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Jordi López Batet

Attorney-at-law admitted to the Barcelona Bar Association in 1999. Jordi is a partner at the Spanish law firm Statim and is focused on advising national and international clients in, among other areas, IT, media, advertising, data privacy and general commercial law in the industries of leisure, entertainment, sport, pharmaceuticals & healthcare, fashion and telecommunications, inter alia. He is an arbitrator at the Barcelona Arbitral Court, at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), Arbitration Tribunal for Football and a member of the UCI Anti-doping Tribunal, and acts as a professor in courses and masters in several universities and business schools. 

Practice Area

Panel

  • Contributing Author

Qualified Year

  • 1999

Membership

  • Barcelona Bar Association

Education

  • Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Degree in Law) (1998)
  • Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Master in Corporate Law) (1999)

1 Contributions by Jordi López Batet

Spain: legal framework for engaging social media influencers—regulation, consumer protection, tax, sanctions and key contract terms
PRACTICE NOTES
Spain: legal framework for engaging social media influencers—regulation, consumer protection, tax, sanctions and key contract terms
This Practice Note is designed chiefly for brands and businesses planning to work with influencers for social marketing campaigns and advertising promotions in Spain. The nature of social media influencers Influencers offer companies and brands a compelling route to showcase products or services. Through expansive channels such as their social networks and media platforms, they provide notable visibility and harness the closeness they build with end-users. Many have audiences of thousands, even millions, whom they sway through their style of communication, the way they frame messages, and the content they create. Consequently, they are a highly potent marketing tool, enabling brands to reach prospective clients more quickly and directly than long-standing channels like television, radio or static advertising. In line with the 2025 Code of Conduct on Advertising Through Influencers, prepared by the Spanish Association for the Self-Regulation of Commercial Communication (Autocontrol), the Spanish Advertisers Association (AEA), and IAB Spain, the definition and scope of “influencer” are addressed within that code...
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