40 Under Forty 2011

IBERIAN LAWYER 40 under Forty 2011

September 22, Barcelona

www.iberianlawyer.com www.iberianlawyer.com 40 under Forty Awards 2011 • • 40 under Forty Awards 2011 www.iberianlawyer.com 40 u n d e r f o r t y a w a r d s 2011 Rewarding Excellence Iberia’s Top Lawyers Under 40

As the Awards Jury of the Iberian Lawyer 40 under Forty Awards 2011, we are pleased to welcome you to the Awards Ceremony, where we are once IBERIAN LAWYER again recognising the achievement of the new generation helping to shape the future of the Iberian legal profession. Quality has been the sole criterion for judging candidates, however, the aim has been to recognise more than just legal excellence. Many of the winners are already playing a significant leadership role within their organisation and making a useful contribution to the wider society in which we live. The Awards are open to lawyers from any jurisdiction working on Iberian-related matters either within Spain and Portugal or anywhere around the world – under 40 – working within business, law firms, education or public service. We are very grateful to all of the lawyers who participated – there were over 200 nominations in total – including the clients and colleagues who nominated candidates and the managing partners and law firm business professionals who assisted Iberian Lawyer is proud to present their submissions. the 40 under Forty 2011 Awards in As you will see on the following pages, all 40 association with UNICEF. winners have already achieved exceptional results Each year many corporations and we look forward to hearing and following their continued future success. partner with UNICEF to make a difference in the lives of children. There are many smart ways to shape a high and long-term impact partnership. Timetable 19:00 - Welcome Drinks Iberian Lawyer and UNICEF 20:00 - Awards Ceremony España have created a mutually 21:00 - Gala Reception beneficial alliance to spread UNICEF´s voice to thousands of Venue stakeholders. Juan Carlos I Hotel This support is essential Avinguda Diagonal 661-671 to facilitate UNICEF projects 08028 Barcelona development in order to make Tel: +34 933 644 040 the world safer and healthier for www.hrjuancarlos.com children. www.iberianlawyer.com 40 under Forty Awards 2011 • 1 40 u n d e r f o r t y a w a r d s 2011

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Awards Jury 2011

• Antonio Alves • Tomás López Fernebrand General Counsel, Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Portucel Soporcel Group Secretary, Amadeus • Scott Appleton • Mónica López-Monís Editor, Iberian Lawyer General Secretary, Banesto • Consuelo Barbé • João Lourenço Director of Securities Market & Corporate General Counsel, Governance, Telefónica Millennium BCP • Luís Barreto Xavier • Silvia Madrid Head of LLM Programmes, Head of Legal for Spain and Portugal, Universidade Catolica Portuguesa The Royal Bank of Scotland • Enric Bartlett • Sandra Martín Dean, ESADE Law School Legal Director, INDRA • Marta Campomanes • Rui Mayer Head of Legal, Pernod Ricard General Counsel, GALP Energia • Marta Casas • Tiago Melo Head of Legal, Abertis Company Secretary, Brisa • Iñigo Cisneros • Concepción Molina Blázquez General Counsel, Gamesa Dean, Universidad Pontificia de Comillas - ICADE • Peter Cornell • Jesús Moreno Vivas Partner, Metric Capital Company Secretary, Correos • Maria da Cunha • Marina Paradela García General Counsel, British Airways Head of Legal, CEPSA Exploration and Production • José María de Areilza • Juan Pardo Dean, Senior Vice President, Legal & Compliance, IE Law School Sol Meliá • José María de Paz • Ana Pina Cabral Head of Legal, AGBAR Company Secretary, Millennium BCP • Gonzalo Fernández-Atela • Juan Riego Vila Chief Administration Officer, General Counsel, RBC Dexia Investor Services Carrefour Spain • Antonio García • John Rigau Head of Legal & Regulatory, Vice President and General Counsel, Jazztel PepsiCo Western Europe • Olga García • Francisco Sebastian Head of Legal – London, Legal Affairs Director, Banco Santander Aeroportos de Portugal • Luís Brito Goes • Joaquín Valenzuela General Counsel, Head of Legal and Compliance Iberia & South José de Mello American Region, Allianz • Leopoldo González-Echenique • Josep Maria Vilajosana Head of Legal, NH Hoteles Dean, Universitat Pompeu Fabra Law Faculty • Antonio Hernández-Gil • Pedro Yúfera Dean, Madrid Bar Association Dean, Barcelona Bar Association • Beat Hess Past General Counsel and Member of the Group Executive Committee, Royal Dutch Shell www.iberianlawyer.com 40 under Forty Awards 2011 • 3 40 u n d e r f o r t y a w a r d s 2011

