Clifford Chance handles a strong flow of litigation and advisory work arising from data privacy regulations, including significant matters before the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD). The firm is a key adviser to Centros Comerciales Carrefour and its financial division on the data protection aspects of its day-to-day activity, with practice head and former State Attorney Fernando Irurzun taking the lead. All members of the practice have a dual adviser/litigator role which is a boon to the practice’s clients, among them Vodafone, which Irurzun assisted with proceedings before the AEPD concerning international data transfers and the processing of client data for marketing purposes.
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Key clients
- Vodafone
- Centros Comerciales Carrefour
- I-DE Redes Eléctricas Inteligentes
- Servicios Financieros Carrefour
- Correduría de Seguros Carrefour
- Stirling Square Capital Partners
- Esteve Healthcare
Work highlights
- Advised Vodafone España before the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) and the Administrative Chamber of the National Court on two contentious proceedings, initiated due to sanctions imposed in Spain by the AEPD.
- Advised Centros Comerciales Carrefour and Servicios Financieros Carrefour in relation to all data protection aspects of its day-to-day activity.
- Advised I-DE Redes Eléctricas Inteligentes in relation to the challenge, before the Administrative Chamber of the National Court, of the decision taken by the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD), imposing a fine of €200k on I-DE Redes, due to a violation of articles 5.1.b) and c) and article 6.1.b) GDPR.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Fernando Irurzun