TMT: Data Protection

About

Provided by Bird & Bird

Our Madrid TMT team has a unique and unrivalled position in the Spanish market. It is virtually the only international practice in Spain which combines, with equal strength, Commercial and Dispute Resolution (Arbitration/Mediation/Litigation) practices, which are specialised and fully focused on the TMT sector. We have dedicated teams of specialists in TMT Dispute Resolution (IT litigators, commercial arbitration, cyber-crime specialists), TMT transactional (Outsourcing, transformation and software implementation deals) and TMT Commercial (e-commerce, IT Commercial) together with one of the most praised and recognised Privacy and Data Protection practices in the country.

Therefore, our team provides the full range of legal services required by IT and media providers and customers as well as, more generally, technology-driven companies. In the last year our TMT team has grown significantly stronger in regards to the volume and complexity of the work it is taking on, the calibre of its clients, and its standing within the Spanish legal Market.

Key developments include:

• Our retention and development of an impressive client base formed by national and multinational companies.​
• Being actively involved in thought-leadership on IT-related legal developments and new digital economy client requirements (the new Data Protection framework, Sharing Economy and intangible assets, SaaS –Software as a Service- providers, Cloud computing, Big Data projects, etc.)