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Diego Ramos

Partner
Diego Ramos is a star: always reactive, prompt, pragmatic while proposing reasonable fees. I love working with him and the team does as well.
— Client, Legal 500 EMEA 2021
Madrid
About

Diego is the location head of the Intellectual Property, Media, and Technology Department at DLA Piper Spain. With more than 35 years of experience, his expertise focuses on commercial and corporate law, intellectual property, technology, biotechnology and medical law, marketing, outsourcing, anti-money laundering, and data protection law.

Diego has extensive experience in litigation cases in Spain on these matters at all levels of jurisdiction (including the Audiencia Nacional and the Supreme Court). In addition, he advises many Spanish and international clients on these matters in both transactional and contentious contexts.

His previous experience as in-house counsel for a major international consultancy firm and for one of the largest banks in Spain gives him the perspective required for projects combining outsourcing and systems management. Diego currently holds the position of Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Spanish subsidiary of Tata Consultancy Services, one of the largest outsourcing groups in the world, as well as Clínica Baviera, the European leader in refractive surgery services. He has been cited as a leading outsourcing specialist in the prestigious European Legal Experts Guide.

He has also been a cybersecurity leader at DLA Piper Spain for more than a decade, training clients in cybersecurity. He has advised both nationally and internationally important Spanish and foreign companies on international hacking and data breach cases, such as fraudulent modification of website content, employee database theft and disclosure, identity theft, cybersecurity incidents related to the banking sector, and cases related to life sciences.

Areas of FocusData, Privacy and CybersecurityTechnologyMedia, Sport and EntertainmentFranchiseIntellectual PropertyIndustrialsHealthcarePatent Litigation
Professional QualificationsAbogado registered with Ilustre Colegio de Abogados de Madrid

EXPERIENCE

Intellectual Property, Industrial Property, Media and Entertainment, Science and Technology, Health and Healthcare, Patents, Data Protection, Commercial Law, Civil Law and E-Commerce

EXPERIENCE

  • Advising a major global engineering software group based in Germany in connection with an assessment of the IP ownership rights in twenty major leading software applications in the context of one of the largest corporate software purchase transactions in Spain in the last five years. Our advice included a comprehensive analysis of IP regulations in several jurisdictions and an innovative approach to chain of title verification.
  • Legal advice on IP (branding) and regulatory matters for the in-store and distance selling of a major global network of pizza restaurants in the context of their large-scale expansion in Spain.
  • Advising on branding strategy in Spain for one of the world's most innovative and fast-growing technology groups in the UAV market.
  • Advising a major media production group in relation to age rating requirements under Spanish law and market practice.
  • Advising one of the largest technology outsourcing groups in the world in the context of the negotiation of a major transaction with a Spanish global financial institution.
  • Advising a major engineering software designer in relation to compliance with European and Spanish cybersecurity legislation.
  • Legal advice to a major luxury goods brand in relation to the development of its online sales platform and international privacy policies in the context of new changes in the legal framework in Spain and Europe and the group's new business and marketing strategies.
Languages
  • Spanish
  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Turkish
Education
  • Universidad Autónoma Madrid (Spain), Law Degree
  • Cambridge School of Law (Reino Unido), Diploma in International Contracting

Awards

  • The Legal 500 (TMT) – Top Ranked
  • The Legal 500 (Retail) – Top Ranked
  • Chambers and Partners Europe (TMT) – Ranked

Publications

Diego publishes often articles in the Spanish financial press in Spain. On top of his activities as professor in the university, he also publishes legal analysis in specialized legal magazines, like La Ley Privacidad.

Additional Qualifications

  • SEPBLAC-registered External Expert
  • Autelsi, Spanish Association of Telecommunications and Online Services Users (International Commission)
  • United Nations, Expert Member of the United Nations Commission for the Unification of Commercial Law (UNCITRAL)
  • IAPP, International Association of Privacy Experts (IAPP), Keynote Speaker

My latest insights

Publication

Guide to Going Global - Payment Terms

11 March 2024 .3 minute read

Publication

GDPR Snapshot vlog series 2021: Spain

24 May 2021 .1 minute read

Connect

Phone

+34 91 788 7362
(Work, Madrid)
+34 91 788 7399
(Fax, Madrid)
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