Thais Tarrago Van Wijk

Thaïs Tarragó van Wijk _____________________________________________________________ --Skype: thaistvw Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thaistarragovanwijk/ Proz: http://www.proz.com/profile/- Barcelona, March 2020 I have worked indistinctly in Spanish, English and Catalan for 20 years, drafting and translating all types of financial, legal, business and official documents, with results highly appreciated by clients and colleagues. Legal translations need to be particularly accurate, as well as finely tuned to fit the purpose within the concerned legal area, business sector and subject matter. I am a lawyer, yes, but also an eager drafter and a skilled translator. Professional Experience ________________________________________________________________________________ 2014-Present INDEPENDENT IP LEGAL & BUSINESS COUNSEL AND TRANSLATOR - Counseling for the creation, protection, defense and exploitation of intangible IP assets and related rights. 2018-Present M@P SMART BIZ LAW – Of Counsel for the firm in matters related to IP rights and assets. - GRUPO GISPERT – Of Counsel for the firm in matters related to IP rights and assets. - ACC10 (Generalitat de Catalunya) - Certified legal expert. - LENER - Associate Lawyer specialized in IP on creation, protection, defense and exploitation of intangible IP assets and related rights. Head of the Barcelona Office of the firm. As of 2012 head of the firm’s International Desk. 2010-Present BARCELONA ACTIVA - Certified legal expert, as member Network of Experts for Innovative Companies, for counseling in strategy and protection of IP assets. - SOL MUNTAÑOLA ABOGADOS - Partner. Specialized in IP for the creation, protection, defense and exploitation of intangible IP assets and related rights - SOL MUNTAÑOLA ABOGADOS - Associate Lawyer specialized in IP for the creation, protection, defense and exploitation of intangible IP assets and related rights From 2004 to 2006 founder and head of the Madrid Office of the firm. 1998 UNIVERSITEIT VAN AMSTERDAM (UVA) - Assistant at the EUROPA INSTITUUT (currently Department of European Studies) for coordination of international postgraduate and training programs developed abroad. - ESCUDERO ABOGADOS - Undergraduate internship assisting the civil and the commercial law departments of the firm. Academic and Lecturing Experience ________________________________________________________________________________ 2018-Present GESTMUSIC FORMACIÓ / FACULTAT DE COMUNICACIÓ BLANQUERNA (Universitat Ramon Llull) - MASTER’S degree in Entertainment Television Contents - Teacher of IP law, image & publicity rights and legal aspects of protection and exploitation of entertainment contents. 2018-Present RAINDANCE BARCELONA – Lecturer for workshops on IP and related entertainment Rights for film & TV professionals. 2017 ISDE (Instituto Superior de Derecho y Economía) - MASTER’S degree in International Law, Foreign Trade & International Relations - Teacher of IP law, image & publicity rights, Unfair Competition Law, Trade Secret Law and legal aspects of protection and exploitation of intangible IP assets. - XAL (Local Broadcasting Networks of the Diputación of Barcelona) – Training course for internal executive and staff members on “Executive Production, Development and Production of Audiovisual Formats” - Designer and teacher of the whole content for the module “Intangible Rights in the Creation, Production and Exploitation of Entertainment Formats” - GESTMUSIC FORMACIÓ / Universitat Rovira i Virgili - MASTER’S degree in Entertainment Television Contents - Teacher of IP law, image & publicity rights and legal aspects of protection and exploitation of entertainment contents. - FACULTAT DE COMUNICACIÓ BLANQUERNA (Universitat Ramon Llull) - Teacher of entertainment and audiovisual law in the Master’s Degree on Production and Management of Audiovisual Companies. 2011 C.R.I.F. LAS ACACIAS (Autonomous Community of Madrid) - Designer and teacher of the training course “Intellectual Property in the Audiovisual and Entertainment Industry” for the faculty of Las Acacias. 2011 UNIERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID – Master’s degree in IT and IP Law - Lecturer on “Contracts for the Acquisition of Rights in Audiovisual Production” as part of the Audiovisual Law Module. - LENER - Lecturer on IP law, image & publicity rights and unfair competition in many events and workshops organized by the firm. - INSTITUTO EUROPEO DI DESIGN (IED Barcelona) - Teacher of IP, image & publicity rights and legal aspects of Advertising, Fashion, Marketing and Communication. 2009 MAGISTER LVCENTINUS (Master’s Degree in IP and IT Law of the Universidad de Alicante) Lecturer on “IP-based contents and their management”, “Rights concerned in the creation and exploitation of a typical 2.0 business: an on line user-interactive music service” and “The website as a container, broadcaster and receiver of communications, content and data”. 