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40 under Forty Awards

Outstanding Achievement Awards

• María Hernández,Tyco • Santiago Hurtado, Ministry of Justice

Fundación Lex Nova; Award for Outstanding Social Contribution

• Carlos Gil, SJ Berwin • Tiago Duarte, PLMJ

Awards

• Adriana de Buerba, Pérez-Llorca • Alex Pujol, Garrigues • Andrés Campaña, Iberdrola • Andrew Ward, Cuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira • Ángel Pérez Pardo, Uría Menéndez • Anna Viladàs, Roca Junyent • Antonio Alcolea, Pérez-Llorca • Antonio Baena, Cuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira • António Moura Portugal, ABBC • Carlos Saiz, Ecija • Catarina Pinto, Vieira de Almeida • Eduardo Abad, Garrigues • Ferrán Escayola, Garrigues • Francisco Ramírez, ING Direct • Francisco Soler, Garrigues • Francisco Javier García Sanz, Uría Menéndez • Gema de la Calle, Mavens • Ignacio Temiño, Abril Abogados • Israel Gómez Caro, GOLD • Jaime Fernández, Fornesa Prada & Fernández • Javier Fernández Samaniego, Bird & Bird • Javier Menor, Deloitte • Jordi Domínguez, Latham & Watkins • José Fernández-Rañada, Garrigues • José Antonio de la Calle, Baker & McKenzie • Josep Maria Gascón, SOLVAY • Juan Ferré, PLUTA • Kai Christian Fischer, Cuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira • María González Ordóñez, Google • Óscar García Maceiras, Banco Pastor • Pablo Darna, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona • Pablo González-Espejo, Uría Menéndez • Paula Gomes Freire, Vieira de Almeida • Rubén Ferrer, Gómez-Acebo & Pombo • Tomás Pessanha, PLMJ • Virginia Beltramini, Oesía Networks www.iberianlawyer.com 40 under Forty Awards 2011 • 5 40 u n d e r f o r t y a w a r d s 2011 Outstanding Achievement Awards The Awards Jury may decide to present an Outstanding Achievement Award in the circumstances that they feel that one or more candidates is truly exceptional. In this case, they would like to recognise the following two winners:

María Hernández Santiago Hurtado Tyco International Ministry of Justice As Corporate Ombudsman Santiago’s desire to qualify and Head of Compliance as an Abogado del Estado Education for global giant was driven initially by his Tyco, María’s remit extends wish to become a generalist across the globe and feeds lawyer, he says. A decision directly into the Board of that led him to senior Directors. Diversity and positions with the Regional internationalism are the key Madrid Government, the elements that stand out from President’s Cabinet Office her career to date and which and as a Secretary General at are most evident in her the Ministry of Justice, and to current role, she says. ultimately become a leading “It was important for authority on public law. Tyco to appoint a non-US “I didn’t see a practice citizen to demonstrate the area in which I particularly international make-up of the organisation, and as an wanted to specialise and although it was not perhaps the operational unit it was important that we ‘escape’ the CEO easiest option, the opportunity to become a lawyer with the chain to ensure independence and so report direct to the Public Administration stood out as an obvious route.” Audit Committee of the Board of Directors.” Since passing the notoriously difficult qualifying A graduate of CEU San Pablo Madrid, Universidad “Oposiciones” his career trajectory has however been at Complutense with a postgraduate degree from La full speed. “I have been fortunate to have been chosen for a Sorbonne, María began her career with Nortel as a member number of roles, some of which were new, but all of which of the firm’s HR Leadership Programme relocating to the have presented complex challenges and often high level UK, Argentina and Italy, before taking up the Paris-based negotiation and representations,” he says. role of European Employment Counsel with responsibility Among the challenges he has helped overcome across 15 countries. After two years she was promoted have included the refinancing of Madrid’s high profile, to Head of Legal for Southern Europe, encompassing and ongoing, motorway expansion project and the Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece and Cyprus. restructuring of the broadcaster RTVE into a new After nine years with Nortel she decided however on a public entity; and while with the Ministry of Justice, the change, taking a two year sabbatical including working as implementation of new pro-arbitration and mediation a legal adviser with the Spanish Commission for Asylum legislation, changes to domestic corporate and company Seekers. “Aside from giving a tremendous amount of and insolvency regulation, and the legal development of personal satisfaction, the role enabled me to develop as the “Ley de Acceso” which has had a significant impact on an advocate, making petitions and arguing claims for the way lawyers now qualify in Spain. immunity before the Spanish courts,” she says. At the Ministry of Justice he oversaw a team of 75 and María returned to commercial practice, as Head of Legal was responsible for legal relations with the Secretary of for Southern Europe and Middle East at Tyco International, State and Cabinet Office. Alongside the practicalities of recruiting lawyers in Spain, Italy and Dubai to build a new enacting the Government’s aims Santiago nonetheless legal team. She also played a key role in establishing an strongly believes in the importance of transparency in innovative model for outsourcing legal services, which saw public decision-making and the legislative process. Eversheds emerge as the company’s sole European adviser. “What is obviously important is to ensure the legality Four years later María was promoted to be Tyco of Government decisions and that the processes employed International’s Corporate Ombudsman, and relocated to comply with the competences of each Ministry, but we also the Princeton, New Jersey, headquarters. More recently she saw the need to modernise the Government Legal Service has been appointed Head of Global Compliance Education. itself.” “The Ombudsman role is unique, but as an office Overcoming political hurdles may have been his life we handle around 800 cases annually and draw on for the past decade but outside of work he has overcome the expertise of the company’s Audit, HR, Internal significant challenges too; a champion skier he is also a Investigation and EHS functions. What is important for committed mountaineer and having already conquered Tyco is not only to have robust corporate governance Europe’s highest peaks is now looking towards the guidelines but also to act within them.” Himalayas.

