Tomás F. Serna
Abogado | Attorney at Law
curriculum vitae
EDUCATION
Master of Laws (LL.M), May 2007
Graduated with Honors.
Northwestern University School of Law. Chicago, IL, USA.
Certificate in Business Administration, May 2007
Instituto de Empresa Business School. Madrid, Spain.
Postgraduate Degree in Telecommunications, Audiovisual and New Technologies Law,
December 2000
Instituto de Empresa Law School. Madrid, Spain.
Licenciado en Derecho, June 2000
(Five year Law Degree, JD equivalent)
Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Madrid, Spain.
LEGAL EXPERIENCE
Private practice
Sep. 2002 - present
OBRALIA (Build2Edifica, S.A.)
Nov. 2000 - Sep. 2002
In-house Counsel. Spain’s biggest on-line marketplace for the construction industry.
SELECTED BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
Next Generation Security Technologies, S.L.
Jan. 2003 - Dec. 2006
Co-Founder: Responsible for International Sales and International Partners Program.
SELECTED EXAMPLES OF CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSEWORK
PUBLICATIONS AND SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES
Book, Co-Author:
Firma Digital y Administraciones Públicas.
Editorial Instituto Nacional de Administración Pública (INAP), 2003. ISBN: 84-7088-241-4
Co-Author of book on digital signatures and public agencies.
Book, Co-Author:
Régimen Jurídico de las Telecomunicaciones, Televisión e Internet.
Editorial Aranzadi, 2002. ISBN: 84-8410-863-5
Co-Author of book on telecommunications, television and internet law.
Editor at BlogEuropa.eu
2006 - present
Guest Lecturer at Instituto de Empresa, ICADE, CEU, ESIC, AESE (IESE Portugal), IEB, ADM Business School, Cremades Calvo-Sotelo, C.U. Villanueva, etc.
Courses focused on Internet regulation, IP and personal data protection issues (privacy).
2001 - present
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
EDUCATION
Master of Laws (LL.M), May 2007
Graduated with Honors.
Northwestern University School of Law. Chicago, IL, USA.
Certificate in Business Administration, May 2007
Instituto de Empresa Business School. Madrid, Spain.
Postgraduate Degree in Telecommunications, Audiovisual and New Technologies Law,
December 2000
Instituto de Empresa Law School. Madrid, Spain.
Licenciado en Derecho, June 2000
(Five year Law Degree, JD equivalent)
Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Madrid, Spain.
LEGAL EXPERIENCE
Private practice
Sep. 2002 - present
- Areas of practice included intellectual property (copyright/trademark licensing), corporate, contracts (drafting and negotiating), competition (antitrust), and personal data protection (privacy).
- Specialized in foreign new media and telco. clients, as well as national sport agencies/federations.
OBRALIA (Build2Edifica, S.A.)
Nov. 2000 - Sep. 2002
In-house Counsel. Spain’s biggest on-line marketplace for the construction industry.
- Areas of practice included intellectual property, corporate, contracts (drafting and negotiating), competition (antitrust), and personal data protection (privacy).
- Conducted local and international transaction negotiations.
- Speaker for firm at local/international forums.
SELECTED BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
Next Generation Security Technologies, S.L.
Jan. 2003 - Dec. 2006
Co-Founder: Responsible for International Sales and International Partners Program.
- Managed sales efforts in US, Europe, Asia and Middle East.
- Established customer relationships with Spanish and foreign governmental offices.
- Represented the company in intellectual property proceedings (piracy/trademark issues).
SELECTED EXAMPLES OF CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSEWORK
- “Advanced Course on Corporate Law Practice”, Ilustre Colegio de Abogados de Madrid. Madrid, May 2004
- “Internet
Law”, Harvard Law
School.
Rio de Janeiro, March 2003
- “Management Research”, Real Colegio Complutense / Harvard University. Boston, July 2002
PUBLICATIONS AND SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES
Book, Co-Author:
Firma Digital y Administraciones Públicas.
Editorial Instituto Nacional de Administración Pública (INAP), 2003. ISBN: 84-7088-241-4
Co-Author of book on digital signatures and public agencies.
Book, Co-Author:
Régimen Jurídico de las Telecomunicaciones, Televisión e Internet.
Editorial Aranzadi, 2002. ISBN: 84-8410-863-5
Co-Author of book on telecommunications, television and internet law.
Editor at BlogEuropa.eu
2006 - present
Guest Lecturer at Instituto de Empresa, ICADE, CEU, ESIC, AESE (IESE Portugal), IEB, ADM Business School, Cremades Calvo-Sotelo, C.U. Villanueva, etc.
Courses focused on Internet regulation, IP and personal data protection issues (privacy).
2001 - present
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
- Language Skills: Highly proficient in English and spoken German. Mother tongue: Spanish.
- Admitted to the Madrid Bar: August 2000.
- Married. Two Children.
