Lobo de Rizzo Advogados announces that Ana Paula Celidonio is the new partner of its Intellectual Property area. Ana Paula has experience in advising large multinational and Brazilian companies in technological development, protection and consulting services related to intellectual property. She served mainly the pharmaceutical industry and agribusiness.

"Ana Paula adds great expertise to broaden and strengthen our intellectual property practice and her arrival at the firm is aligned with our strategy of increasingly expanding our services to clients," says Rodrigo Delboni Teixeira, managing partner of the firm.

She graduated in biology from the University of São Paulo, in law from FADISP, with postgraduate studies in administration at FGV and Harvard School of law, and in Intellectual Property at the Franklin Pierce Law Center, USA. Ana Paula worked for Gusmão & Labrunie law firm for more than 15 years, leading the patents area.