Javier Fernández-Samaniego

Managing Director, Samaniego Law

Javier Fernández-Samaniego is Managing Director of SAMANIEGO Law, an alternative iberoamerican law firm specializing in technology law and dispute resolution. Admitted in Spain and Certified Foreign Legal Consultant (Spanish Law) by the Florida Bar. Javier's practice focuses mainly in Commercial/IT disputes and major Tech & Privacy projects -including GDPR advocacy and compliance-.

Before launching Samaniego Law Javier was founding and managing partner of the Spanish office of Bird & Bird and previously had worked in law firms Linklaters, Cuatrecasas and the public body CDTI (Spanish centre for the Development of Industrial Technology). Javier seats as arbitrator and mediator -CEDR accredited mediator and member of CPR Panel of Distinguished Neutrals and its European Advisory Board-. He was one of the first lawyers to represent a private sector data controller during an inspection and the subsequent enforcement proceedings by the Spanish Data Protection Agency back in 1996.

He has a Law Degree from San Pablo CEU (Madrid, Spain) and Business Administration degree from Università Politecnica delle Marche (Ancona, Italy) and is Senior Fellow at Steven Green School of International & Public Affairs at FIU (Florida International University).