Manuel Morata named Corporate Development Director at Navarro

Navarro, a law firm specialized in business law, has appointed Manuel Morata as its new Corporate Development Director, where he will lead the firm’s acquisition and integration strategy as part of its long-term growth plan.

With a strong background in the healthcare sector, where he successfully spearheaded consolidation processes, acquisitions, and integrations, Morata will bring his expertise to strengthen Navarro’s inorganic growth strategy.

This appointment is a cornerstone of Navarro’s strategic plan to address the key challenges currently reshaping the legal sector: consolidation, the entry of investment funds into the legal market, the rise of artificial intelligence, and the transformation of how legal services are delivered.

The firm champions an “lawyers-for-lawyers” integration model, aimed at building a leading, cohesive, and sustainable law firm. Unlike other projects in the sector, Navarro’s model excludes investment funds or private equity, thereby avoiding potential conflicts of interest while ensuring independence, autonomy, and a strong client-service vocation.

Navarro aspires to become a key operator in the transformation of the Spanish legal sector and to lead the mid-market business law segment within the next decade. After doubling its revenue over the past five years, the firm now aims to quadruple it within the next three, combining organic growth with targeted acquisitions in Valencia, Bilbao, Seville, Zaragoza, and Barcelona, while reinforcing its presence in Madrid, Málaga, and Galicia.

“With Manuel’s arrival, we take an important step toward building an ambitious and distinctive project. His international experience, strategic vision, and expertise in integration processes will be crucial to consolidating a balanced, meritocratic model focused on collective growth,” said Alejandro Navarro, Managing Partner of the firm.