Yago Vázquez Moraga 

Yago represents the firm's clients in all types of legal proceedings, in matters of a civil, commercial, contentious-administrative or criminal nature, as well as in national and international arbitration proceedings. He has extensive experience in complex legal procedures, including those related to EU and competition law, having also acted, on multiple occasions, as an expert in Spanish law before foreign courts, preparing and defending opinions before the court in matters within his expertise.

His experience in this field includes filing extraordinary cassation appeals before the Supreme Court, as well as intervening in proceedings before the Constitutional Court, having achieved to raise a question of unconstitutionality before said body and intervening in the subsequent constitutional process. 

In the business field, he regularly advises companies from various industries, with his experience in the e-commerce, social media, marketing, betting, media and entertainment sectors bearing special mention, and provides comprehensive advice on relevant matters, such as consumer law, international trade, logistics, advertising, data protection and contracts related to said activities. In terms of TMT, he regularly advises companies in the audiovisual and technological sector on issues such as the negotiation and commercialization of audiovisual rights and products, preparation of image rights contracts, sponsorship contracts and all kinds of agreements related to the development of software and technology. In these matters, he defends the firm’s clients in procedures of all kinds before the competent regulatory and administrative authorities in each of these matters, including the CNMC.

His experience in the field of energy law is also noteworthy, where he has provided advice for years to companies in the sector, including energy suppliers and renewable energy companies.

In sports matters, he advises various stakeholders in the sports and entertainment industry (clubs, athletes, agents, federations, artists, gamers and e-gaming companies, among others) on contractual, regulatory, and disciplinary matters. It is worth noting his extensive experience in sports arbitration, having intervened in more than 130 international arbitration proceedings before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (TAS), based in Lausanne, Switzerland. He is a member of the Dispute Resolution Chamber (DRC) of the International Boxing Association (IBA), based in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Yago has been recognized for his work by legal directories such as Best Lawyers, Media Law International, and Leaders League. In addition, he is a member of The Law Reviews Expert Panel on Sports Law and Media and Entertainment Law.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Law, Universitat de Barcelona

• Master of Advanced Studies (MAS) in Law, Universitat de Barcelona

Teaching Engagements

Yago is a professor in various master’s degree programs and specialized courses, such as the Master’s in International Sports Law at the Instituto Superior de Derecho y Economia (ISDE), the International Master’s in Sports Law and Management ISDE-KPMG, the Master’s in Esports Business at ISDE, the Master’s in Law Applied to Professional Football at LaLiga, and the Diploma in Sports Law at the Universidad Austral de Buenos Aires, among others.

Publications

• "Spain", in In depth: Sports Law. Lexology, 2024.

• "Eliminación y reducción de sanciones de inhabilitación en materia de dopaje en base al factor de la culpa del atleta", in GONZÁLEZ MULLIN, H. et alia. Anuario de Derecho Deportivo. La Ley Uruguay, 2024.

• "Cotitularidad entre clubes de porcentajes de futuras transferencias del jugador de fútbol. El propio jugador de fútbol como cotitular", in CRESPO, D., Derecho deportivo: ordenamiento nacional e internacional del fútbol. Editorial Estudio, 2024.

• "Spain", 5th ed., in In depth: Media and Entertainment Law, ed. Benjamin E Marks. Lexology, 2023.

• "Spain", 9th ed, in RAMONI, C., The Sports Law Review. Law Business Research, 2023.  

• "Dealing with social media influencers". LexisNexis, 2023.

• "Nociones fundamentales de la prueba en el TAS", in CAS Bulletin 2022/1. 

• "Spain", 4th ed., in MARKS E, B., The Media and Entertainment Law Review. Law Business Research, 2022.

• "Spain", in RAMONI, C., The Sports Law Review. Law Business Research, 2022. 

• "Dealing with social media influencers". LexisNexis, 2022.

• "Procedimientos paralelos y litispendencia", in PÉREZ TRIVIÑO, J.L., FERRER, L., et alia, El arbitraje en el TAS. Funcionamiento, procedimiento y cuestiones prácticas más relevantes. Aranzadi, 2021. 

• "Estándares de prueba en el Tribunal Arbitral del Deporte", in ORTEGA BURGOS, E., GARCÍA CABA, M.Á., FERRER, L., et alia, Derecho deportivo 2021. Tirant lo Blanch, 2021.

• "Spain", 3rd ed., in MARKS E, B., The Media and Entertainment Law Review. Law Business Research, 2021.

• "Spain", 7th ed., in RAMONI, C., in The Sports Law Review. Law Business Research, 2021. 

• "Spain", 2nd ed., in "The Media and Entertainment Law Review", ed. R. Benjamin E Marks. Londres: Law Business Research, 2020. 

• "Spain", 6th ed., in GUROVITS, A., The Sports Law Review. Law Business Research, 2020.

