Arturo Zacapa
Latin America Guide 2024
Band 3 : Intellectual Property
Band 3
About
Provided by Arturo Zacapa
Practice Areas
Compliance
Corporate
Employment and Labor
Government
Immigration
Intellectual Property and Technology
Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Mergers and Acquisitions
Project Development
Public Law
Real Estate
Tax
Professional Memberships
Country Guides Project Team Member - International Trademark Association (INTA).
Intellectual Property Committee Member for the Honduran American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM).
Member of the American Bar Association.
Member of the Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle (AIPPI).
Member of the Asociación Hondureña de Profesionales en Registros de Interés Sanitario (AHPRIS).
Member of the Cámara de Comercio e Industria Hondureño Alemana (AHK Honduras).
Member of the Cámara de Comercio e Industrias China-Honducentroamericana (CCICHCA).
Member of the International Bar Association (IBA).
Associate Member of Pharmaceutical Trade Marks Group (PTMG).
Member of Nextlaw Global Referral Network by Dentons.
Member of International Technology Law Association (ITechLaw).
Member of Impact Hub Honduras.
Member of International Network of Law Firms (IURISGAL).
Founder of the Honduran Association for Intellectual Property Protection (AHPPI)
Personal
Arturo is the Managing Partner for Dentons Muñoz Zacapa in Honduras. Having more than 14 years of experience in the legal industry, he is a key player in the region concerning intellectual property legal services and he is a well-recognized corporate attorney focused on advising multinationals in Honduras.
Prior to the combination with Dentons Muñoz, Arturo served as Co-Managing Partner and Head of the Intellectual Property practice at his family law firm Gustavo Zacapa y Asociados, where he and his team brought great success in positioning the firm as an industry leader in intellectual property law. Precisely in this area, Arturo continues very active and co-leads the practice team about this matter in Honduras. He is a lawyer who stands out for his ability to create unconventional strategies to protect the trademarks of the most renowned clients in the technology industry.
He is also an expert on foreign direct investment in Honduras. Currently, he represents around 20 multinational companies as permanent legal counsel in Honduras and advises them on how to operate or conduct their business on a day-to-day basis. Additionally, Arturo has assisted clients from multiple sectors in a diversity of legal matters in Honduras, relating to banking and finance, government affairs, litigation, real estate, and tax, among others.
Experience
One of Arturo's most important experience was leading the M&A transaction of Delivery Hero (one of the largest home delivery companies in the world) to acquire Hugo Technologies (one of the most important companies in the industry in Central America and the Caribbean) in which he coordinated the teams in ten jurisdictions during all of the due dilligence and legal services required. He also represented one of the world´s largest companies in the steel industry in the sale of one of its companies in Honduras, to a major brand in the region, and in the same industry.
Recently, Arturo was selected as the representative and permanent legal advisor in Honduras for the first oil company in the country in a promising project that aims to turn Honduras into an oil country and, in addition, helping the development of the Miskitu people (one of the nine indigenous peoples in Honduras) as well as protect their land, named La Moskitia.
Expert in these Jurisdictions
Central America
Languages Spoken
Spanish
English
Education
Universidad Tecnológica Centroamericana
Law Degree, Intellectual Property-Trademarks
2011