Maryant Fernández

Maryant Fernández

Senior Policy Advisor

Maryant is a Senior Policy Advisor at European Digital Rights (EDRi) and a lawyer admitted to the Madrid bar association since 2012. She specialises in the defence and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms online in the European Union. She works on intermediary liability (e-commerce, illegal hate speech, counter-terrorism, child protection), digital trade, network neutrality, transparency and internet governance. Maryant is the author of several papers and publications and speaker at multiple conferences in Europe and around the world. Prior to joining the EDRi Brussels Office in 2014, she gained experience at the law firm CCA-ONTIER, Décathlon, the Spanish Ministry of Public Works, the European Law Moot Court Society and the CEU San Pablo University. Maryant received her education from the CEU San Pablo University, the Université Catholique de Lille, the Instituto de Empresa and the Universidade Católica Portuguesa. She holds an LLM in Law in a European and Global Context. Maryant is fluent in English, Spanish, French and Portuguese.