Arenales & Skinner-Klée Attorneys at Law

Successor to the firm of Alejandro Arenales Iriondo -established in the 1920s by the grandfather of the present senior partners- the firm is a product of the merger between the Jorge Skinner-Klée law firm and Arenales & Associates. Arenales & Skinner-Klée has been recognised in Central America as one of the leading legal firms in international business transactions and litigation; its clients include prestigious national and international companies, banking and financial institutions, privatised government agencies and individuals.

The firm is committed to rendering highly professional legal services, focused on enhancing its clients' activities and contributing a real aggregated value to their businesses. To this end, the firm has a dynamic team of attorneys, paralegals and support personnel, who are continually receiving academic and professional training.

We take pride in the thorough legal knowledge and accessibility of our attorneys, which provides timely and effective legal services to our clients. Our legal team includes members of the Guatemalan Bar Association (CANG), the International Bar Association (IBA), the International Trademark Association (INTA), the Ibero-American Institute of Maritime Law (IIDM), the Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property (ASIPI), the Centre for the Defence of the Constitution (CEDECON), the German-American Chamber of Commerce of Guatemala, the Institute of Environmental Law and Sustainable Development of Guatemala and the Guatemalan Association of Labour Law.

Among the firm's specialised services, a fully staffed IP department provides investigation, registration and control of intellectual property rights; enforcement of intellectual property rights and intellectual property litigation; specialised advice on industrial property matters and internet and domain name issues, packaging, labelling, regulatory requirements, franchising, trade secret protection and related data protection.

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