Chambers Review
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TMT: Media - Spain
What the Team is Known For
Santiago Mediano boasts a multi-talented team specialised in media and data protection matters. The team offers significant media expertise in financing, production and exclusivity agreements, streaming negotiations and film tax rebates, as well as contentious matters. The law firm is well versed in privacy and data protection matters while also providing advice on advertising, online marketing and e-commerce issues. Its clients are active in an array of sectors, including consumer goods, security and film production.
Strengths
The firm stands out for its very practical approach, quick turnaround, and profound knowledge of the day to day of an audiovisual production, industry standards and how to approach related contracts.
We appreciate the firm's extensive technical and sector knowledge, its broad experience in local and international areas, and its approachability and ability to get involved in the process.
Santiago Mediano helps us make informed decisions on aspects such as trade marks, approval processes and risk-taking in audiovisual productions, and financial structures for Spanish audiovisual productions.
In every case, its easy access, speed in execution and results in highly complex projects allow me to rate the team's services as excellent.
Santiago Mediano has extensive and up-to-date knowledge and experience in the field of audiovisual production and law. We benefit from their experience, clarity, speed and prestige.
Notable practitioners
Santiago Ilundáin Fantova is a top-tier media lawyer recognised for his solid work on audiovisual and theatre productions in both Spain and Latin America, involving clearance and licensing matters, negotiation of contracts and transactional operations.
Santiago Ilundáin Fantova is a leading figure in the audiovisual sector, with extensive knowledge of the people involved and the sector itself and great experience both nationally and internationally.
Santiago provides excellent team organisation, outstanding customer service, comprehensive industry knowledge, a global perspective and unbeatable negotiation skills.
Santiago Ilundáin Fantova is highly specialised, empathetic and approachable. He shows excellent adaptability, as well as the availability and flexibility to handle tasks not initially planned.
Santiago gives us wonderful reliability and the security to be able to move forward and make the best decisions.
Santiago Mediano routinely acts on behalf of audiovisual companies, music publishers and trade associations in both contentious and non-contentious mandates.
Santiago Mediano is a skilled professional who is involved especially during the most critical moments of the case, providing support, practical solutions and direct communication with other parties.
Juan López Lorenzo assists clients with production services agreements, clearance reviews and transactional operations in the audiovisual sector.
Juan López Lorenzo has comprehensive knowledge in advising on financial agreements related to distribution, platforms, chains and public aid.
Juan López Lorenzo has proven experience in audiovisual production, along with technical knowledge. He is always available to help us and takes ownership of projects as if they were his own.
Juan López Lorenzo is an agile lawyer who takes a practical approach and is solution-oriented, taking client needs into account. He has deep knowledge of the audiovisual production industry in Spain.
We work with Juan López Lorenzo on a regular basis, and he is a great professional with accurate and timely responses.
We have had complete satisfaction with Juan López Lorenzo for years.