Albert Agustinoy
Partner
Spanish
English
French
Expert in advising multinational ecommerce and IT operators.
Albert Agustinoy also has a strong background in intellectual property-related matters, having participated as legal advisor in many commercial cases and disputes relating to technological agreements (including outsourcing and software licensing contracts, and cooperation agreements for technology development), ecommerce, personal data protection, domain names, image rights, and industrial and intellectual property.
He is vicechair of the International Bar Association's Technology Law Committee. He is on the list of panelists for domain-name dispute resolution of the World Organization of Intellectual Property, the National Arbitration Forum and the Spanish High Council of Chambers of Commerce, Industry and Shipping.
He lectures on intellectual property and new technologies on many graduate courses, including the Master in Information Technology, Social Networks and Intellectual Property at ESADE Business & Law School in Barcelona. He regularly speaks at Spanish and international conferences on online gambling, new technologies law and intellectual property.
He writes legal articles in Spanish and international journals.
Specialties
Education
Master in Community Law
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 1997Master of Laws in Comparative European and International Laws
Université Robert Schuman, Strasbourg, FranceBachelor of Laws
Universitat de Barcelona, 1996
Directory Mentions
Recommended lawyer
Chambers & Partners (Global and Europe), Legal 500, Managing Intellectual Property, Media Law International, Leaders League, Expert Guides, Best Lawyers and Who’s Who Legal in Corporate M&A, Data Protection, Entertainment, Gaming & Gambling, Information Technology, Intellectual Property, Sports and TMT
Lawyer of the Year
Best Lawyers in Entertainment Law (2024, 2022, 2017), Technology Law (2023), Communications Law (2023, 2019), IT Law (2020) and Media Law (2018)
Publications and News
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May 19, 2025Guide: IP, Data and Technology
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March 7, 2025Cuatrecasas leads discussion on innovation at 4YFN
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June 3, 2024OECD updates AI principles
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December 21, 2021Recap of Flash-IT!: summary and 2021 trends
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November 26, 2021Is blockchain an asteroid that can destroy the Domain Name System?
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October 29, 2021Webinar Data Protection in China: The Personal Information Protection Law enters into force
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October 11, 2021New step towards adopting a Data Governance Act
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October 4, 2021How NFTs will change museums and art in general
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October 1, 2021The European Data Protection board supports adequacy decision for South Korea
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July 20, 2021Cuatrecasas advises Votorantim Cimentos on acquiring Cementos Balboa
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July 19, 2021New EU guidelines on voice assistants and data protection
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July 14, 2021General Court: Criteria for registering sound marks
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July 8, 2021European Network | Webinar The New Digital Package: DSA, DMA and Data Governance Act
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June 28, 2021Preventive processing of biometric data: An unanswered question
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May 28, 2021Legal Flash Amendment of guarantee and after-sales services system for consumer contracts
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May 21, 2021Darkside: Cyberattacks 2.0
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May 4, 2021Entry into force of the main restrictions on advertising for online gambling
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April 8, 2021Royal decree 43/2021: The implementation of the Cybersecurity framework in Spain
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January 27, 2021Faces of the riot: A few legal considerations
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January 25, 2021EU guidelines on Cybersecurity and cloud services in the health care sector
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December 24, 2020European data protection board’s statement on how to prepare for Brexit
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November 5, 2020Royal Decree on gambling advertising published in the Official State Gazette
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October 23, 2020Flash-IT! Twenty-minute technology law updates
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July 22, 2020Requiem for the Washington Redskins
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July 10, 2020New version of draft royal decree on gambling advertising
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June 4, 2020The European Commission launches a consultation on the Digital Services Act
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June 4, 2020Cuatrecasas advises WatchGuard Technologies on acquiring Panda Security and refinancing bank debt
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May 6, 20202019 annual gambling report now published
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November 26, 2019We launch app to share latest developments in intellectual property
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July 10, 2019The French Data Protection authority publishes action plan on online advertising
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May 24, 2019Spanish Data Protection Agency Reviews First Year of Application Of GDPR
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May 22, 2019Spanish online gambling market – key figures for 2018
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January 16, 2019Extra time for gambling sponsors in italy
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January 15, 2019US: the Department of Justice questions the legality of online gambling offering nationwide
Events
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October 23, 2024Navigating the European legal framework of the digital economy
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February 15, 2024Artificial Intelligence in Life Sciences
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March 22, 20236th M&A in Tech Sector Conference Berlin – Reception
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October 29, 2021Data protection in China: the Personal Information Protection Law enters into force
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July 8, 2021The New Digital Package: DSA, DMA and Data Governance Act
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March 12, 2020Webinar | The Draft Royal Decree on advertising of gambling: analysis and likely developments
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December 12, 2019Redes sociales: riesgos, límites y retos legales
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November 21, 2019Webinar | Firma electrónica y servicios de confianza
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November 19, 2019Security Breaches and Class Actions in Spain: how to deal with the new challenges resulting from GDPR
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November 7, 2019Webinar | Comercio electrónico, contratación a distancia y servicios de la sociedad de la información
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October 24, 2019Webinar | Outsourcing tecnológico y acuerdos de nivel de servicio (SLA), mantenimiento y cloud hosting
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October 10, 2019Webinar | Claves en contratación digital, licencias de software y open source
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September 17, 2019Webinar | El estado del mercado único digital
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March 11, 2019Post MWC19 Afterwork