ECIJA

Chairman: Hugo Écija
Vice President: Pablo Jiménez de Parga
Managing Partner: Alejandro Touriño
Number of partners: 140 Number of lawyers: 700
Languages: English, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, Mandarin
Firm Overview: ECIJA is one of the best multidisciplinary and independent firms in the Spanish market and also the firm of choice for TMT, IP and data protection. ECIJA has 27 offices in 16 countries (Spain, Portugal and LATAM) and the largest presence in Latin America.

Main Areas of Practice:

IT, Telecoms, Data Protection & Outsourcing:
22 partners; 120 fee earners based in Spain, Portugal and Latin America. TMT IT is a main area of focus for ECIJA. Its client´s portfolio includes large media corporations, software developers, advertising groups, electronics, telecommunication operators, financial institutions and energy companies.

• Advice to Santander Bank to implement a legal design project in regard to the master agreement with technological providers.
• Support to Mercadona in the implementation of a facial recognition technology system in all the company´s premises.
• Advice to McDonalds in compliance of privacy and data protection obligations in Spain.

Key Clients: Mercedes, LVMH Group, Microsoft, Inditex, Michelin, Telefónica, Santander, LG Electronics, Bank of Spain, Dentsu.
Contacts: Alejandro Touriño, Hugo Écija
Emails: [email protected], [email protected]

Intellectual Property & Copyrights:
16 partners; 90 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 Span- ish market.

• Advice to Rakuten TV on all IP licensing matters, including acquisition of third-party rights and the selling of own generated content.
• Negotiation on behalf of Orange with the nine copyright and related rights collective management societies (CMOs) that operate in Spain.
  Key Clients: H&M, Fox, Rakuten TV, Indra, NH Hotels, Ferrovial, Vodafone, ONCE; Omnicom Media Group.
  Contacts: Alejandro Touriño, Hugo Écija
  Emails: [email protected], [email protected]

Corporate/M&A & Private Equity:
53 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 na- tional and cross border transactions. ECIJA has wide expertise in sectors driven by innovation (such as tech- nology, clean energy, automotive, aerospace, financial services and life sciences).

• Counsel to Jenoptik AG (Frankfurt Stock Exchange listed company) in the two first acquisitions of robotic companies in Spain.
• Advice to Deutsche Boerse AG (Frankfurt Stock Exchange listed company) in a $15 million investment round in a fintech company.
  Key Clients: Yahoo, Pfizer, The Boeing Company, Honeywell, Melia Hotel Group, M&C Saatchi, Jenoptik AG, DHL and Deutsche Boerse AG.
  Contacts: Emilio Prieto, Gabriel Nadal
  Emails: [email protected], [email protected]

Dispute Resolution, Litigation & Arbitration:
39 partners; 1200 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 Orange in a large-scale volume proceeding in both civil and administrative proceedings.
• Representation of H&M in relevant a dispute in the civil and mercantile sphere concerning one of the company’s flagships stores.
  Key Clients: Hiscox, British Telecom, Mercadona, Renault, Atletico de Madrid Club, Orange, ING Bank, EDP, Ferrovial, Starlite, Showa International
  Contacts: Pablo Jiménez de Parga, Javier López,
  Emails: [email protected], [email protected]

Labour & Employment:
27 partners; 50 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, Fremantle Media, MC & Saatchi
  Contacts: Raúl Rojas, Fernando Vizcaino
  Emails: [email protected], [email protected]

Tax:
18 partners; 30 fee earners based in Spain, Portugal, Latin and Central America. ECIJA advises on tax driven structured finance, leasing and collective investment arrangements. The area focuses on corporate and international taxation, corporate reorganizations, digital society taxation and tax procedures.

• Advice to DHL on its indirect taxation policy.
• Advice to Repsol Foundation in the process of investment in startups (venture philanthropy).
  Key Clients: Pilatus Aircraft Limited, Sprim Health Group; Repsol Foundation, DHL Global Forwarding
  Contact: Constantino Vidal
  Email: [email protected]

Awards:

• Best Digital Economy, IT, IP and Data Protec- tion Law Firm of the Spanish Market and Most Innovative Project (Expansión Awards 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
• European Specialist (TMT) Law Firm and Highly Commended best Iberian Law Firm (The Lawyer 2019, 2020)
• Ranked amongst the most innovative law firms in Europe (Financial Times 2020)