Sergio Maldonado-Elvira (San Sebastián, 1972). LLM, Solicitor (Law Society of England & Wales) and Abogado (Bar of Madrid, Spain).

Education, legal experience and affiliations

Law Degree, University of the Basque Country. LLM (Merit), Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London (Internet Law, IT Law, Comparative Copyright Law and International Trade Law). Sergio has practised law in the United States, Spain and Belgium, and is currently a consultant to Laurence Kaye Solicitors. Member of the Society for Computers and Law (UK).

Other courses, conferences and forums

Completion of Harry B. Endsley's Course on International Business Law, UC Berkeley Extension, 1998; EU Parliament's Intergroup: proposal for an Electronic Commerce Directive, March 1999, Brussels; Harvard Law School's Berkman Center: presentation on Internet legal issues by Jonathan Zittrain, October 1999, U.S.A.; CRID congress on Law and New Technologies (vers un noveau droit des technologies de l’information), FUNDP, November 1999, Namur; III Forum Europe E-Commerce Conference, February 2000. Brussels; IT Law (Certificate on Telecommunications and IT Law), Grupo Recoletos (Pearson), October 2000, Madrid; Taxation and electronic commerce, Grupo Recoletos (Pearson), December 2000. Completion of the Law Society of England and Wales' QLTT (2003).

Publications

Co-author of Internet: Claves legales para la empresa. Civitas (Thomson Group), June 2002. Regular contributor to various online publications.

IT expertise

In-depth knowledge of Internet-oriented programming environments.

Languages spoken

Spanish, English, French and German.