Ashurst appoints Alfonso González-Espejo as counsel
Ashurst has appointed Alfonso González-Espejo (pictured left) as new counsel for the public law practice in the Madrid office.
González-Espejo is a state lawyer with extensive experience in both the public and private sectors.
As a State Lawyer he has been, among others, Head of the State Attorney’s Office in the Ministry of Public Administrations and also held the positions of Secretary General and Secretary of the Board of Directors of the National Energy Commission.
In the private sector he has been Secretary of the Board of Directors, General Secretary and Director of the Legal Department of Grupo LAR, Director of the Legal Office of the General Secretariat of Bankia and in recent years Partner in the Financial Legal Services Department of KPMG Abogados, in Madrid.
“I am delighted to be joining Ashurst where I look forward to boosting the Public Law practice and complementing the outstanding advice provided by Ashurst, among others, in transactional transactions in regulated sectors, where there is a growing demand for expertise, such as the energy sector or in financial services, as well as to develop and advise on projects to implement new rules in regulated sectors that are subject to constant regulatory review,” said González-Espejo.
