Javier Torre de Silva
CMS Albiñana y Suárez de LezoCMS Albiñana y Suárez de Lezo‘s TMT practice is recognised in the market for its ’truly practical approach,’ alongside its extensive offering. The department is adept at handling both domestic and international matters ranging from telecoms projects and transactions to content acquisition and distribution. With a breadth of expertise and cross-border capabilities, the team continues to expand its impressive client roster which is comprised of businesses from the technology, financial services, and media and entertainment sectors, among others. The ‘exceptional’ Javier Torre de Silva heads the group and specialises in transactions, disputes, and regulatory compliance in the telecoms industry. María González Gordon is another key practitioner and is noted for her aptitude advising media groups, production companies, and audiovisual businesses on disputes and production agreements.
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Testimonials
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- ‘The CMS team is very adapted to the recent changes and business models that are taking place.’
- ‘The immediate response and personal contact differentiate the team. María González Gordon and Ricardo Gómez-Barreda stand out in particular for their responses and resolution in legal matters.’
- ‘Javier Torre de Silva is personally involved in all matters and provides exceptional advice. Javier is fully familiar with both the applicable regulations and market practice and is able to identify problems, offering solutions that are well suited to each situation. I would not turn to any other lawyer for these matters.’
- ‘Javier Torre de Silva is exceptional. It is like having four top-level partners specialised in technology, M&A, litigation, and regulatory matters in one. His personal involvement is total. He adds to his great legal rigour the ability to always find reasonable and practical solutions.’
- ‘They have a truly practical approach, focused on those issues that add value to their clients. They also know or have participated in a large number of precedents, and can add knowledge of market standards to technical arguments.’
- ‘Javier Torre de Silva stands out for his complete involvement in projects, which guarantees the quality and experience of a partner in a consistent manner in all parts and documents of an operation.’
- ‘The CMS Spain team closely follows all trends in the practice of law, not only in the legislative field, but also in how to provide the most up-to-date information to its clients. All this without losing sight of the personal aspect and the relationship of trust that are decisive in the lawyer-client relationship.’
- ‘The three fundamental pillars on which the lawyer-client relationship is based are availability, promptness, and legal knowledge.’
Key clients
- AIG
- Generali
- Marsh
- Atresmedia
- Amazon.com
- Audible
- Amazon Web Services
- Amazon Studios
- Amazon Prime
- Banco Sabadell
- Cameron Mackintosh “Les Miserables”
- CBRE Group
- Commerzbank AG
- Digi
- Ebay
- Echostar
- EUNetworks
- Ferrovial Group
- Hewlett-Packard
- IBM
- INCODE
- Inveready
- Macquarie Capital
- Meta
- MOIA
- Nuuday
- Ocado
- Orange
- Otovo
- Primark
- Telefónica
- Twitch
- Skyshowtime
- Squirrel Media
- WILOC Technologies
- YTL
Work highlights
- Advised Digi on the sale of its fiber optic network in Spain to Macquarie, Abrdn, and Arjun.
- Advised Echostar in the global launching of its new worldwide S-band mobile satellite service.
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Javier Torre de Silva