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It is a pleasure to inform that, in only three years acting under the name Kasznar Leonardos, our firm has achieved "Tier 1" position in five of the most important international rankings: Chambers Global, Chambers Latin America, The Legal 500 - Latin America, WTR - The World's Leading Trademark Professionals, and IAM Patent 1000.”
Ronaldo Varella, Managing Partner
Beginning its operations on May 1, 2012, when the restructuring of Momsen, Leonardos & Cia (ML&Cia) was completed, Kasznar Leonardos (KL) protects patents, trademarks, and copyrights of some of the largest companies in the world.
The name Kasznar Leonardos is inspired by some of the founding partners of the new firm. One of them is the renowned IP expert Elisabeth Kasznar Fekete, who has worked at Momsen, Leonardos & Cia for 32 years – 27 of them as the head of the São Paulo Office. Elisabeth Kasznar was also president of the Brazilian Association of Industrial Property (ABPI) and of the AIPPI Brazilian Group for the 2014-2015 term. Read More.
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2/3/2017 
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1/17/2017
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12/23/2016
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