Alejandro González Vega

Senior Associate
About

Alejandro González focuses on intellectual property and technology law. He advises international clients, mostly from the TMT sector, on matters relating to the protection of intangible assets, including trademarks, copyright and patents, tech agreements, media and advertising. He also has experience in litigation and regulatory and competition law issues related to the TMT field.

Alejandro is a regular associate lecturer of copyright and digital law in Spain and has published several articles on copyright and new technologies.

Areas of FocusIntellectual Property
Bar AdmissionsAdmitted to the Barreau de Luxembourg under his professional home titleAbogado registered with Ilustre Colegio de Abogados de Madrid

EXPERIENCE

  • Advised European telecommunications company in its negotiations with different collecting societies in Europe.
  • Advised the Government of the Republic of Costa Rica in designing their policy for the protection of indigenous cultural heritage.
  • Represented the Spanish subsidiary of an India-based media group before the Court of Appeals of Barcelona.
  • Advised Singaporean editorial group in the acquisition of an international scientific journal.
  • Advised in several international co-productions and lead the worldwide rights clearance of a Spanish-French-Chilean co-production.
  • Represented international telecommunications company before the Spanish Intellectual Property Commission.
  • Represented advertising company in a cartel case before Spanish national courts.
  • Advised on several complaints before the Spanish competition authority.
Languages
  • Spanish
  • English
  • French
  • German
Education
  • University Carlos III, Degree in Law, Best Academic Record, 2015
  • University of Iceland, LLM in International Environmental Law and Natural Resources Law, 2015
  • University Carlos III, LLM in Legal Practice (Specialised in M&A and International Business), 2017


    University Carlos III, Postgraduate Expert Diploma in Competition Law, 2022

Awards and Recognitions

  • Alejandro was rated in IP Star as "Rising Star" (2024)
  • Alejandro was rated in Legal 500 as "Rising Star" (2023, 2024)
  • "Alejandro González Vega‘s deep knowledge of the industries that he works with makes him a truly outstanding lawyer." Legal 500, 2024

Prior Experience

  • 2023: Senior Associate, DLA Piper, Luxembourg
  • 2022-23: Associate, DLA Piper Luxembourg
  • 2020-22: Lawyer, pan-European IP boutique based in Amsterdam (Madrid)
  • 2017-20: Lawyer, Madrid based international firm (Madrid)
  • 2016-17: Lawyer, London based international firm (Madrid)
  • 2015-16: Intern, Madrid based IP boutique (Madrid)

Memberships And Affiliations

  • Member of the Spanish Chapter of ALAI (Association Littéraire et Artistique Internationale)
  • Member of the Spanish Association of Experts in Fashion Law
  • Founding Member of Lawbotics (Association for Robotics and the Law)
  • Member of the European AI Alliance

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