Diego Solana holds a Law degree from the Autonomous University of Madrid and a Master’s in Legal Counseling for Businesses from the Instituto de Empresa. He began his professional career at the law firm Uría Menéndez, initially in its Brussels office and later in its Madrid office.

In 2005, he joined the law firm Cremades & Calvo-Sotelo and was appointed partner and area coordinator in 2016. His practice focuses on the fields of industrial property, intellectual property, unfair competition, and competition law.

Diego Solana regularly advises and represents national and international companies in sectors such as audiovisual, internet, beverages, payment entities, cryptocurrencies, blockchain, telecommunications, media, hotel chains, and engineering. His work spans both contentious and non-contentious matters (drafting legal opinions) related to trademark, patent, and design protection, intellectual works, unfair competition, antitrust issues, economic concentrations, or advertising. For specialized cases that proceed to court, he also attends judicial hearings.

Additionally, he is involved in the international relations of Cremades & Calvo-Sotelo and serves as General Director of two international lawyer networks. Since 2015, he has led Euro Latam Lex (ELLEX), a network fostering collaboration opportunities between Central and Eastern Europe and Latin America. From 2013 to 2016, he was the General Director of the International Financial Litigation Network (IFLN), a network specializing in international financial litigation.

In 2018, he was selected as an Eisenhower Fellow for the Global Program, focusing his research on artificial intelligence, blockchain, cryptocurrencies, fintech, and robotics.

He is also a (non-practicing) Industrial Property Agent and a member of various associations, such as DENAE (Spanish Entertainment Law Association), LAWBOTICS (specializing in robotics and artificial intelligence), and the Generation ’78 Forum for policy and economics.

He has published several dozen legal articles in his areas of expertise in both popular and academic journals.

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