• "La prejudicialidad en el arbitraje ante el Tribunal Arbitral del Deporte (TAS)", in ORTEGA BURGOS, E., GARCÍA CABA, M.Á., FERRER, L., et alia, Derecho deportivo 2020. Tirant lo Blanch, 2020. 

• "Spain", 5th ed., in GUROVITS, A., The Sports Law Review. Law Business Research, 2019. 

• "Spain", 1st ed., in RICH, B. R., MARKS E. B., The Media and Entertainment Law Review. Law Business Research, 2019. 

• "Spain", 4th ed. in GUROVITS, A., The Sports Law Review. Law Business Research, 2019. 

• "La determinación de las sanciones disciplinarias en la normativa futbolística internacional: consideraciones generales y desarrollo jurisprudencial en el Tribunal Arbitral Du Sport (TAS)", in Revista Aranzadi de Derecho de Deporte y Entretenimiento, issue 60 (2018).

• "Spain", in The Chambers Global Sport Law 2018.

• "Spain", 3rd ed., in GUROVITS, A., The Sports Law Review, ed. András Gurovits. Law Business Research, 2017. 

• "Rescission clauses in Spain: an unsettled CAS debate", in EPFL Legal Newsletter, issue 1/2018.

• "Spain", 2nd ed., in GUROVITS, A., The Sports Law Review. Law Business Research, 2016. 

• "Spain: the Spanish Media Market", in Media Law International, 2016.

• "El tratamiento de las cláusulas penales en la jurisprudencia del Tribunal Arbitral du Sport (TAS) sobre fútbol", in Revista Aranzadi de Derecho Deporte y Entretenimiento, issue 49 (2015).

• "Spain", in GUROVITS, A., "The Sports Law Review". Law Business Research, 2015. 

• "A vueltas con las cláusulas suelo. Reflexiones en torno al Acuerdo de los Magistrados de lo Mercantil de Barcelona de 21 de noviembre de 2014", in Economist & Jurist, issue 188 (2015).

• "Incidencias y problemas procesales que más entorpecen en la actualidad el procedimiento", in Economist & Jurist, issue 185 (2014).

• "El arbitraje en el ámbito deportivo: el Tribunal Arbitral du Sport: caracteres generales de dicha corte y sus procedimientos", in Spain Arbitration Review, issue 20 (2014).

• "Stay tuned. You may, now, really, do it on the move. Sports media regulations in Spain", in Sports Law Bulletin, issue 11 (August 2012-October 2013).

• "Ley 37/2011, de 'Agilización procesal': elevación de cuantía y supresión del trámite de preparación" [13 April 2012].

• "Sport Image rights in Spain", in The International Sports Law Journal, issue 3-4 (2010).

• "Legal Regulation of Sports of Sports Betting in Spain and its History", in The International Sports Law Journal, issue 3/4 (2009).

• "Reconventio reconventionis (Arts. 406 y 407 LEC)", in Justicia, issue 3-4/2007 (2007).

• "Regulación legal de las apuestas deportivas", in Revista Oficial de la Liga de Fútbol Profesional (March 2007).

• "Comentario al Anteproyecto de Ley de comercialización a distancia de los servicios financieros destinados a los consumidores", in vLex.com.

• "La prejudicialidad civil en el proceso civil. Análisis del Art. 43 LEC y Jurisprudencia relacionada", in Economist & Jurist, issue 101 (2006).

• "Firma digital y comercio electrónico", in LOPDate.

Presentations and conferences

• "La sostenibilidad del fútbol europeo y la Superliga", ISDE Sports Convention Opening Ceremony (March 2023)

• "La carga de la prueba y valoración del Tribunal Arbitral, las pruebas de oficio y las facultades del árbitro". XV Congreso Internacional de Arbitraje IPA. (Instituto Peruano de Arbitraje, August 2021).

• "Recursos contra el laudo ante el TAS. ¿Qué criterios son frecuentemente mencionados por las partes?". 23rd edition of the webinar "Arbitraje en materia de Derecho Deportivo". Instituto Peruano de Arbitraje (June 2021).

• "Arbitraje en materia de derecho deportivo". 17th edition of the webinar "Arbitraje en materia de Derecho Deportivo”. Instituto Peruano de Arbitraje (September 2020). 

• "La prejudicialidad en el ámbito del arbitraje internacional ". VI Simposio Consinter en la mesa "Derecho procesal internacional y derecho internacional procesal".  (Conselho Internacional de Estudios Contemporâneos em Pós-Graduação, Universitat de Barcelona, October 2019).

• Spanish national expert in the "Study on Sports Organisers' Rights in the European Union". European Commission by the TMC Asser Instituut of The Hague and the Institute for Information Law (IViR) of the University of Amsterdam (February 2014). 

• Spanish national expert in the European Commission Project (Project HOME/2010/ISEC/AG/081) "Prevention of Fraud, Corruption and Bribery Committed through Legal Entities for the Purpose of Financial and Economic Gain". TMC Asser Instituut of The Hague and the Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM) in cooperation with the Ministry of Justice of the Netherlands (Warsaw, July 13th, 2012).