Miguel Fernández Benavides, a lawyer in ONTIER’s Litigation and Arbitration department, is, at 31, one of the editors of the Hay Derecho blog, whose mission is to promote institutional regeneration, the fight against corruption and the defence of the Rule of Law. Featured in Iberian Lawyer’s “Rising Stars”, published last month, his extraordinary profile deserves […]
When Iberian Lawyer interviews general counsel and law firm clients across the globe, there is often a common theme that gets repeated. That clients are starting to care more about sector experience and specialisation rather
When Iberian Lawyer interviewed Ricardo Reigada Pereira, managing partner at RRP Advogados, one could feel the energy and enthusiasm from the outset of the conversation. It is undoubtedly this drive, together with Reigada Pereira’s
When a lawyer leaves the lucrative partnership of Morais Leitão at the age of 36, eyebrows would normally be raised. Even more so, when the said lawyer was one of their youngest partners ever at
Venezuelan by origin, Diolimar García is the Corporate Legal Director of the Alarms and Corporate Affairs business of Prosegur for 26 countries, reporting directly to the Group General Counsel. With her, Iberian Lawyer was able
Marta Oñoro, general counsel at Allfunds for more than a decade, leads a Legal department made up of 15 people in seven different offices: Madrid, Milan, Luxembourg, London, Zurich, Paris and Singapore. She has been
A Zaragozan lawyer, with more than 30 years in the European Union capital, José Rivas, head of Bird & Bird’s Brussels’ Competition practice, announces to Iberian Lawyer that he will now also lead the practice
Also known as “blank check companies”, SPACs have been around for decades, also in Europe and Spain, but in recent years, they have become more popular, attracting big-name underwriters and investors. This is a phenomenon
For most of the larger law firms in Portugal, announcing a woman as its new managing partner would be groundbreaking and a novelty. Not for Abreu Advogados. Inês Sequeira Mendes becomes the second female
For this month’s in-house interview, Iberian Lawyer had the pleasure of speaking with Ida de Brandão Triães, global associate general counsel & legal lead Portugal and Spain, at McKinsey & Company. Mckinsey