2009 INSTITUTO ADOLFO POSADA (Oviedo) – Designer and Teacher of the Course “Protection of intangible goods and cultural management: intellectual property and related rights”. 2009 A.A.A. MAGISTER LUCENTINUS and UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA – Day Conference “Intellectual Property and New Technologies” – Moderator of the round table on “Intellectual Property in the Digital Environment” and also giving a lecture on “Rights concerned in the creation and exploitation of a typical 2.0 business: an on line user-interactive music service”. 2008 CATALAN FILMS & TV and THE CANADIAN CONSULATE IN BARCELONA – Day Conference “Meeting between the Canadian and Catalan animation industry” – Lecture on “Overview of the Spanish animation industry and sources of government funding for Spanish-Canadian co-productions”. 2007 XAL (Local Broadcasting Networks of the Diputación of Barcelona) – Training course on “Copyright, Contracts and Taxation in the Audiovisual Sector” - Lecture on “Protection of Audiovisual Contents: Tools and Strategies”. 2007 AIJA (Intl’ Assoc. of Young Lawyers) – Seminar in Lisbon on “Digital Media 2.0: future challenges for the media, sport and entertainment industries” – Lecture on “Legal aspects and requirements for the creation and exploitation of a typical 2.0 business: an on line user-interactive music service”. 2007 FAD (Fostering Arts and Design) Barcelona – Lecture on “Protection of aesthetic and design creations”. 2007 BARCELONA ACTIVA– Training Program “Ready For Growth – Sector Media” “Protection of Media Contents: tools and Strategies”. 2006 EUIPO (European Union Intellectual Property Office) Formerly OHIM - Summer Academy 2006 – Lecture “From Ideas to IP Assets. Legal Strategies and Tools”. 2006 AIJA (Intl’ Assoc. of Young Lawyers) / IBA (International Bar Association) – Seminar in Madrid on “Research and Innovation: Meeting the challenges of developing and commercializing intellectual property” – Moderator of the round table on “Design and Fashion”. Last updated in March 2020 ! 2 Lecture on 2006 UFI (Indep. Phonogram Producers Assoc.) / ICEX – Seminar in Madrid on “The Music Industry in the Digital Era” – Moderator of the round table on “Intellectual Property and Music Business”. 2005 MAGISTER LVCENTINUS (Master’s Degree in IP and IT Law of the Universidad de Alicante) – Lecture on “Entertainment Contracts” and “Counterfeiting”. 2004 AIJA (Intl’ Assoc. of Young Lawyers) – Seminar in Madrid “Intellectual Property and Labor Law: Who Owns Your Brain” – Lecturer on “Audiovisual Industry Main Issues” and moderator of the round table on “Intellectual Property Legal Problems for Specific Industries”. 2002 AEPA (Spanish Assoc. Of Animation Producers) – Course in Madrid on “International Development of Animation Series” – Lectures on “Contracts with Authors of Audiovisual Works” and “Secondary Exploitation of Audiovisual Works”. Training & Education ________________________________________________________________________________ 2010 DENAE – ICAM, Madrid - Forum “Financing of Cultural Industries. Challenges for the XXI Century” 2010 ICAA - CREA SGR (formerly AUDIOVISUAL AVAL SGR), Madrid - Seminar "A fresh look at financing and investing in cinema production in Spain " 2007 ICEC (Institut Català de les Empreses Culturals), Barcelona - “Digital Music 2.0” 2004 VII SGAE International Seminar, Madrid - “The New Spanish Law on Intellectual Property” 1999 Universitat d’Alacant - V MAGISTER LVCENTINVS, Alicante – Master’s Degree in IP and IT Law First prize winner for final thesis “The Author’s rights of Translators: The invisible man”. 1998 Universiteit van Amsterdam (UvA) Law School, The Netherlands - Diploma “Amsterdam Law Program” (ALP). majoring in International Law and the Philosophy of Law via ERASMUS. 1998 Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), España – Law School 1996 London Guildhall University, U.K. – Diplomas on “Intellectual Property” (with distinction) and on “Legal Foundations of the Signe European Market”. 1996 Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), España – Diploma on “Lessons on American Law”. 1992 Colegio Sant Ignasi (Jesuitas de Sarrià), Barcelona, España - High School, including junior year -) at Blackfoot High School, Blackfoot, Idaho (USA). 1991 University of Cambridge, U.K. - “Certificate of Proficiency in English” 1988 Colegio Sant Ignasi (Jesuitas de Sarrià), Barcelona, España – Grade School Language skills ________________________________________________________________________________ Spanish Catalan English Italian French Native Native Full professional proficiency Basic command Basic command ________________________________________________________________________________ Last updated in March 2020 ! 3