GA_P nabs IP&IT head from Roca Junyent

Gómez-Acebo & Pombo has recruited Anna Viladás to lead its Barcelona office Industrial/Intellectual Property and Technology area

Gómez-Acebo & Pombo bolsters its Industrial, Intellectual Property and Technology area in its Barcelona office with the incorporation of Anna Viladá, who joins from Roca Junyent. Gómez-Acebo & Pombo’s Industrial, Intellectual Property and Technology department, headed by Eduardo Castillo San Martín, has more than twenty lawyers in its Madrid and Lisbon offices.

Anna Viladás has extensive experience in advising companies and creators, both Spanish and foreign, from all sectors on Intellectual and Industrial property matters, especially those related to the creative industries, mass consumption, cultural entities and technological start-ups, among others, and she is an expert in Art Law. Her professional career has been developed entirely at Roca Junyent, where she was the partner head of the Intellectual Property, Information Technology and Digital Business area.

She is a Law graduate from Universitat de Barcelona and holds an LLM from University of Chicago Law School.

“The project entrusted to me by Gómez-Acebo & Pombo is very exciting. I am joining a leading firm in the area of Industrial and Intellectual Property and I hope to help strengthen the firm’s leadership in this area in Barcelona,” said Anna Viladás.

Daniel Marín, managing partner of the Barcelona office, said: “We are proud that the Barcelona office continues to grow and to be able to do so with professionals of Anna’s calibre. We are sure that her incorporation to our office will enrich the firm and our clients and will help us in our objective of providing close and high-quality advice to our clients.”