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Carlos Gil Tiago Duarte SJ Berwin PLMJ As a Partner and Head Considered one of PLMJ’s of the Labour and Social brightest young Public Security Law Practice at and Administrative Law SJ Berwin in Spain, Carlos lawyers, Tiago Duarte was leads the employment elected Partner in 2008 and team as well as having is now Deputy Head of the oversight of the firm’s HR, firm’s Public Law– Projects training and development department. programmes. “In areas such as For more than 15 years administrative and public he has also been involved law it is crucial to be able in University academics to take a full view of the as a Professor of Labour issues at stake and who and Social Security Law at are the interested parties. Universidad Pontificia de And if you are to build a Comillas (ICADE), as well as at various international successful strategy, particularly where there is litigation business schools including ESCP School and IE Law or arbitration, to fully understand the impact on a client’s School. own business.” He is a member of the SJ Berwin International His practice to date has focused on complex Diversity Committee but has also always worked infrastructure contracts, public-private partnerships and with Non-Governmental Organisations, he says. “It procurement issues. In light of the ongoing economic is important that as lawyers we use the skills and pressures facing Portugal, and the Government’s desire to experiences we acquire not only for the benefit of our renegotiate many public contracts, these are areas that are clients but for society as a whole.” more than ever seeing financial and legal scrutiny. The past year has also seen him take the lead in a pro He also sits as an arbitrator and acts as counsel in bono project that has itself prompted changes to Spain’s national and international arbitrations. employment and social security legislation. “One particularly significant deal, which perhaps Carlos has been involved with the Mujer Familia y reflects the new Portuguese reality, was our Trabajo Foundation in a project aimed at helping to representation of the Ascendi Group in the renegotiation reconcile family and work commitments for parents of of road concessions valued at €3.5bn involving the children with cancer and other serious illnesses. It has conversion of the existing shadow toll arrangements to meant working not only with the Foundation but also real electronic tolls.” with the Ministry of Labour and the Secretary of State But alongside his public law practice Tiago is also for Social Security, to create a new social security benefit. considered a prominent academic authority. A graduate “The project required technical analysis from a legal, of the Law Faculty of the Universidade de Lisboa, medical and social security viewpoint on its viability. he holds a PhD in Public Law and is a Professor of With the goal being to design a new benefit that Constitutional and Administrative Law – regularly compensates the time parents are required to reduce elected “best Professor” by students. their working hours, and salary, to care for their sick A former Legal Adviser to the Portuguese Ministers’ child.” Council and Chief of Staff to the Secretary of State Such a process has meant having to ascertain not for the Economy, he is currently a Visiting Fellow only the scope of the illnesses covered, but also what the at the University of Cambridge (Lauterpacht Centre maximum and minimum reduction of working hours for International Law and Wolfson College) where should be, whether the right should be vested in only he is undertaking research on Investment Protection one or both parents, and when the right ends. Arbitration and Public Contracts. The new benefit was finally introduced in January “As well as having a significant impact on the way 2011, creating what is in effect a remunerated leave of business looks at the investment potential of a country, absence, requiring changes to both Spain’s Labour Law public and administrative law has a real impact on people’s and Workers’ Statute, he explains. “And now we have every day lives – in this sense it also offers a mechanism to the prospect of further changes being introduced that question both the ways in which Government decisions are reflect other aspects of the Foundation’s work.” made and the outcomes of the policies they propose.” www.iberianlawyer.com 40 under Forty Awards 2011 • 7 40 u n d e r f o r t y a w a r d s 2011 Winners

Adriana de Buerba, Pérez-Llorca Andrew Ward, Cuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira Regarded as one of the key figures behind Spain’s anti- Andrew is a UK-qualified Barrister, who during his career money laundering rules, Adriana is the Head of the White has practised in the UK, Belgium and Spain. After initially Collar Crime Group at Pérez-Llorca which she joined in qualifying in London he joined Cleary Gottlieb Steen & 2008 after a decade as a Public Prosecutor. Within the Hamilton in Brussels before moving to Cuatrecasas in Madrid Prosecutor’s Office her focus was on combating Madrid in 2002. He was made a Partner at the firm in tax evasion, financial fraud and organised crime. She was 2009 at which time he led the office’s EU and Competition also a Prosecutor in the Immigration Office where she co- practice. ordinated a network encompassing Spain’s 52 provinces. In recent years he has featured prominently in a On joining Pérez-Llorca, Adriana established the firm’s number of high profile antitrust cases, including last years White Collar Crime practice which now encompasses representing Telefónica and Prisa through the latter’s seven lawyers and was promoted to Partner at the start restructuring and investigations by both the European of 2011. Her practice focus is now towards advising and domestic regulatory authorities. Andrew is an active multinational companies with regard to criminal member of the Spanish Association for the Defence of proceedings or fraud and financial investigations and Competition, and is a Visiting Professor in Competition compliance. Law at McGeorge School of Law in the US, at ESADE, San Pablo CEU and Universidad Carlos III.

Alex Pujol, Garrigues One of Garrigues’ youngest-ever Partners, Ángel Pérez Pardo, Uría Menéndez Alex leads a team of over 70 lawyers A litigation and arbitration specialist, Ángel is one of the encompassing corporate, commercial, firm’s youngest-ever Partners – elevated to the partnership regulatory and M&A issues, including ranks at only 32. His practice is focused on contractual a dedicated team of 15 private equity liability and corporate litigation. He counts Acciona, lawyers. Iberdrola and Banco Santander among his most high profile Alex joined Garrigues in 1997 and has recent clients. Educated at the University of Navarra, where particular oversight of the Barcelona he continues to teach, and Columbia Business School, he Private Equity practice advising on fund also practised with Cravath Swaine & Moore in New York. formation and transactions for major banks, Ángel has responsibility for the firm’s litigation funds, individuals and public entities. He is knowledge management systems, is among the firm’s junior also tasked with corporate and commercial lawyer mentors and has responsibility for recruitment. He recruitment in Barcelona. A Postgraduate is a co-ordinator of the Club Español del Arbitraje’s CEA-40 of both Oxford and Harvard group, and of a Fundación Profesor Uría programme aimed Universities, Alex is also a lecturer at at helping children and immigrants and is involved in the the Entrepreneurship Institute and Community Law School Programme. Business Angels Academy at ESADE

