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Covadonga Maestro Rodríguez

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  • Spanish
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Covadonga Maestro is a Senior Associate in the Intellectual Property and Digital Business department at CMS Albiñana & Suárez de Lezo. She specialises in international contracting, intellectual property, digital law and new technologies, particularly in the technology and industrial sectors and in matters involving intellectual property.

Covadonga Maestro is a Senior Associate in the Intellectual Property department at CMS Albiñana & Suárez de Lezo. She specialises in international contracting, intellectual property, digital law and new technologies, particularly in the technology and industrial sectors and in matters involving intellectual property.

Covadonga’s professional experience focuses primarily on advising a wide range of clients on digital and technology-related contracts, including all aspects of IT systems and software agreements, such as licensing, integration, development, distribution, software maintenance and related services, as well as on data protection matters.

She also regularly participates in due diligence processes in the context of mergers and acquisitions (M&A), particularly in technology-related transactions or transactions involving significant intangible assets requiring protection.

With a strong international profile, Covadonga also advises Spanish and international companies in the entertainment, media and technology sectors on digital law, intellectual and industrial property, unfair competition, consumer law, advertising and e-commerce.

Publications

  • 2024 - “El necesario blindaje al contenido perjudicial para menores en Internet” - Expansión Jurídico, 2024.
  • 2022 – “Auditoría de licencias de software. Últimas tendencias”. Capítulo. Anuario Tirant Lo Blanch – Nuevas Tecnologías 2022.
  • 2021 – “De la protección jurídica de los algoritmos que forman la base de la inteligencia artificial”. Capítulo. Anuario Tirant Lo Blanch – Propiedad Intelectual 2021.
  • 2020 – “Nuevas Tecnologías y Sector de la Moda”. Asociación de Expertos en Derecho de la Moda.
  • 2018 – “The Legal 500 Comparative Legal Guide. Spain: Technology.” Legal 500.
  • 2018 – “Practical Law Digital Business Global Guide (Spain).” Thomson Reuters Practical Law. 

Memberships & Roles

  • Ilustre Colegio de la Abogacía de Madrid (ICAM)
  • Asociación Española de Derecho del Entretenimiento – DENAE.

Lectures list

  • 2026 – EVA (European Videogame Accelerator). Participation in an international business development initiative alongside Spielfabrique and colleagues from CMS Germany and CMS Hong Kong, aimed at building relationships and attracting clients in the videogame industry. (Malaga, 2026).
  • 2024 – LEIA (Spanish Association of Metaverse and Artificial Intelligence Law). Speaker at the presentation entitled “The Use of Artificial Intelligence in Social Media and Online Platforms”.
  • 2024 – University of Vigo. Speaker at a roundtable on artificial intelligence organised by Foro Fundamental and the University of Vigo.
  • 2023–Present – ISDE (Master’s Degree in International Law), Digital Law. Lecturer.
  • 2022 – University of Navarra. Master’s Degree in Digital Law. Speaker.
  • 2022 – Universidad Panamericana (Mexico). Speaker at the World Intellectual Property Day conference on “Intellectual Property Rights and Artificial Intelligence”.
  • 2021 – New York City Bar Association. Speaker on the “Social Media and Influencers” panel.
  • 2021 – ELSA Spain. Speaker on “Why Should All Law Firms Have an IP/IT/TMT Team?”
  • 2020–2022 – Camilo José Cela University. Bachelor’s Degree in Law, Centre for Legal Innovation. Lecturer.

Education

  • 2017 – Double Master’s Degree in Admission to the Bar and Intellectual Property, Comillas Pontifical University (ICADE).
  • 2016 – Intellectual Property Master Class Programme, organised by Instituto de Autor (IA), the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and Sociedad General de Autores y Editores (SGAE).
  • 2016 – E-Commerce Course, Google Inc. (Fundación Actívate), EOI and Red.es.
  • 2015 – Bachelor’s Degree in Law, Comillas Pontifical University (ICADE).
  • 2014 – Erasmus+ Scholarship, Ghent University (Belgium).

Insights by Covadonga

CMS at INTA 2026

CMS at INTA 2026

02 May 2026 - 06 May 2026 United Kingdom
CMS advises zvoove on acquisition of Freematica

CMS advises zvoove on acquisition of Freematica

16 Sep 2024 2 min read
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