Can you tell us about your journey to becoming an in-house counsel? What inspired you to pursue a career in this field? 

This journey has been full of very fortunate events and encounters. In principle, a headhunter who discovered me when I was starting law school, and she convinced me that litigation could be a second love, that once I tried the corporate world would never go back, and that is how it was, years later, on a mentoring session a great person encourage me to do what I liked the most about my career and told me that the rest would come in addition, and it was also a reality. And finally, a highlight in this journey was the chance to play some other roles, besides legal, in the company focused on business, made me be better strategist and become truly a business legal partner: helping to make deals, leading by example, improving the world by doing projects, from this legal trench. Among other things keeps me happy on this path.

In your role as an in-house counsel, what are the main responsibilities and tasks you handle on a day-to-day basis? 

Know, recognise and share the importance of legal and compliance. Deliver the best high-quality legal paths on time, aligned and focused on business interests, always with the highest internal and external ethical standards.

What are some of the key challenges you have faced as a rising star in-house counsel, and how have you overcome them? 

Contribute to business continuity, achieve good results, while creating a new company, Innomotics,  from a large global group such as Siemens, helping with the implementation of the new legal and compliance department.

 What steps have you taken to enhance your professional development and expand your legal skill set? 

Constant updating, creative thinking, working as a team with other areas, finding how to make things happen, without losing sight of the ethical compass.