Anna Viladàs, Roca Junyent Andrés Campaña, Iberdrola Anna leads the eight-lawyer Intellectual Property As Legal Director of the Energy Group at Roca Junyent. A contracts specialist, her Management and Retail Division of Iberdrola, Andrés focus in recent years has been towards advertising has played a lead role in a number of the company’s and media law and she counts major international media most high profile contract and long-term gas supply companies as well as the Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation as negotiations and in resolving arbitrations and disputes clients. with regulators and public authorities; as well as A graduate of the University of Barcelona and University advising on changing tariff regimes and Spain’s energy of Chicago Law School, her career began in Madrid liberalisation process. before moving on to work in Paris and Stockholm before He began his career with Cuatrecasas Gonçalves ultimately joining Roca Junyent in Barcelona. Pereira in the Public Law department before joining She was promoted to Partner in 2006, having previously Iberdrola, first as Legal Director of the company’s Gas been Head of the firm’s Recruitment Committee, and is now Division. He now oversees a team of nine lawyers a member of the firm’s seven-partner Executive Committee. servicing over 1,000 internal clients across Spain, She also advises two mental health charities, among others, Continental Europe and the UK and US. on a pro bono basis.

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Antonio Alcolea, Pérez-Llorca Carlos Saiz Peña, Ecija Having qualified as an Abogado del Estado in 2003 As the Head of Governance, Antonio has played a lead role as Head of a number Risk & Compliance (GRC) of Spain’s public legal services departments. Prior to at Madrid-based Ecija since entering private practice in 2010, he was a State Advocate 2003, Carlos has led an to the Head of the Ministry of Labour and Immigration, expanding team in what as well as co-ordinator of legal services for the Spanish has been a rapidly evolving, State Advocate’s Office for the Economic and Social and now one of the most in- Council. demand, areas of practice. He was previously Head of the State Agency for the “IT issues affect all Evaluation of Public Policies and Quality of Services, a aspects of companies’ first among Spanish public agencies and a model that has business, but clients are no longer willing to simply react since been adopted many times over. At Pérez-Llorca he to regulatory or sector change they want to pre-empt it, in co-leads a team of ten junior and senior lawyers. the way they do business and structure their companies.” Having joined the firm from university, Carlos has spent his entire career in the IT and data protection Antonio Baena, Cuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira arenas. During this time, he has acted as lead counsel One of Cuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira’s brightest young to private companies and public administrations on corporate talents, Antonio has played a prominent role in outsourcing, compliance and data protection audits. a number of Spain’s largest and most high profile public He is Vice President and a co-Founder of ISMS transactions in recent years including now, advising on Forum Spain, a non-profit organisation intended to the privatisation of Spain’s airports operator AENA. raise awareness on the importance of IT Security across Having initially begun his career as an investment public and private organisations, and is Deputy Director banker, in London and New York before joining of Spain’s Data Protection Institute, a think tank of Cuatrecasas, his practice focus is towards M&A, private both national and international experts. Reflecting the equity and corporate finance. He has day-to-day dramatic evolution of the IT sector, he is also now a responsibility for 40 lawyers in the corporate group Member of the Spanish Board of Directors of the Cloud in Madrid. Outside of the firm he is a frequent Security Alliance, an international body aimed commentator on corporate matters and Professor at promoting best practice within cloud at ESADE, ICADE and CEU, among other computing. universities. “Technological development is a primary way of promoting economic growth and progress in society. New technologies however António Moura Portugal, ABBC propose challenges that imply not only new legal A Founding Partner of ABBC, António issues, but also a change of habits, corporate culture and is now co-Managing Partner of the 40-lawyer corporate organisation model. At Ecija, understanding seven-partner firm. He is recognised as one of and living the technology enables us to know better the Portugal’s leading tax lawyers and the leading aviation business and needs of our clients to provide the right lawyer. He co-leads the firm’s Tax Group and is Head service.” of the six-lawyer Aviation Group, with a client As well as leading a team of 30 lawyers list that includes the major European and and consultants, Carlos has also taken US airlines which he has represented the lead in developing a number before the domestic and European of the firm’s “off the shelf” courts. and online products aimed at António is also now on the simplifying the way companies steering committee of ABBC/ manage compliance and risk DLA since it became DLA issues. Piper’s Portuguese Focus “Ecija’s strong presence in the Firm earlier this year. A frequent TMT sectors (Technology, Media and writer and commentator on legal issues, he Telecommunications) enable us to continue has been an Associate Law Professor at the University of working in a very active market, as much from the point Lisbon since 1997. A successful athlete, he was a national of view of the new regulation, as by the new technologies youth champion in both basketball and swimming. and new business models that are emerging,” he says. www.iberianlawyer.com 40 under Forty Awards 2011 • 9 40 u n d e r f o r t y a w a r d s 2011 Winners

