Sector
DEFENCE
“Gómez-Acebo & Pombo provides us with creative and viable solutions to solve legal problems”
Gómez-Acebo & Pombo has an Iberian team that has deep knowledge on all areas of public law and is also used to working together with the rest of the areas of our firm, thus being able to offer multidisciplinary legal advice.
We are knowledgeable about the functioning of the Public Administration, since some of our lawyers have held positions of maximum administrative responsibility. This, together with the Firm’s interest in knowing and understanding our clients’ business, has allowed us to be specialists in the different regulated sectors and thus be able to provide the best possible advice.
We are committed to our clients and adapt to their fee expectations because we believe in long-term relationships. We keep in mind that we like to be lawyers for clients more than for transactions, which makes us work side by side and be part of their teams.
In addition, our team enjoys great domestic and international recognition for the quality of its legal services and has received awards and nominations over the years for best management, client service, innovation and technical excellence in its areas of law. On many occasions they are awards given by the clients themselves.
Currently, more than eighty percent of our partners are among the top experts in the Chambers and Partners Global and Europe, IFLR 1000 and Legal 500 directories.
Our areas of activity include:
The area is organised into three specialised groups, each of which offers comprehensive patent, trademark and copyright services in the areas of advice, contractual practice and, in particular, litigation. In addition to the typical industrial and intellectual property rights (patents, designs, trademarks, copyright…), the area also covers unfair competition, advertising, new technologies, trade secrets and personal data protection.
We advise on commercial contracts, including T&C and general advice, as well as corporate and joint ventures
In the field of defence, we advise both public authorities and public and private companies. This requires a thorough knowledge of the regulations on public sector contracts in the fields of defence and security for a very significant part of our work, relating to supply contracts, services, works and collaboration between the public and private sectors in the area of defence. We also have in-depth knowledge of other regulations with specific defence-related provisions, such as regulations on cybersecurity, classified information, foreign trade and foreign investment in Spanish companies that may affect defence or national security and essential infrastructures. Our experience also extends to issues related to dual-use technologies and protection of industrial secrets.
We have recently added the study of the EU AI Regulation to this sector, in the delimitation of the exclusion from its scope of application of AI systems dedicated exclusively to defence and national security.
Our commitment to excellence and client satisfaction positions us as a strategic partner for all legal needs in the defence field. To this end, we create multidisciplinary teams capable of providing comprehensive advice and of identifying, eliminating or mitigating the risks that may arise.