Eversheds adds Legal director from Pérez-Llorca

Eversheds Sutherland has signed Elena García as a Legal director for its Litigation area

Elena García (pictured) advises Spanish and international clients on Litigious and pre-Litigious matters, including disputes arising from issues related to construction law, energy, agency, distribution and franchising agreements, directors’ liability, civil liability and damages. Elena also has experience in domestic and international Arbitration.

She joins Eversheds Sutherland Litigation area from Pérez-Llorca, where she joined in January 2019. Previous to that she worked in the Litigation & Arbitration area of De Carlos Remón for four years.
She is a Law graduate from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and passed in 2013 the competitive state exams for Access to the Judicial Profession.

The role of legal director was established at Eversheds as a new career path intended as an alternative to the traditional partner route, after the senior associate role.