Catarina Pinto, Vieira de Almeida Israel Gómez-Caro, Catarina established and now leads the firm’s Public GOLD Procurement Group and co-Leads the Public Law Group. In a relatively short period Considered one of Vieira de Almeida’s brightest young of time, Israel has emerged lawyers she holds responsibility for managing relations as one of the rising stars of with many of its largest clients in the energy, postal, road Spain’s project finance sector and transport sectors. and has helped lead the She has featured prominently among many of the emergence of a new wave of firm’s most high profile projects and PPP transactions, corporate law firms. including the €1,5bn expansion of Portugal’s High Speed The global financial Rail network; regarded as the high water mark of the downturn has proved 2008/2010 Portuguese infrastructure boom. She holds a challenging for many businesses but has nonetheless Masters in EC Law from the College of Europe and is a provided opportunities for law firms able to react to postgraduate of King´s College London. the changing client demand. Such an environment has proved an opportune time for the launch of Madrid boutique GOLD Abogados, of which he is a Founding Eduardo Abad, Garrigues Partner. Eduardo is considered a rising star for Spanish tax issues “Since the onset of the crisis we have seen clients and has played a key role in developing a number of new placing much greater emphasis not only on getting the “product” initiatives at the firm in response to changing best advice at the right price, but also to ensure that domestic and international regulation. He directs the it relates to their own business and industry sector 25-lawyer Tax Finance Group at Garrigues and helped norms.” create and now leads the 30-lawyer Financial His own firm’s focus reflects that of its three Sector Tax Group. Founding Partners: EU and competition law, In recent years he has featured as a dispute resolution and Israel’s own area lead tax adviser in a number of the firm’s of expertise project finance. He began his most significant M&A, capital markets career at Madrid finance boutique Castro and financial products transactions, having Sueiro & Varela before joining the Finance developed specific expertise in the insurance and Projects Group at DLA Piper Madrid sector in which respect he counts most of where his practice moved towards the energy and the major European players as clients. infrastructure sectors. In 2008, along with two fellow He leads tax recruitment and DLA Senior Associates, he nonetheless left the firm to is a Professor of tax law launch GOLD. at a number of Spanish “Our size has proved no barrier to attracting some institutions. of the largest finance and industry companies as clients, in fact in many instances it has proved to be a positive factor – they have the confidence that Ferran Escayola, we are committed to be ‘their’ law firm.” Garrigues Among his banking, energy and infrastructure As Managing Partner of the firm’s New York office, clients are BBVA, La Caixa, Banco Sabadell, Ferran is the face of Garrigues and the key relationship Banesto, Bankia, WestLB, Abengoa, Isolux Corsan lawyer in the world’s largest legal market. and Fotowatio. He admits that there remains much A corporate and cross-border M&A and private equity to do in consolidating the firm’s activities but having specialist, Ferran spent a year as a Foreign Associate with established GOLD all three Founding Partners remain Skadden Arps in New York before returning to Spain to hugely committed to deepening both their legal and co-lead Garrigues’ US desk. In the last five years, he has industry expertise further. advised over 40 M&A transactions as lead or Spanish “Looking forward, in what will likely continue to be counsel. He was promoted to Partner in 2009 and took difficult times, our collective goal remains to position our charge of the firm’s US operations in 2010. boutique as an innovative, strong and credible alternative Alongside private client work, he also advises Spanish to the major players in the Spanish market in project governmental, social and cultural institutions in the US finance, competition and litigation – no easy task given and is Vice President of the Cervantes Institute Advisory that these are all areas in which the largest firms have Board in New York. traditionally dominated.”

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Francisco Javier Ramírez, ING Direct Jordi Domínguez, As the Head of Legal and a Vice President (VP) of ING Latham & Watkins Direct, Francisco oversees the provision of legal advice It was an interest in to all departments of the bank, to the Board and CEO. economics and a questioning His VP remit extends to the development of the bank’s of his desire to follow business strategy and he acts as Secretary to a number of through with his law studies bank subsidiaries. that led Jordi towards his A graduate of Zaragoza University, IE Law and specialisation in tax, he says, Business Schools, Centro de Estudios Financieros and and which is now an area of McGeorge School of Law, Francisco began his legal practice he leads at Latham career with Ernst & Young before joining the Corporate & Watkins in Spain and Department at Garrigues. He left that firm after four years where he is Deputy Office Managing Partner. to take up the position of Head of Legal at ING Direct “I found the economics part of my law degree by far where he now leads a team of six. Earlier this year he was the most interesting and was encouraged to understand appointed to the five-member ING Leadership School the role tax plays in influencing not only finance Committee, in charge of developing a leadership culture structures but also corporate structures.” within the organisation. Having focused on the area first with Arthur Andersen including through its merger with Garrigues, and where he practised for almost 15 years in total, and subsequently Francisco Soler, Garrigues at Latham & Watkins, he sees two major ways of Francisco launched and continues to act as Managing developing a tax practice. Partner of Garrigues’ China practice. He relocated to “One is to play the reactive and support role, with tax Shanghai in 2005 where he now oversees a team of 25 as one of many factors in a corporate or transactional European and Chinese professionals – the largest local strategy. The other way is to see it as core to what a practice of any Spanish firm. Garrigues is recognised as business wants to do – how and where it structures itself among the most prominent continental European firms and the role it plays in driving a group’s entire financial in the market, where his clients have included Spanish, strategy. The latter is obviously much harder and Portuguese and other European and US companies demands that you fully understand what it is your clients on Chinese investments, as well as Chinese businesses want to do, but it is how I prefer to see things.” expanding to Europe and Latin America. His style of practice has also clearly been influenced by Since 2006 Francisco has been Vice-Chairman of the Anglo-Saxon approaches, he believes. “I began my career Spanish Chamber of Commerce in China and is a member with Arthur Andersen, which in my opinion heavily of the cross-cultural Spain-China Forum and regularly influenced the way Garrigues operated as a services teaches China business issues at universities including IE business, and have had considerable interaction with US Law School, IESE Business School and ICADE. law firms where tax is seen as a stand-alone department with its own client development strategies.” Jordi co-led the US desk at Garrigues and spent Francisco Javier García Sanz, Uría Menéndez three years in the New York office. The firm is where A rising star in the firm’s Public Law and Litigation he developed his core practice and management skills, Group, Francisco has featured prominently as an adviser he says. He joined Latham in 2009 and alongside his to clients as the global financial crisis has unfolded, other practice and management roles sits on the firm’s including Banco Santander in relation to claims arising Global Finance from the Madoff fraud, in which regard he co-ordinated Committee. proceedings in Spain, Switzerland and US. “Garrigues is a Francisco was seconded to the firm’s UK “best friend” tremendous firm and where Slaughter and May early in his career and promoted I was already retained to to Partner in 2005, aged 33. He has management support the founding Latham responsibility for the 150-lawyer Public Law, Litigation team on tax issues and so the and Antitrust Group, co-leads a team of 20 dedicated move was a very easy one. The litigation and arbitration lawyers, and is a member opportunity to create a new of the firm’s Quality Committee and Screening department and build a Committee. Utilising his disputes expertise, Francisco new firm was too good to is also a junior football league referee. ignore.” www.iberianlawyer.com 40 under Forty Awards 2011 • 11 40 u n d e r f o r t y a w a r d s 2011 Winners

