Iberian Lawyer Gold Awards 2018 shortlist announced
The shortlist for the Iberian Lawyer Gold Awards 2018 has been confirmed.
The Gold Awards by Iberian Lawyer recognise excellence among legal and compliance professionals who are bringing a competitive edge to their business. This includes professionals working at Spanish and Portuguese businesses – at home or abroad – or professionals employed by the Iberian operations of international businesses.
The Gold Awards Jury said there had been a great number of “excellent entries” for the awards from “very highly qualified and experienced lawyers that demonstrated great flexibility to face the current market complexities”. For information about the awards jury, click here
The winners per category will be announced at the awards ceremony on 24th October in Madrid. Tickets for the awards ceremony can be booked here
There are a total of 10 awards categories and the finalists per category are as follows:
CORPORATE TEAM
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Portugal |
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André Nobre, Head of legal & compliance , PME Investimentos |
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Carla López, Legal counsel manager, Samsung Electrónica Portuguesa |
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Isabel Fernandes, Head of legal & secretary of the board, Grupo Visabeira SGPS |
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Patrícia Afonso Fonseca, Head of legal, Novo Banco |
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Spain |
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Javier Illescas, Head of corporate legal, Banco Santander |
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Jose Luis Luna García, Head of legal, Abengoa |
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María Luisa Vara, General counsel, Azora |
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Tamara Wegmann, Senior vicepresident compliance & data privacy, NH Hotel |
DISPUTE MANAGEMENT TEAM – IBERIA
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Alma Gómez Valdés, Deputy director legal department,Técnicas Reunidas |
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Carlos J Gutiérrez García, Chief counsel – litigation, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy |
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Carlos Menor Gómez, Head of legal, Thyssenkrupp Elevadores (OU Iberia & Africa) |
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Javier Ramírez Iglesias, vice president & associated general gounsel, HP Inc. |
FINANCING TEAM – IBERIA
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Eva Argilés, general counsel, Applus |
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Julia Bayón, Head of Santander corporate & investment banking legal, Banco Santander SA |
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Verónica Enciso Losilla, Head of Global finance legal services, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) |
COMPETITION/REGULATORY TEAM – IBERIA
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Ainhoa Madrazo, General counsel, ISDIN |
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Carmen Neira, Senior counsel south west europe, PepsiCo |
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Isabel Charraz, Country legal counsel, Citibank Europe Plc |
COMPLIANCE TEAM
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Portugal |
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Alexandra Reis, Senior counsel, Philip Morris International (Tabaqueira) |
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Francisco Sebastian, Head of legal, ANA – AEROPORTOS DE PORTUGAL |
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Nuno Moraes Bastos, Chief legal and compliance officer, Banco Santander Consumer Portugal |
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Spain |
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Julieta Acuña Álvarez-Uría, Head of legal & secretary of the board, Bayer Iberia |
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Germán González Avecilla, Chief compliance officer, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy |
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Sandra Olivera Cervantes, Chief compliance & integrity officer, Seat Group |
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Silvia Madrid, Head of legal & compliance, UniCredit |
DATA PRIVACY – IBERIA
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Lourdes Fraguas Gadea, General secretary & head of legal, Farmaindustria |
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Maria Echeverria Torres, Head of legal and compliance Europe, Nokia Solutions and Networks Corporation |
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Margarita Mínguez, Head of legal, Privalia |
TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION IN THE LEGAL SECTOR – IBERIA
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Carmen Fradejas Ufano, Legal director of innovation and payment service, Banco Santander SA |
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Gloria Sánchez Soriano, Head of transformation – legal department, Banco Santander |
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Sandra Martín Morán, General counsel, Insudpharma |
INTERNATIONAL TEAM- FOCUS AFRICA
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Carlos Menor Gómez, Head of legal, Thyssenkrupp Elevadores Isabel Fernándes, Head of legal & secretary of the board, Grupo Visabeira SGPS |
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Javier Prados Mateos, General counsel & company secretary, Alten Renewable Energy |
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Manuel Luís Gonçalves, Head of legal, Casais Group |
INTERNATIONAL TEAM – FOCUS LATIN AMERICA
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Javier Prados Mateos, General counsel & company secretary, Alten Renewable Energy |
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Juan Carlos Alfonso Rubio, General secretary and secretary of The Board, Aena |
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Luis Alberto Cárdenas Díaz, Head of corporate and commercial legal affairs, Banco Sabadell |
LEGAL TEAM OF THE YEAR
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Portugal |
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André Fernandes Nobre, Head of legal & compliance, PME investimentos |
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António Neto Alves, Legal counsel and company secretary, The Navigator Company |
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Francisco Sebastian, Head of legal, ANA – AEROPORTOS DE PORTUGAL |
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Patricia Mendes, Head of legal & compliance, Volkswagen |
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Spain |
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Francesc Casajuana Cuscó, General counsel, Danone |
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Juan Carlos Alfonso Rubio, General secretary and secretary of the board, Aena |
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Julieta Acuña Álvarez-Uría, Head of law, compliance officer, data privacy and secretary of the board, Bayer Iberia |
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María González Ordóñez, Director, Head Spain, Portugal, UK, Israel and SSA, Google Spain |
Lawyer of the Year 2018 – IBERIA
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Carlos Martins Ferreira, Group General counsel and company secretary, Jeronimo Martins |
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Eduardo Arbizu, General Counsel, BBVA Group |
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José Julio Figueroa, Head of legal , Acciona Energía |
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Maria Luz Medrano, Group Vice General Counsel & Corporate Legal Services, Telefónica |
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Congratulations to all the finalists!
The winners will be announced at the Awards Ceremony which will take place on 24 October in Madrid. Tickets can be purchased here. Earlybird discount finishes on 28th September.
Any questions or for further information please send an email to goldawards@iberianlegalgroup.com
