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Europe Guide 2023
Spain TMT
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6 Ranked Lawyers

About

Provided by Ecija Abogados

16 partners; 50 fee earners based in Spain, Portugal, Latin & Central America.

Key clients: Telefonica, Mercadona, Sanitas, Fox, Mediapro, National Geographic, Omnicom, Orange, M&C Saatchi, Rakuten TV

•    Advice to the Business Software Alliance and its members on the full range of enforcement matters in Spain, including civil proceedings, criminal complaints, evidence-gathering searches, criminal complaints and product seizures.
•    Advice to the online holiday rentals company Homeaway on liability issues affecting the company in its capacity of information society service provider under the EU´s Electronic Commerce Directive 2000/31/EC. 

•    ECIJA is Globomedia´s sole legal counsel, and advise the company on commercial and distribution contracts for its productions with TV channels in Spain and abroad, as well as providing representation in litigation and handling regulatory, tax and labour law issues.
•    Freemantle Media´s lead counsel, ECIJA advises the British company on the contractual, image rights, merchandising, product licensing and product placement issues associated with its vast portfolio of hit-TV shows.
•    ECIJA advises leading video-on-demand streaming service provider Rakuten TV with the full range of legal matters arising from the development of its own audiovisual content.

- Best IT, IP and Data Protection Law Firm of the Spanish Market (Expansión Awards 2016, 2017, 2018)

- Most innovative Project (Expansión Awards 2016, 2017, 2018)

Chambers Review

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TMT: Media - Spain
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What the team is known for

Ecija Abogados is a market-leading law firm that is well known for its outstanding knowledge of media matters. It possesses a highly specialised TMT department showing aptitude across a plethora of mandates. The law firm acts on both contentious and non-contentious matters, including litigation, international distribution agreements, marketing issues and production finance agreements. The team also offers a notable IT practice handling digital transformations and e-commerce topics for a range of clients such as multinational tech giants, media companies and entities from the banking sector. The team also handles privacy regulatory compliance.

Work Highlights

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  • Ecija Abogados assisted Banijay with all media and IP agreements, including international co-production and distribution agreements, as well as film and TV financing.

Notable Practitioners

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Hugo Écija Bernal
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Eminent Practitioners

Eminent practitioner Hugo Écija Bernal advises clients on production, advertisement and distribution issues, boasting particular expertise in M&A between media companies.

"He's an eminence."

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Alejandro Touriño
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Band 2

Managing partner Alejandro Touriño receives extensive praise for his IT and data protection knowledge. He assists clients with critical data privacy compliance processes and e-commerce platforms as well as advertising and promotion issues. He also assists with technology contracts and issues related to new technology platforms and products.

"He is an expert in new technologies."

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Juan Salmerón Artero
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Band 3

Juan Salmerón Artero is recognised as a key partner in the firm's media practice. He primarily advises media and TV production companies on production and distribution topics, further handling transactional work for the sector.

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Alonso Hurtado
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Band 4

Alonso Hurtado handles a range of IT matters, including cybersecurity. His practice also covers artificial intelligence applications in the healthcare space.

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Emilio Prieto
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Band 4

Emilio Prieto regularly handles transactions in the media sector, having further experience assisting clients with production finance as well as distribution agreements.

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Cristina Villasante
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Up and Coming

Cristina Villasante assists with e-commerce, advertisement agreements and digital transformation procedures. She also assists with technology contracts and issues related to new platforms and products.

Ranked Lawyers at
Ecija Abogados

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Spain

TMT: Data Protection

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Alejandro Touriño
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Band 2
TMT: Information Technology

2
Alejandro Touriño
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Band 2
4
Alonso Hurtado
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Band 4
U
Cristina Villasante
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Up and Coming
TMT: Media

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Hugo Écija Bernal
E
Eminent Practitioners
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Juan Salmerón Artero
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Band 3
4
Emilio Prieto
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Band 4