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Isabel Martínez Moriel is a Partner in Andersen’s Madrid office and she is the responsible for its Privacy, IT & Digital Business department.

With an extensive experience in prestigious national and international law firms, Isabel Martínez Moriel specializes primarily in Competition and EU law as well as IT and Data Protection.

Her practice is concentrated on matters related to restrictive agreements, cartels, abuse of dominant position, merger control filings and state aids. Her experience includes counselling on antitrust proceedings before Spanish and EU competition authorities, appeals of sanctioning decisions before courts, drafting of compliance and cooperative programmes and advising on any matter related to Competition and EU law.

Likewise, she advices on data protection compliance, including international data transfers (authorizations, privacy shield, binding corporate rules, etc.) and legal proceedings before the Spanish Data Protection Agency; on IP agreements, unfair competition and on EU regulatory frameworks governing internet, consumers and life sciences as well as its implementation in Spain.

She has served both domestic and international companies as well as associations, public entities and holdings, acting in numerous relevant sectors (pharma and medical devices, insurance companies, financial services, infrastructure and public works, electronic communications, energy, investment and research projects, transport, retail, amongst others).

She is currently a lecturer at Complutense University of Madrid and regularly participates in MA in Legal Practice at Carlos III University. She regularly contributes articles and publications regarding law research and case law developments.

DPO and certified mediator registered with the Ministry of Justice.

 

Education

  • Degree in Law, Universidad de Córdoba
  • M.A. in EC Competition Law, King’s College London
  • M.A. in International Legal Practice, IEB

Academia and business

  • Madrid BAR Association, ICAM
  • Member of Spanish Competition Lawyers Association, AEDC
  • Member of Spanish Association of Privacy Professionals, APEP

Languages

  • Spanish
  • English
  • French

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