Team
ELZABURU
Mabel Klimt
Lawyer specializing in intellectual property and entertainment law
With over 25 years of experience, Mabel Klimt advises national and international clients in the field of intellectual property, with a special focus on cultural projects and the entertainment industry.
As director of the area of Media & Entertainment and Managing Partner of ELZABURU, her practice encompasses comprehensive advice to audiovisual productions —film, television, advertising, animation and live shows— and performing arts, as well as the legal and financial structuring of projects, including tax incentives, public aid, grants and sponsorship agreements, leading multidisciplinary teams.
She participates in all phases of the production process, from negotiating option rights to distribution, including licensing, merchandising, and content exploitation. She also regularly advises companies and professionals in sectors such as print media, publishing, photography, design, fashion, music, and social media. Strategic management of image rights and publicity rights is another of her main areas of expertise.
Teaching activity
He carries out extensive academic activity as a speaker in various postgraduate programs specializing in intellectual property, digital law and audiovisual production, among which the following stand out:
- Master's Degree in Intellectual Property, Industrial Property and New Technologies and Master's Degree in Legal Advice in Artificial Intelligence, Digital Contracting and Data Protection from the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM)
- Master's Degree in Telecommunications Law and Information and Communication Technologies (Carlos III)
- Master's degrees in Project Management and Audiovisual Companies, Master's degree in Executive Production and Diploma in Production (ECAM)
- International Master's Degree in Production (Film Institute)
- Master of Entertainment Law: Audiovisual, Music, Sports and Entertainment Industry (ISDE)
- Master's Degree in Intellectual Property (ICADE)
- Course for Access to Law and Solicitorship organized by the Illustrious College of Lawyers of Madrid (ICAM).
- Diploma of advanced specialization in copyright law and artificial intelligence (EPJ-UCM).
Training
- Graduated in Law from the University of Salvador, Argentina.
- Practicing lawyer since 2005.
- Master in Private Law from the Illustrious Bar Association of Madrid.
- Master's degree in Film, Television and Interactive Media from Rey Juan Carlos University.
- Master (honoris causa) in Entertainment Law from the Higher Institute of Law and Economics (ISDE).
- Executive Program in Corporate Governance – 1st edition, by the Illustrious College of Lawyers of Madrid.
- PhD candidate in law, government and public policy (intellectual property) at the Autonomous University of Madrid.
Practice Areas
- Audiovisual Law.
- Entertainment Law.
- Technology, Media and Telecommunications Law (TMT).
- Copyright.
- Personality rights and corporate reputation.
- Digital law.
“Her efficiency and talent gained our loyalty and trust, and her ability to respond gives security in complex and multifaceted situations”
Chambers Global
Associations of which he is a member
Member of Denae, AIPPI, ASIPI, ADA, ASEDA, ALADDA. Secretary General of PATE and ALIA. Member of the Spanish Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences. 5th Deputy of the Governing Board of the Madrid Bar Association – Head of Technology, Digitization and Culture.
Languages
Spanish, English
Recognitions
Chambers Global & Europe, WIPR Leaders, Best Lawyers in Spain, 100 leading women in the legal sector, Leaders League (Best law firms for technology and copyright in Spain), The Legal 500 (Intellectual Property), Managing Intellectual Property IP Stars: Copyright & Top 250 Women in IP 2025, Iberian Lawyers IP&TMT Awards, Todo juristas (Best Law Professors), Top 100 Influential Women Leaders in IP Law.
Mabel Klimt
- Managing Partner
- Legal area. Media & Entertainment
- mky@elzaburu.es
Associations of which he is a member
DENAE, Art Law Association (ADA), ASIPI, ASEDA, Women in a Legal World
Languages
Spanish, English
Seniority in the firm
2019
Experience
- Specialist in legal advice for cultural and entertainment projects
- Member of the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain.
- Secretary of ALIA (Audiovisual Industrial Alliance)
- Secretary of Audiovisual Producers of Televisions of Spain (PATE).
- Former General Secretary of the Federation of Spanish Audiovisual Producers Associations (FAPAE).
- Former President of the Spanish Entertainment Law Association (DENAE).
- Co-director of the Research Seminar on the Audiovisual Industry in Spain of the Ortega – Marañón Foundation
Training
- Lawyer (University of Salvador, Argentina).
- Registered in 2005, Madrid.
- Master in Private Law (Illustrious Bar Association of Madrid).
- Master in Cinema, Television and Interactive Media (Rey Juan Carlos University).
Practice Areas
- Copyright and image rights.
- Personality rights and corporate reputation.
- New technologies: internet, e-commerce and social networks.
- ICT Law.
- IP Media & Entertainment.
- ICTs.
- Gaming
- Audiovisual Productions.
