Heidi Lindner is a senior partner and the head of the Patent Litigation Department at Arochi & Lindner with more than 35 years of experience in the field. She is a distinguished lawyer with extensive experience in the consultation and litigation of intellectual property and life sciences matters. Her illustrious career includes favorable judgments in several landmark cases for clients in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries.

Chambers Latin America has consistently rated her as one of the best lawyers in Intellectual Property and the Life Sciences in Mexico. In the 2026 edition of Chambers, clients described her as “a legal expert with full technical and legal capabilities, who perfectly understands the client’s needs.” World Trademark Review 1000 refers to her work as “impeccable”; “She knows the market better than anyone, she’s a tenacious negotiator and a dynamic litigator with commercial and business acumen”. IP STARS 2025 included her in its ranking of the Top 250 Women in IP, while IAM Patent 1000 has also recognized her career and expertise in patent matters.

In addition to litigating, her experience includes advising on licensing and regulatory matters related to the life sciences sector in Mexico, and she has consulted on important initiatives in the field of industrial property for various Senate committees.

Heidi served as an advisory panel member during the negotiations of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), the modernization of the Free Trade Agreement between Mexico and the European Union (FTA EU-MX), and the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).

Heidi was president of the Mexican Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property – AMPPI (Mexican chapter of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property – AIPPI) from 1999 to 2001. To date, she has been the only woman to hold this position.