Celia is a lawyer (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella – UTDT, Valedictorian), Intellectual Property LLM (Universidad Austral, with honors) and Master in the Science of Law (JSM, Stanford University). She is a technical bachelor in Computer Science (ORT). She specializes in designing and executing transnational IP protection strategies; in drafting and revising IP contracts, licenses and confidentiality agreements; and in executing domain name disputes in Argentina and before the WIPO.

She has excelled in research and legal consulting in Intellectual Property, as WIPO/WTO selected professor and as Visiting IP Scholar at Columbia University. She received a Fulbright Scholarship to pursue her studies at Stanford, where she wrote her empirical thesis on Patent Strategies of Technology Startups with distinction, supervised by Mark Lemley. She is currently a lecturer at UTDT, where she teaches IP Aspects of Law & Startups, and directs the Law and Innovation Lab and the Data Protection Course in Executive Legal Education.

Celia is a member of the California Bar Association the Buenos Aires Bar Association. She is also a member of the Emerging Issues Committee at INTA. She is an IP agent and leads the IP department at Lerman Szlak, combining academic leadership with specialized professional practice.

Education:
Lawyer (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Valedictorian)
Intellectual Property LLM (Universidad Austral, with honors)
Master in the Science of Law (Stanford University, thesis with distinctions)

Bar Admissions:
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Industrial Property Agent, Argentina
California, United States

Languages:
Spanish, English

Practice Areas:
Intellectual Property, Corporate Law

To learn more about Celia, visit: linkedin.com/in/celialerman/ o celialerman.com