Sasha Mandakovic Falconi is a partner at Falconi Puig Abogados. With more than 20 years of experience, Sasha is a lawyer admitted to practice law in Ecuador and New York. He focuses on the fields of intellectual property and commercial dispute resolution, particularly arbitration. He provides consultancy generally on multi-jurisdictional cases and disputes, to clients that include the following industries: drinks, food, pharmaceutical, consumer products, retail sale, clothing, financial services, IT programs and telecommunications.

His multi-jurisdictional work on intellectual property includes providing consultancy to companies at the executive level in relation to procurement strategies in Ecuador and worldwide of the rights to intangible assets, such as trademarks, patents and copyright.

His experience in IP-related disputes includes defense companies from product imitation and falsification, with particular focus on preparation of case strategy; obtaining interim measures; and making oral representations to trade mark and patent office bodies and ordinary courts of law.

His arbitration work covers all types of commercial matters, whether in representation of one of the parties or as an arbitrator. He is an arbitrator at the two best-renowned arbitration centers in Ecuador.