The winners of the Iberian Lawyer 2022 Gold Awards were announced during the gala ceremony held at the Wellington hotel. In their VI Edition, the Gold Awards recognized, once again, the excellence amongst in-house professionals in Spain and Portugal. On this occasion, the Gold Awards were celebrated after the Legalday. The Gold Awards have been […]
Iberdrola has hired Carlota Catalán (pictured) as head of litigation to further strengthen the area. Catalán holds a law degree and a master’s degree in law from Esade, and furthered her knowledge at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid specialising in criminal justice. Previously, she developed her professional career at González Franco Abogados, Ilocad and […]
New role at JLL for Maria Mariniello (pictured): she has been appointed head of legal and compliance for the Southern Europe Cluster, which includes Spain, Portugal and Italy. In the position, she reports to Teresa Martin, JLL’s newly appointed EMEA general counsel. The latter previously held the very same role that is now held by […]
Alantra has hired Patricia Zumalacárregui (pictured) as a new director in its legal department. Zumalacárregui has a degree in law and business administration from ICADE, and is registered as a practising lawyer in Spain, England and Wales. She also specialises in M&A transactions, capital markets and restructurings. Among her functions within the spanish investment bank, […]
Phoenix Tower International (PTI), based in Boca Raton (Florida, USA), has hired Miguel Garrido de las Heras (pictured) as general secretary, senior vice president, director of regulatory compliance and director of asset management. Garrido has more than 25 years of experience, after working at CMS and Allen & Overy he has always been linked to […]
An ally and not a burden. This is what a legal department should be, according to Pilar López Carracedo’s vision. After eight years in the Barcelona office of Garrigues, the lawyer joined the Spanish hotel group Hesperia in September 2013 as director of legal advisory services, in 2015 she became general manager of the property […]
The international firm, DomusVi, has appointed Carolina Tardin (pictured) as new head of legal. DomusVi is one of the leading european operators in the long-term care sector. It has more than 20,000 employees in Spain and 335 centres in Europe and Latin America for elderly, disability and mental health care. With more than 20 years […]
Zuriñe Atienza (pictured) has joined Hays as HR business partner from July. Atienza comes from KPMG Abogados, where she was a lawyer in the labour department since February 2020. Previously she has worked in Grant Thornton Spain, starting as a trainee and becoming in the end associate. Atienza started her career as a trainee in […]
João Monge de Gouveia is the new head of legal of the doValue Group Portugal. This recently created position is designed to create synergies between all departments and all legal units of the Group in Portugal. João Monge de Gouveia will report directly to the CEO of doValue Portugal, Isabel Teixeira and functionally to the […]
By ilaria iaquinta “New Beginnings from an inspiring perspective.” This is the title of ACC Europe’s annual conference, which gathered the European members of the Association of Corporate Counsel (the “N world’s largest international association of corporate lawyers with over 45,000 members in 90 countries) in Madrid on May 22-24. The traditional annual meeting, which […]
