Vanesa Alarcón heads the TMT Department in Barcelona.

She is an IT & IP lawyer specialised in Privacy, Data Protection and Ecommerce. She has over 20 years of experience as a lawyer, working with a wide range of businesses.

She joined Fieldfisher after running her own boutique TMT law firm for over 8 years specialising in Technology, IP and Data Protection law. Vanesa has considerable experience of advising Big Data projects, Fintech, Digital Reputation and social media; mobile applications, ecommerce and software agreements and data protection (acting as DPO for many clients, including in the health and tech sector).

Vanesa teaches IP & IT law at ENTI (School of Interactive and Tech Businesses) and she also teaches on the Digital Master’s Programme at ICAB (Barcelona Bar Association).

She is member of a number of industry associations as ENATIC and DENAE and also is member of IP Section at ICAB (Barcelona’s Law Society).
Vanesa is a member and cofounder of Apymes, an association focused on helping companies and small businesses with their digital transformation.