About Cordillera

Venture and innovate

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Our story

Cordillera is Spanish for ‘mountain ranges’: we chose this name for its sense of freedom, expansive opportunities and navigation. Mountains are the setting for adventure and exploration: this is the journey of Cordillera and the innovative brands that we support. We will help you to define your IP challenges and venture towards an effective solution.

After 25- years working in global law firms and in-house at multinationals, Lisa Ritchie launched Cordillera to proactively drive change in the IP profession. Multinational companies and SMEs trust Cordillera to provide strategic IP insights and tools that will equip their businesses for emerging digital challenges and growth.

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Our values

Innovation

Cordillera strives for better ways of working and new ways of thinking within an evolving commercial and digital landscape.

Cordillera advises at the cutting edge of technology: we have coal-face legal advisory experience in launching NFTs, web3 and metaverse projects

IP thought leadership: Cordillera will pave your strategic IP clearance, protection or enforcement pathway

Empowerment

Cordillera will collaborate with you to build an IP advisory framework that supports your company’s growth.

Cordillera's goal is to be your trusted IP partner: we will tailor an engagement model that suits your resource needs, whether that means budgetary certainty or flexible on-demand support.

Diversity

Cordillera is purpose-driven and has grown out of a desire to manifest change in the IP profession: one of Cordillera's key objectives is to increase the choices and opportunities for women and diverse groups

Cordillera is committed to working flexibly, in a spirit of trust, openness and mutual respect

At Cordillera, diversity of thinking and experience is celebrated as a strength: we bring together different mindsets, perspectives, multinational qualifications and skillsets.

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Our Founder

Lisa is an active INTA member, conference speaker and is regularly acknowledged as an IP thought leader.

Check out her bio below.

Lisa Ritchie

"At Cordillera, I will encourage innovation, individuality and flexibility – a work backdrop that aligns with my professional and personal values."

Read here about Lisa’s views on diversity, self-empowerment and embracing a growth mindset.

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"Lisa brought new life and ideas to the team's strategic direction. She is a keen strategist and designer of systems: she develops thoughtful plans on how to address problems, and designs pragmatic systems to cost-effectively implement them."

Assistant General Counsel (IP Law) / Deputy General Counsel

"I worked with Lisa pioneering new IP strategies for one of the most disruptive corporate transformations in history. She has laser sharp analytical skills, and is a humble, people-oriented attorney who sees challenges as opportunities, and manages to translate complex legal issues into impactful, actionable, business-supporting advice."

Director Public Affairs

'With her deep IP expertise, wisdom, creativity, and forward-looking service-orientation, Lisa will have a positive impact on the businesses she supports and people she works with.''

Leadership & Career Coach / Vice President, Inclusion & Diversity

"With her command of IP law and fierce advocacy, Lisa was relentless in pursuing infringements, and she accumulated a remarkable record of victories in jurisdictions around the world. As general counsel, I invariably got the question, What keeps you up at night? Thanks to Lisa and the team, I never flagged trademarks as a cause of sleep deprivation."

General Counsel

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