The document summarizes the growth of the law firm Ferraiuoli Torres Marchand & Rovira (FTMR) from its founding in 2003 with three attorneys to its current size of 19 attorneys and 12 support staff. FTMR began as an intellectual property and corporate law boutique but has expanded to offer various legal services. The firm has been recognized as leading in Puerto Rico for intellectual property and corporate law. FTMR attributes its growth and success to providing high quality yet cost-effective services and having its founding partners available to clients.

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FERRAIUOLI TORRES MARCHAND & ROVIRA
guided by founding vision, a law firm grows from intellectual
property and corporate law to a multiservice law firm.
(l. to r.): Attorney Laura Beléndez Ferrero, member litigation practice group; Attorney Juan Ramón Rivera Font, member litigation practice group; Attorney María Judith Marchand Sánchez, head labor &
employment practice group; Attorney Eugenio Javier Torres Oyola, managing shareholder; Attorney Pedro Notario Toll, head tax practice group; Attorney Fernando José Rovira Rullán, head corporate practice
group; and Attorney Boris Jaskille Mújica, member Corporate Practice Group
F
erraiuoli Torres Marchand & Rovira PSC (FTMR) was growing at a similar pace for the foreseeable future as
founded in 2003 by the late Blas Ferraiuoli-Martínez, Puerto Rico’s economy continues its inevitable move to
Eugenio Torres-Oyola and María Marchand-Sánchez. a knowledge-based economy, which FTMR is uniquely
This group was then joined in 2004 by Fernando J. qualified to service.
Rovira-Rullán, thus reforming the founding core of FTMR. The firm identified intellectual property law as its niche
FTMR has grown exponentially since its founding from market very early on and set out to build a full-service Firm profile:
a law firm with three attorneys and a support staff of intellectual property practice with the most qualified Number of Partners: 7
three to its current size of 19 attorneys with a support professionals available. This practice is what differentiates
staff of 12. Also, FTMR has grown from being known as an FTMR from other firms. FTMR has an extremely strong Number of Associates: 9
intellectual property and corporate law boutique law firm to corporate practice, which has formed the firm’s other core
a multiservice law firm that handles most matters relevant business since its inception.
Of Counsel: 3
to a business. FTMR, however, continues to earn praise for FTMR offers an extraordinary value proposition for Year Founded: 2003
its strong intellectual property and corporate practices. clients, priding itself in doing its work faster and more
The firm has been ranked as a leading law firm in Puerto cost-efficiently yet with quality comparable to that of its Area of Legal Practice:
Rico by the professional publication Chambers Latin America main competitors. In addition, there is no substitute for Intellectual Property, Corporate & Real Estate;
in both corporate and intellectual property law. Moreover, the founding name partners being available at all times to Taxes; Labor & Employment Law; Commercial
Torres and Rovira have been ranked as leaders in their attend to client matters. Their work ethic sets the tone for
field by the same publication. Torres and Rovira also were the rest of the firm. Litigation
appointed by the University of Puerto Rico Law School dean The founding name partners’ goal has been steady from the Representative Clients:
to co-head the recently inaugurated Intellectual Property outset: become one of the premier multiservice law firms Rocket Learning, Inc., Wireless Idea, Netxar,
Law Institute. in Puerto Rico. FTMR has added services and capabilities Stewart Title, Popular, Inc., Subway Real Estate Corporation, MMM
FTMR’s growth has come while Puerto Rico goes through throughout the years to fulfill those goals and meet its Healthcare, Coca-Cola North America.
a dramatic economic recession. FTMR expects to continue clients’ needs. •
Website: www.ftmrlaw.com
Location: Hato Rey
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