Business law · Barcelona · EN / ES / CA · Remote
Your company's legal team, without hiring one.
LegalBytes is the practice of Eduard Pinedo, a lawyer who advises companies on contracts, corporate law, data, technology and intellectual property — remotely, in English, Spanish or Catalan, and with a Common Law perspective on how deals are written.
Practical. Remote. In English.
Practice areas
The law a company meets every day
From the contracts you sign each week to the rules on data and AI: practical advice, written so your team can act on it.
Contract law
Commercial, service, licensing and tech contracts: drafted, reviewed and negotiated.
Details →Business & corporate law
Company structuring, shareholders' agreements, corporate governance and commercial operations.
Details →Data protection & AI
GDPR compliance, data processing agreements, records, DPIAs and AI Act obligations.
Details →New technologies
Websites, apps, e-commerce, platforms, digital services and IT contracts.
Details →Intellectual property
Trademarks, software, content, licences and assignment of rights.
Details →Crypto-assets & MiCA
MiCA regime, token classification, white papers and crypto-asset services.
Details →Fractional counsel
An external lawyer for your company on a monthly retainer.
Details →Common Law perspective
Spanish and EU law, explained the way your contracts are written
Many companies negotiate in English and work with common-law contract structures: recitals, representations and warranties, indemnities, limitation of liability, governing-law clauses. We draft and review in English and explain how those clauses work — or do not — under Spanish and EU law.
- Contracts drafted and negotiated in English
- Common-law structures read against Spanish and EU law
- The differences that matter, explained plainly
- Advice in English, Spanish and Catalan
How we work
A firm built to work remotely
- 01
A first call
By video call, to understand your company and what you need.
- 02
A written proposal
Scope and fees in writing: per project, or a monthly retainer.
- 03
Signed and done online
Engagement letter and documents signed electronically, wherever you are.
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One lawyer
The lawyer you speak to is the lawyer who does the work.
Regulatory calendar
AI Act and MiCA: the dates that matter
The key application dates of the AI Act (as amended in 2026) and of MiCA, taken from the Official Journal of the EU.
- 2 Dec 2026AI ActNew prohibitions on AI that generates non-consensual intimate imagery or child sexual abuse material apply; generative AI systems placed on the market before 2 August 2026 must comply with the marking obligation of Article 50(2).
- 2 Dec 2027AI ActObligations for high-risk AI systems listed in Annex III (for example, employment, credit, education) apply.
- 31 Dec 2027MiCADeadline for trading platforms to ensure white papers for crypto-assets admitted to trading before 30 December 2024.
The lawyer
Eduard Pinedo
Lawyer, member of the Barcelona Bar (ICAB), practising on his own account. He started LegalBytes in 2022 as a legal-tech and digital-assets project and today advises companies on business law, with a particular eye for technology.
Eduard Pinedo is a lawyer registered with the Barcelona Bar (ICAB). He is not a solicitor or barrister of England and Wales.
About LegalBytes →Who we work with
Companies that want a lawyer on their side
Growing companies without an in-house lawyer
Founders, CEOs and CFOs who need contracts, corporate matters and compliance handled properly, without a full-time legal department.
Companies with a legal team that needs support
Heads of Legal and in-house teams who need an external lawyer for overflow, specific projects or a second opinion.
Companies that do business in English
Businesses whose partners, investors or customers work with English-language, common-law style contracts.
Tell us what your company needs
A short message is enough. We will reply to arrange a first call and, if we can help, send a written proposal with the fees agreed beforehand.