Privacy Policy

1. Identity of the person responsible for the data

Pérez-Llorca Abogados, S.L.P., with its registered office at Paseo de la Castellana 50, 28046 Madrid and with Corporate Tax Identification Number B-81917858 (“Pérez-Llorca”), is the owner and administrator of the domain name www.perezllorca.com (the “Website”).

To contact Pérez-Llorca, please do so at the following email info@perezllorca.com.

We also inform you that Pérez-Llorca has a Data Protection Delegate who can be contacted for any question relating to the protection of personal data at the following e-mail address: dpo@perezllorca.com

2. Accessing and browsing this website

Visiting and browsing this Website does not mean data is automatically recorded to identify users by name (the “Users“).

However, certain information is indeed stored on Pérez-Llorca’s systems (e.g., type of Internet browser, operating system, IP address from which you are accessing the web pages) with the aim of improving the user’s browser experience and to manage the Website itself. Also, the Website may use cookies and similar technologies whose use is subject to the Users’ consent in accordance with the Cookies policy. For more information, please visit our Cookie Policy.

In order to use particular services on this Website, Pérez-Llorca can request certain personal data from the User (usually a first name, last name, e-mail, company, position and professional contact details). In these cases, Pérez-Llorca will provide the user with the necessary information about how their data is processed, before proceeding to use it.

3. User acceptance and identification

By accessing and browsing this Website, the User acknowledges that they have read and understood this Legal Notice and the Terms of Use as well as our Privacy and Cookies Policy and expressly consents to its application when browsing this Website.

Through its Website Pérez-Llorca can offer payment services, subject to contractual conditions of which the User will be informed in each specific case.

The User guarantees Pérez-Llorca and third parties the quality of the information provided, that is to say, that the data and information provided is real, accurate, up-to-date and also belongs to the User and not to any third parties. The User shall be responsible for the truthfulness of the personal data provided and shall hold Pérez-Llorca harmless against claims by third parties, or with regard to fines or compensation for damages that they could suffer in the event of a breach.

In accordance with the legislation in force in Spain, in order to be able to use the Website, the User must be at least 18 years old, or have the permission of their parents and/or legal guardians if they are over 14 years of age and under 18. Therefore, by accepting this Privacy Policy, the User guarantees that they are of legal age or have the abovementioned parental permission to register with Pérez-Llorca, and are entirely liable for this statement.

4. Purpose of data processing

The Users’ personal data shall be collected and processed with the main purpose of managing its relationship with Pérez-Llorca in the following way:

(i) to resolve queries raised by the User through the Website in the “contact” section.

(ii) to manage their candidature in recruitment processes.

(iii) if you expressly request us to do so, to include you in our job bank.

(iv) to send the User legal publications, communications of activities or invitations to events.

5. Types of data

We collect the identification and contact details that you provide us with in order to deal with the request you make (enquiries, applications, sending legal publications, communications of activities or invitations to events). Pérez-Llorca will be able to contact you in order to correctly manage your request.

6. Legitimate interest

The legitimate interest for the processing of Users’ personal data is as follows:

(i) Pérez-Llorca’s legitimate interest in responding to queries raised by the User and to invite the User to the firm’s activities or to send them legal publications when there is a prior relationship with the firm.

(ii) The implementation of pre-contractual measures at the request of the data subject or the intention to conclude a contract for the submission of applications.

(iii) Consent to their inclusion in our job bank, the sending of legal publications, communications of activities or invitations to events when there is no prior relationship.

7. Duration

Pérez-Llorca will collect and process the User’s data on the basis of the purpose for which they have been collected:

• For the management of our selection processes, we will process the data you provide for the duration of the selection process and, in the event that you expressly authorise us to include your data in our job bank, we will keep it for two years from the time you send us your application.
• When we handle your data for sending communications, legal publications, activities or invitations to events, we will retain your information until you remove your consent for this purpose or when your relationship with the Firm ends.
• When you submit a query through our website, we will handle your data during the time required to manage and resolve the query.

Once these time periods have ended, we will keep your data blocked during the term of limitation for any liability that may arise as a result of handling the data, and will only make them available to the competent public administrations, judges and courts.

8. Data reporting

Pérez-Llorca will not report the data collected to third parties, except when strictly necessary in order to manage and maintain the relationship with Pérez-Llorca or with prior authorisation by the User.

Pérez-Llorca has four subsidiaries outside Spain, one in the United Kingdom (Pérez-Llorca UK LLP), one in the United States of America (Pérez-Llorca US LLP), one in Singapore (Pérez-Llorca SGP LLP) and one in Brussels (Pérez-Llorca BRU LLP), although Users’ data will not be transferred to these companies. In the event that it is necessary to report the Users’ data to the subsidiaries, the data subject will be informed accordingly.

9. Security

In relation to the personal data collected, Pérez-Llorca has adopted and shall adopt the necessary technical and organisational measures to ensure its protection and avoid its alteration, loss, handling and/or unauthorised access, taking into account the fast-moving nature of technology, the nature of the data stored and the risks to which they are exposed, in compliance with applicable regulations.

10. Users’ rights

Users have the right to exercise at all times, under the terms provided in the current legislation, the rights of access, rectification or deletion of data, as well as to request the limitation or opposition of the processing or to request the portability of their data.

Also, the Users will be able to revoke the consent given at any time.

The aforementioned rights may be exercised by sending an e-mail to dpo@perezllorca.com or a letter by post to Paseo de la Castellana, 50, 28046, Madrid.

In addition, we inform you that if you consider that we have not duly handled your request, you may also contact the Spanish Data Protection Agency (www.aepd.es) to request their advice or to bring a claim in relation to the handling of your personal data.

11. Applicable law and jurisdiction

The relationship between Pérez-Llorca and the User shall be governed by Spanish legislation.

Any dispute shall be submitted to the Courts of Madrid