Marval O’Farrell Mairal

Information Technology and Privacy / Intellectual Property

Diego is a partner in the IP, IT & privacy practice group. He is a technology expert, with 16 years’ experience in a wide range of expertise which includes privacy & data protection, privacy compliance, privacy in internal investigations and at the workplace, RegTech (including Fintech, Insurtech and HealthTech), software licensing, IT agreements, IT compliance, cyber security, and criminal law in connection with technology. He regularly advises clients on IT and privacy-related matters, and also IP and IT in M&A transactions. He has extensive experience advising clients on IP matters, including litigation, giving the firm the unmatched capability of providing knowledgeable advice on IP and IT under the same person.

Diego joined Marval O'Farrell & Mairal in 2003. During 2014 he worked as visiting foreign counsel with Foley & Lardner LLP in their Chicago Office and was a member of the firm’s IT & Privacy Law Group and the Latin American Practice Group.

English & Spanish

Diego is a member of the Board of Directors of ITechLaw (and vice-chair of the Program Committee for the Americas and Chair of the Latin America Committee). He is also Co-Chair of the IAPP’s Argentine Chapter, member of the Internet Committee of INTA, member of the Technology Committee of IBA. Diego is the President of the Privacy & M&A Committee of the Latin America Privacy Association (ALAP) and Editorial Board Member of the Global Privacy Law Review. Diego is a frequent speaker in international conferences on IT & Privacy issues. Moreover, in his role as Board member of ITechLaw he is responsible for organizing the ITechLaw Cyberspace Camps in Latin America (currently organizing the 6th annual events). Furthermore, in his role of co-chair of the Argentina Chapter of IAPP, he regularly organizes local meetings to discuss hot topics in privacy and data protection.

He graduated from the Universidad Católica Argentina with a law degree in 2003. And in 2013 he earned an LL.M degree in IT & Privacy Law from the John Marshall Law School in Chicago, completed with honors, where he participated as the international student ambassador and acting vice president of the Privacy & IT Law Society.