Gema de la Calle, Mavens Javier Fernández-Samaniego, Bird & Bird Gema is regarded as among the new generation of leading Considered among the leaders of the new generation of Spanish tax lawyers and a rising star at one of Madrid’s Spanish corporate and commercial lawyers, Javier became new wave of corporate and commercial law firms. one of Spain’s youngest Managing Partners when he was She began her career at Clifford Chance before joining chosen by Bird & Bird to lead the firm’s launch in Madrid Rodés & Sala where she was appointed Head of Tax, and in 2005 aged 34. Since launching the office with just two was a founding member of Mavens which launched in lawyers it has grown to over 50 and become a reference 2008 – she was promoted to Partner in 2010 and the firm in areas such as IT, intellectual property and EU and has tripled in size since its formation. competition law. A specialist in corporate taxation, she leads a team of six Javier’s own background is in IT and communication tax lawyers and economists, with her clients encompassing issues and he was also among the pioneers of data Spanish and multinational companies and high net worth protection as a distinct area of legal specialism in Spain, individuals in real estate transactions, family business, having led the practices at his previous firms Cuatrecasas transfer pricing and tax litigation. Gema completed Gonçalves Pereira and Linklaters. her first degree at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid under a Scholarship from the Ministry of Education before completing a Masters in Taxation, while working Javier Menor Pérez, throughout the course. Deloitte Abogados y Asesores Tributarios Javier moved on from a successful career at Garrigues to take over as Managing Director of the Catalonia, Ignacio Temiño, Abril Abogados Aragón and Balearics practice of Deloitte which he As a co-Founder and Managing Partner of intellectual has helped build up to over 60 lawyers. A stand out property (IP) specialists Abril Abogados, Ignacio leads competition specialist in his own right, he also leads one of Spain’s fastest growing intellectual property and the firm’s national EU & Competition Practice and has technology boutiques. The firm launched in 2001 with two been elevated to the firm’s Management and Strategy lawyers and now counts over 40 across five offices. Committee. His own practice focuses on contentious IP issues, A graduate of Universidad Complutense de Madrid and for which he is regarded among the market leaders, Harvard Law School he began his private practice and in which regard he has advised Spanish and career in 1998 with Garrigues, which he left multinational before the European and domestic for Deloitte in 2008. Since his arrival courts, as well as leading the development of the he has overseen the restructuring firm’s New technologies and Data protection and reinforcing of the team and Entertainment Law practices. Ignacio as well as the opening of new also heads the firm’s pro bono activities in lines of practice including real Spain and Africa. estate and IT, and the launch of a new office in Palma de Mallorca. Jaime Fernández, Fornesa Prada & Fernández At the age of 35, Jaime has already helped found two law José Antonio de la Calle, Baker & McKenzie firms and practised at one of Spain’s largest firms. He As Head of EU and Competition at Baker & McKenzie in began his career in the litigation department of Cuatrecasas Spain, José has this past year alone acted in many of the Gonçalves Pereira which he left to become Head of most high profile issues arising out of the restructuring Litigation at start-up firm Rodés & Sala. Four years later and recapitalisation of the country’s savings banks (cajas) he helped found Barcelona’s Fornesa Prada & Fernandez before both the domestic and European authorities. where he is Head of Commercial Litigation with a client list A graduate of San Pablo CEU University, Université including major domestic and international companies in Libre de Bruxelles and the University of California School commercial, intellectual property and insolvency disputes. of Law, he has practised with Baker & McKenzie in A graduate of Universitat Pompeu Fabra and Spain and the UK and spent time as an in-house lawyer Universitat de Barcelona, Jaime is a recognised sportsman, with Cable & Wireless. He is a Founding Member and having played with, trained and then managed basketball Deputy Chairman of the Club Internacional de Abogados teams. He also acted as a basketball league referee for Corporativos (International Club for Corporate Lawyers) almost a decade. and a frequent author and lecturer on competition issues.

