Born in 1954. Doctor in Law and Social Sciences, University of the Republic, Montevideo, 1984
Trademark Agent, 1984. Postgraduate courses for Judges and Lawyers in civil Procedural Law and Law of Criminal Procedure (School of Law and Social Science, Montevideo, 1984). Postgraduate degree in Corporate Law, Business Administration and Credit Instruments, Institute of Business Studies, Montevideo, 1987. Post-graduate courses in Intellectual Property, University of the Republic, Montevideo 2000. Participated in "Simposio sobre la Protección Internacional de las Indicaciones Geográficas" (OMPI-DNPI), Montevideo 2001. Participant in the "First Simposium of Administrative Law", Uruguayan Institute of Administrative Law, Montevideo 1981; "Seminario Regional sobre el Tratado de Cooperación en Materia de Patentes (PCT) para Países de América Latina", 1999; Seminar "Update in Strategic Management and Organization Structure", UCLA, Berkeley University Extension, Montevideo 1995; Seminar "Licencia de Marcas y Derecho de la Competencia ", Universidad de Montevideo. Regular participant in meetings of the International Bar Association. Member of the International Trademark Association (INTA) and of ASIPI. Member of the Uruguayan Bar Association. English - Spanish.