Ecija Abogados, TMT | Chambers Europe Profile

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: Data Protection - Spain

Band 2

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 and cyber security mandates.

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Work Highlights

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Ecija Abogados advised Amazon on a plan to raise Amazon Prime Business (B2B) fees and potential risks under Spanish digital and consumer protection laws.

Strengths

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"Ecija Abogados has demonstrated expertise, a very practical approach, and, most importantly, the technical knowledge in the area that goes beyond the purely legal."