ONTIER LLP

IT&IP

Head of IT&IP

Joaquín joined ONTIER in April 2016 to lead the IT&IP Department of the firm at an international level, after working at his own co-founded legal boutique for eight years. There he became internationally renowned for acting for Spaniard Mario Costeja in the landmark European ruling on the right to be forgotten, a legal procedure ending with an awarded judgement to Joaquín’s client by the European Court of Justice.

Joaquín specialises in providing advice to IT companies of high potential. He’s been awarded with two Global Legal Awards 2015 in the categories “Grand Prize Disputes” and “Global Dispute of the year: International Litigation” as well as shortlisted by Best Lawyers in 2016 and 2017 in the categories “Privacy & Data Protection Law” and “Information Technology Law”. Moreover, Joaquín was named “Lawyer of the Week” by the Times in May 2014.

Spanish and English

Member of the Madrid Bar Association, Vice-President of the Madrid Sports Law Association and Member of DENAE.

BA in Law by the Complutense University of Madrid, MA in Business and Law for Telecommunications, the Internet and the Audiovisual sector by the IEB and MA in Sports Law by the INEFC