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José Fernández-Rañada, Garrigues María González As Head of the Pharmaceutical and Biotechnological Ordóñez, Google Group at Garrigues in Madrid, José leads a team of lawyers María’s career has been representing many of the world’s largest pharmaceutical shaped by always looking and biotechnology companies in Spain and beyond. A to push new boundaries but corporate lawyer, he has played a significant role in many her achievements at work, of the sector’s largest M&A and private equity deals and is even as Google’s Head of an adviser to a number of industry and national industry Legal for Spain, Portugal bodies. and Israel, have always to be A graduate of ICADE and Université Libre de Bruxelles, placed in context, she insists. José began his career in-house before joining Garrigues. A “While I am very proud frequent lecturer at ESADE and Centro Estudios Garrigues, of all the things I have attained, the work challenges I’ve he is also an adviser to Fundación Wolters Kluwer faced are nothing compared to being a mother of three España’s “Know Your Rights” Programme and the Spanish children under six!” Food Bank Federation and is involved with The Spanish Throughout her career she has however consistently Leukemia and Lymphoma Foundation. tried to push herself beyond her own “comfort zones”, she says. “This began with what some at the time suggested was an unorthodox move, from Uría Menéndez Josep Maria Gascón, Solvay where I had qualified as a lawyer and built a domestic Josep is one of Solvay’s leading tax lawyers with dual IP practice, to leave Spain altogether and in effect start pan-European responsibility. His role at the global again.” chemical and plastics group encompasses that of The decision proved positive, María graduated with International Tax Manager at the company’s European a Masters in IP and International Law from Columbia headquarters in Belgium as well as the Head of Tax for University, qualified at the New York Bar and was Spain and Portugal. He advises Solvay on cross-border recruited as an Associate by US firm O’Melveny & Myers. acquisition and disputes and VAT matters globally. “This was undoubtedly a first push, but which then led He has led the redesign of Solvay’s tax services me to London and to qualify as a UK solicitor,” she says. processes, encompassing the Group’s 106 subsidiary Her interest in IP and technology issues and desire companies and over 5,000 annual returns, the creation of to seek new challenges led her to subsequently take up a Shared Services Centre in Brazil and the possibility of a a position as only the second in-house lawyer with the second in Portugal. He is a member of Solvay’s Finance then start-up company Skype in London. “That decision Management Committee in Spain. A frequent author and shaped me into the lawyer I am today, I had to provide lecturer on tax issues he is also a published poet and an solutions to all sorts of new legal challenges in an accomplished classical musician. efficient, timely and business-oriented manner.” She nonetheless left the company and an expanding legal team to join another “disruptive” technology Juan Ferré, PLUTA company, Google, as Head of Legal for Spain and As the Managing Partner of the Spanish office of pan- Portugal. As the lead, and first, Iberian lawyer she has European restructuring and insolvency firm PLUTA, Juan since helped guide it through a number of complex has been involved in over 150 proceedings and acted Spanish and pan-European legal and regulatory as the insolvency administrator or arbitrator in some of challenges, and added Israel to her list of responsibilities. Spain’s largest bankruptcies. He launched the firm in “Leadership in an organisation like Google takes on a Spain in Barcelona in 2006 and in 2009 opened far larger scope than offering mere in-house advice the second Madrid branch. – we have to work with stakeholders and even He now sits on the 27-office firm’s the regulators to understand the impact of Board of Directors overseeing the technologies we are developing.” operations in Spain, Germany and Again she is keen however to Italy. A graduate of the University of emphasise the group effort involved Barcelona and IESE Business School, in such processes. “We have to work he is a regular commentator on collaboratively. Without the right level international insolvency issues and co- of support in the office and beyond, ordinates the Master in Insolvency Law of we inevitably place limits on what the Universidad San Pablo-CEU in Madrid. we can achieve.” www.iberianlawyer.com 40 under Forty Awards 2011 • 13 40 u n d e r f o r t y a w a r d s 2011 Winners

