{"id":864,"date":"2021-12-22T10:08:10","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T09:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thinksmartlaw.es\/team\/alexander-benalal\/"},"modified":"2021-12-24T09:48:11","modified_gmt":"2021-12-24T08:48:11","slug":"alexander-benalal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thinksmartlaw.es\/en\/team\/alexander-benalal\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexander Benalal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_heading-0fc97e79c50d445727cd7f4b6bb1736b\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-0fc97e79c50d445727cd7f4b6bb1736b{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-0fc97e79c50d445727cd7f4b6bb1736b .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-av_heading-0fc97e79c50d445727cd7f4b6bb1736b .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-av_heading-0fc97e79c50d445727cd7f4b6bb1736b av-special-heading-h1  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-first '><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Alexander Benalal<\/h1><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-13p0lr-8bb511a4a8a221abaeebb0e4ab3cdaea\">\n.flex_column.av-13p0lr-8bb511a4a8a221abaeebb0e4ab3cdaea{\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-13p0lr-8bb511a4a8a221abaeebb0e4ab3cdaea av_one_third  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_one_third  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-kiq833dr-20c3a2fcbff5324acc7f1a6bca0c2efc '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>Partner \/ Abogado<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>20 years of experience in commercial law (transactions and litigation) and new technologies. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Alexander is a specialist in commercial law and new technologies. He advises national and international companies, clients and suppliers on all kinds of regulatory aspects, contracts and commercial transactions, with a specific focus on information technology and those sectors in which technology and complex regulatory frameworks play a key role.<\/p>\n<p>His experience also includes representation in pre-contentious and judicial proceedings, having participated in the negotiation and defense of some of the most important disputes in Spain in its field, with successful and innovative results.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to founding ThinkSmartLaw, Alexander was the partner of Bird &amp; Bird&#8217;s commercial and new technologies practice, firm that he helped found in Spain. He has also practiced at Linklaters and developed part of his career in Brussels alongside the advisor to the Belgian Prime Minister and later judge at the Court of Justice of the European Union.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-13p0lr-4e86690b1f2d361a049d055cab6ccb19\">\n.flex_column.av-13p0lr-4e86690b1f2d361a049d055cab6ccb19{\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-13p0lr-4e86690b1f2d361a049d055cab6ccb19 av_one_third  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_one_third  el_before_av_one_third  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-kiq833dr-20c3a2fcbff5324acc7f1a6bca0c2efc '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>He holds a degree in Law from the Autonomous University of Madrid, Higher Studies in EU Law in Paris I Panth\u00e9on-Sorbonne, and holds the titles of Specialist in EU Law of the Complutense University and Specialist in Commercial Law of the Autonomous University of Madrid.<\/p>\n<p>He has given conferences on technology, intellectual property, data protection and international law in Spanish universities, business schools and the Chamber of Commerce; he has developed, directs and teaches the legal module related to data analysis of the school of Business and Tech of the European University and IBM.<\/p>\n<p>He is a regular contributor to national and specialized media in the areas of his specialty and has been recognized in the BestLawyers\u00ae ranking of Spain since 2013 as well as in Legal500 and Who is Who Legal.<br \/>\nAlexander speaks English, French and Spanish.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><\/p>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" 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