Ecija Abogados

Chairman: Hugo Écija

Vice President: Pablo Jiménez de Parga

Managing Partner: Alejandro Touriño

Number of partners: >200

Number of lawyers: >1200

Languages: English, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, Bulgarian, Dutch, Chinese

Firm Overview:

ECIJA is one of the best multidisciplinary and independent firms in the Spanish market and also the firm of choice in TMT and IP. ECIJA has 35 offices in 17 countries and the largest presence of a Spanish firm in Latin America.

Main Areas of Practice:

IT, Telecoms, Data Protection & Outsourcing:

30 partners; 90 fee earners based in Spain, Portugal and Latin America.

TMT IT is a main area of focus for ECIJA. Its client portfolio includes large media corporations, software, game developers, advertising groups, electronics, telecommunication operators, and energy companies.

■ 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 Banco Santander in all transactional matters involving technology, privacy and data protection

■ Advice to McDonalds in compliance of privacy and data protection obligations in Spain

Key Clients: Mercedes, LVMH Group, Microsoft, Inditex, Michelin, Telefónica, LG Electronics, Bank of Spain.

Contacts: Alejandro Touriño

Emails: [email protected]

Intellectual Property & Copyrights:

16 partners; 70 fee earners based in Spain, Portugal and Latin America.

ECIJA has the largest, most skilled and diversified (it combines informatic engineers) team in IP in the Spanish market.

■ Advice to Spanish listed company SACYR on the acquisition of IP rights over software products

■ Advice to AFEC, the Spanish federation of pressclipping companies, in its major sectorial negotiation with the collecting society that represents the most relevant newspapers in Spain

Key Clients: H&M, Fox, Disney, Rakuten TV, Indra, NH Hotels, Ferrovial, Vodafone, Omnicom Media Group.

Contacts: Alejandro Touriño

Emails: [email protected]

Corporate/M&A & Private Equity:

42 partners; 70 fee earners based in Spain, Portugal and Latin America.

ECIJA advices large Spain-based and international corporations, VC and private equity investors in national and cross border transactions. ECIJA has wide expertise in sectors driven by innovation (such as technology, clean energy, automotive, aerospace, financial services and life sciences).

■ Counsel to The Boeing Company in the acquisition of a stake in Immfly, global inflight digital services and IFE company headquartered in Spain

■ Advice to Jenoptik AG in the acquisition of Interob, Spanish entity specialized in tailor-made projects for plantplanning design manufacture and integration of automation solutions in robotics applications Key Clients: Yahoo, Pfizer, The Boeing Company, Honeywell, Melia Hotel Group, M&C Saatchi, Jenoptik AG, and DHL.

Contacts: Emilio Prieto, Gabriel Nadal

Emails: [email protected], [email protected]

Dispute Resolution, Litigation & Arbitration:

26 partners; 60 fee earners based in Spain, Portugal and Latin America

ECIJA represents major clients in relevant cases in dispute resolution in technology, media, telecoms, construction and sports industries. The firm is pioneer in the use of new technologies such as ‘ethical hacking’ aimed to determine the source of criminal acts and collect digital evidence valid in Court proceedings.

■ Representation of 15 companies, holders of more than 300 VTC authorisations (to operate through Uber and Cabify) in the claim before the General Directorate of Land Transport of the Ministry of Public Works of the Government of Spain

■ Advice to the largest worldwide electric motorbike manufacturer Zero in a procedure against consumers affecting the interpretation of the general contracting conditions at the EU Key Clients: Hiscox, British Telecom, Mercadona, Renault, Atletico de Madrid Club, Spotify, Arthur Andersen, Starlite, Showa International

Contacts: Javier López, Mauricio Paris

Emails: [email protected]; [email protected]

Labour & Employment:

15 partners; 37 fee earners based in Spain, Portugal and Latin America.

ECIJA acts in judicial processes in all matters and in collective bargaining processes and restructurings. It has a multidisciplinary division of professionals who are experts in LabourTech and Compliance.

■ Advice to Bank of Spain on the implementation of a Security Operations Center (SOC) for monitoring technological systems and employees

■ Advice to ING Bank on use of technological means policy and digital disconnection policy

Key Clients: Bank of Spain, Melia Hotels, Radisson Hotels, Eolia Energy, Vivanta, Atresmedia, ING Bank, Fremantlemedia, MC & Saatchi

Contacts: Raúl Rojas, Fernando Vizcaino

Emails: [email protected], [email protected]

Awards:

■ Top 3 European Law Firm (The Lawyer 2021)

■ Most innovative law firms in Europe (Financial Times 2022)

■ Law Firm of the Year in Digital Economy (Cinco Días 2021)

■ Best Digital Economy, IT, IP and Data Protection Law Firm of the Spanish Market and Most Innovative Project (Expansión Awards 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)