Kai Christian Fischer, Tomás Pessanha, PLMJ Cuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira As the Managing Partner of As Founder and Head of the German Desk of Cuatrecasas the Oporto office of PLMJ, Gonçalves Pereira, Kai co-ordinates a team of 35 lawyers Tomás has led the firm’s across Spain, Portugal and elsewhere. A corporate and expansion in the north of commercial lawyer, he was promoted to Partner in 2009 Portugal. and continues to lead many of the firm’s German client The growth of the office transactions in Iberia, across Europe and in Latin America. has been the result of a A graduate of Germany’s Universidad de Würzburg, balanced mixture of both Kai began his career in Germany but relocated to Spain foreign and Portuguese and joined Cuatrecasas in 2001. He is also on the Executive clients, having particularly Board of the German-Spanish Chamber of Commerce and benefited from the increased expansion ambitions of the is Vice President of the Fundación Goethe, an initiative by latter, he says. a number of German businesses in Spain to promote cross- “Since opening we have seen an increasingly large cultural development. number of local companies looking to expand both nationally and internationally, in part to hedge against any local drop in activity but also simply to capitalise on growth Óscar García Maceiras, Banco Pastor in other markets in which they already have operations.” As General Secretary and Head of Legal at Banco Pastor, A corporate and litigation specialist, Tomás counts one of Spain’s largest publicly-listed and oldest banks, several high profile national and international companies Óscar oversees a multidisciplinary team of 40 advising on as clients in areas of activity as varied as banking, oil all of the group’s commercial, corporate, regulatory and and gas, construction, IT and venture capital/private legal compliance needs. equity and has represented many others in acquisitions A graduate of the Universidad de A Coruña, and disputes, including arbitrations, in markets such as Universidad de Santiago de Compostela and IESE- Brazil and Angola. He began his career with José Maria Universidad de Navarra, and a qualified Abogado del Calheiros & Associados before moving to PMBGR - Pena Estado, Óscar began his legal career with the Government Machete Botelho Moniz Nobre Guedes Ruiz and finally Legal Service in Galicia, including playing a lead advisory PLMJ in 2001. role in the actions surrounding the 2002 Prestige oil spill Fundamentally his core focus remains towards Oporto off of Spain’s northwest coast. He joined the bank in 2005 having opened the PLMJ office in 2002, aged only 30. and since 2007 has been Secretary General. He is a frequent As Managing Partner he oversees a team of 20 lawyers commentator on regulatory and legal issues and including the integration in 2010 of a spin-off of local firm is currently undertaking a further Masters in Cavaleiro Brandão Pinheiro Torres Cabral Sousa e Silva e Politics and Democracy. Associados to create what is now a full-service practice and among PLMJ’s most profitable operations, he says. Pablo Darna, “What has proved crucial has been to Hospital Clínic de Barcelona understand the local business reality, both Pablo has overseen the growth and for clients already active in the region and for transformation of the legal function at international businesses that want to be here. Hospital Clínic. As Secretary General and You have to be able to look at matters from a commercial General Counsel he has dramatically changed the way in perspective and to offer effective and objective advice even which the Hospital uses external legal counsel and how in the face of perhaps very challenging situations.” they pay, he has increased the number of in-house lawyers PLMJ is now established as among the leading firms in and introduced the use of innovative fixed contract and the Oporto market. “on-demand” personnel, as well as helping to create a Tomás also sits on the firm’s Business Development distinct Procurement Department. and International Relations Committees and acts as A graduate of ESADE, and now Chairman of its Alumni co-Head of PLMJ’s network of national partnerships Association, Pablo began his career with Uría Menéndez (Parcerias Nacionais PLMJ). before moving in-house and ultimately joining Hospital “The network enables us to reach out to other regions Clínic in 2008 where his remit was to create a legal in Portugal where we have client interests but where it department. He is also Chairman of the Under 35s section is not viable to have a stand-alone operation – it gives us of the Circulo Ecuestre in Barcelona. truly national coverage,” he says.

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Pablo González-Espejo, Uría Menéndez Rubén Ferrer, Predominantly a transactional and telecoms specialist, Gómez-Acebo & Pablo was entrusted with launching the São Paulo Pombo office of Uría Menéndez aged only 28 and promoted Rubén is Gómez-Acebo to Partner at 32. He led the firm’s practice in Brazil, & Pombo´s youngest which grew to 12 lawyers, working in tandem with Corporate Partner but local “best friend” firm Dias Carneiro Advogados as a transactional and and was one of the first foreign lawyers to be M&A lawyer he has led registered with the Brazilian Bar Association as a many of the firm’s most high profile foreign consultant. deals in recent years in the banking, He has played a leading role in the liberalisation private equity and tobacco sectors. of Spain’s telecoms sector and the expansion of He practised with Cravath Swaine international communications and broadcast players, & Moore as foreign associate including advising on the IPOs of both Telecinco between 2007-08 and was and the regulatory approval of La Sexta, promoted to Partner two years as well as helping establish the firm’s ahead of his firm’s standard Sports Law Practice. He now leads career progression track. the firm’s 30-lawyers TMT and Life He has co-responsibility Science Practice Group and sits on for career development the Recruitment and Appointments among the 30 associates in Committee. the Corporate Group, as well as overseeing budgets, realisation and utilisation. Paula Gomes Freire, He also helped design the Vieira de Almeida firm’s training course for As Portugal’s finance junior associates and is a community has weathered Member of the Recruitment and the storms of the global Professional Career Committee. financial crisis, Paula has played a key role in the refinancing and restructuring of a number of Portugal’s Virginia Beltramini, Oesía Banks, including advising on Portugal’s first Networks European Medium Term Note (EMTN) Programme, As a lawyer, Virginia has throughout as well as the issue of securitisation notes and bonds by her career played a key role in helping companies the Portuguese state. negotiate difficult times and seize new opportunities. As Paula co-Heads Vieira de Almeida’s 18-lawyer Head of Legal at the telecoms group Oesía Networks she Structured Finance and Securitisation Group and has has helped in its refinancing, restructuring and expansion helped secure the firm’s position as the market leader into Latin America, and also sits on the company’s in securitisation and bond transactions. Paula is a Executive Committee. Graduate of Harvard Law School, established the firm’s Having begun her career with Ernst & Young secondment programme with Clifford Chance and is a Abogados in Madrid and subsequently New York, Member of the firm’s Pro Bono Executive Committee. she moved to become Head of Corporate at real estate group Grupo Lar, and subsequently Head of Corporate at leading Spanish real estate company Metrovacesa, where she managed relations with the Spanish Securities Regulator (CNMV) – both positions undertaken during periods of tremendous difficulty for the real estate sector in Spain.

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