Dentons elects Jabier Badiola to the firm’s European Council

Jabier Badiola, managing partner of Dentons’ Spanish office, has been elected to the firm’s European Council following a vote by all European partners. His term of office begins with immediate effect and ends on June 30, 2026.

The European Council is a governance body that provides oversight to the European CEO and the team he leads, and reviews major strategic decisions, initiatives and policies on behalf of Dentons’ partners across Continental Europe and Central Asia.

Jabier Badiola

Jabier Badiola has been a partner at Dentons since 2015 and has led the Spanish office as managing partner since 2020, driving its success and bringing on board several new partners in the most strategic areas for the firm. In addition to his new role as a member of the Board, he will continue to serve as managing partner in Spain and advise clients as partner responsible for the Banking and Finance practice in Spain. He advises clients on a wide range of syndicated loan transactions, including acquisition financings, structured financings, project financings, corporate loans and debt restructurings.

“I would like to express my sincere thanks to all the partners for trusting me to join the European Council. It is an honor to be able to contribute and support in the development of Dentons’ overall strategy and growth in the coming years,” said Jabier Badiola.

“I would like to congratulate Jabier on his election and look forward to working with him, the other Board Members and our CEO Tomasz Dąbrowski “to further advance our strategy and strengthen Dentons’ position in Europe and Central Asia,” said Federico Sutti, Chairman of the European Board.