of the International Trademark Association. Chairman of the Mercosur Committee of the International Trademark Association. Chairman of the Free Trade of the Americas Committee of INTA. Member of the Trademark Committee of the Interamerican Association of Industrial Property. Professor of Intellectual Property Law - Law School of the National University of Asunción, Paraguay. Chairman and Co-Chairman of the Intellectual Property Committee of the Interamerican Bar Association.
Founding member and Trustee of the Board of Directors of the Paraguayan National Group of AIPPI. Co-Organizer and Lecturer of the First National Seminar on Industrial Property (Paraguay). Advisory Board Member of BNA International.Member for Paraguay of the Council of the Interamerican Bar Association. President of the Paraguayan Institute of Industrial Property Agents. Consultant of the Paraguayan Government on Intellectual Property Legislation. Mediator and Arbitrator of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), International Arbitration Forum, CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution and the International Trademark Association. Currently, acting as one of the five Arbitrators which make up the MERCOSUR Permanent Revision Court.
Author: Among others, "Relevant Aspects of the Interamerican Trademark Convention". "Mercosur and its Implications in Industrial Property". "The Development of Industrial Property in the Integration Processes: The European Experience". "Recent Trademark Developments in Latin America". "Analysis of the New Trademark Legislation of Paraguay" (awarded as the best juridical book of 1998 published in the Americas by the Interamerican Bar Association), "The FTAA Process and Intellectual Property". "Interplay in Intellectual Property between International Treaties and National and Regional Legislation".
Co-author: "Recent Amendments of Trademark Law in Paraguay". Lecturer and speaker in the last 20 years in many national and international professional events.
Languages: Spanish, English, German, Portuguese, French and Italian.
GUIDO ROQUE ZACARIAS
g.zacarias@zafer.com.py
Born Asunción, Paraguay, 1946. Engineer 1973.
Education: National University of Asuncion – Paraguay (Engineering), Master of Engineering (Stanford University School of Engineering U.S.A 1980). Auxiliary Professor of Structures Theory – National University of Asuncion – School of Engineering.
Languages: Spanish, English and Portuguese.
NELSON STANLEY
n.stanley@zafer.com.py
Born Asunción, Paraguay 1953, Attorney at law 1980
Education: Law School – National University of Asuncion - Paraguay (Attorney at law)
Co-author: “Recent Amendments of Trademark Law in Paraguay”
Languages: Spanish, English and Portuguese.
LAURA MARÍA LEZCANO MARTINEZ
l.lezcano@zafer.com.py
Born Asunción, Paraguay 1979, Attorney at law 2002
Education: Law School – Catholic University of Our Lady of Asuncion – Paraguay (Attorney at law)
Award of Distinguished Student, Postgraduate in Industrial Property, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina 2004, Diplome Superior Universitaire (DSU), Mention Droit Civil, University of Paris II, Pantheon – Assas (France) 2005-2006.
Languages: Spanish, English and French.
MANUEL ACEVEDO SCAPPINI
m.acevedo@zafer.com.py
Born Asunción, Paraguay 1982, Attorney at law
Education: Doctorship in Jurisprudence – Libera Univarsitá Maria S.S. Assunta – Roma, Italia (2007), Bachelorship in Juridical Science – Libera Univarsitá Maria S.A. Assunta – Rome, Italy 2005, Training Course on Social Security Payment and Contribution – Gestione & Management. Formazione e Sviluppo delle Risorse Umane – Rome Italy (2006).
Languages: Spanish, English and Italian.
MARÍA CECILIA FERNÁNDEZ WAGENER
c.fernandez@zafer.com.py
Born Asunción, Paraguay 1981, Attorney at law 2005
Education: Law School – Catholic University of Our Lady of Asuncion, Attorney at law, Notary Public 2006, Specialization: Law State in 21st Century, University of Heidelberg, Californian School of Law and National University of Chile. Professor and Instructor Compared and National Constitutional Law, Catholic University of Our Lady of Asuncion.
Languages: Spanish, English and German.
ANA CRISTINA GARCÍA PALACIOS
a.garcia@zafer.com.py
Nacida en San Juan, Argentina. Abogada y Notaria Pública. EDUCACIÓN: Facultad de Derecho - Universidad Nacional de Asunción. Título de Abogada, año 2003. Título de Notaria Publica, año 2004. Curso Interdisciplinario de Derechos Humanos, Defensoría del Pueblo. Curso de Post Grado en Derecho Procesal Penal, I.N.E.C.I.P. Idiomas: Español, Inglés y Portugués.
RODRIGO FERNÁNDEZ DE NESTOSA
r.fernandez@zafer.com.py
Nacido en Asunción, Paraguay. Abogado, Escribano y Notario Público, LL.M.
Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Sociales, Abogado y Notario y Escribano Público, Cuadro Honor; Universidad Erasmus Rótterdam, Facultad de Derecho, LL.M. en Derecho Internacional de Negocios y Comercio; Universidad de Miami, Facultad de Derecho, LL.M. en Derecho Comparado, Magna Cum Laude.
TANIA MARIA PENA DELGADO
t.pena@zafer.com.py
Born Asuncion, Paraguay 1983, Attorney at Law Education: National University of Asuncion, School of Law and Social Sciences, (J.D. 2006, Notary Public, 2007); Criminal Sciences and Politics Center (Master in Criminal Law, 2007).
Languages: Spanish, English and Portuguese.
GABRIELA MONTSERRAT PUENTE YUGOVICH
m.puente@zafer.com.py
Born in Asuncion, Paraguay 1983, Attorney at Law, Public Notary, Master.
Education: National University of Asuncion, School of Law and Social Sciences (J.D., 2007, Notary Public, 2008); Law and Economist Superior Institute in alliance with the Bar Association of Madrid (Master in International Practice, 2009).
Languages: Spanish, English and French.