Described as a ‘deeply rooted in the commercial and business structure of the company’, the Iberian legal team of multinational conglomerate 3M is praised by nominators for its work as...

A member of the IBEX 35 index, Abertis Infraestructuras is a Barcelona-headquartered market leader in the Spanish infrastructure sector, commanding a 2016 revenue figure of €4.94bn and has approximately 17,000...

Formed in 1997, Madrid-based Spanish conglomerate ACCIONA is a major conglomerate group that is involved in a range of business activities in the infrastructure and renewable energy industries globally. As...

The 2016 merger between Nordex and Acciona Windpower saw the creation of a group that combines decades of experience in designing, constructing and operating wind turbines and delivering more than...

Aena is the world’s largest airport manager by passenger numbers, processing over 240 million passengers a year through its network of 46 airports in Spain and 15 airports in other...

Airbus is the leader in Spain’s aerospace and defence sector, with its annual sales of approximately €5bn accounting for 64% of the total revenue in the industry within the country....

Madrid-headquartered Amadeus IT Group began in 1987 as an agreement between four major European airlines – Air France, Lufthansa, Iberia, and SAS – to create an unbiased global distribution system...

Spain is a key market segment for Amazon’s global e-commerce operation. Indeed, it has been highly successful in the country on the back of its attractive proposition for customers, summed...

Drawing on the expertise of a 16-strong team that includes lawyers, recent graduates and very experienced non-legal professionals, the legal and corporate affairs team at ANA Aeroportos de Portugal offers...

Based in Lisbon, the legal team of Andrade Gutierrez is comprised of experienced legal professionals including three senior legal managers, each of whom have over 15 years’ experience, in addition...

Madrid-based real estate-focused investment firm Azora was founded in 2003 and launched its first fund in 2004. It has since raised over €2bn across its funds and invested in assets...

Banco Sabadell’s knowledgeable and experienced legal team has developed dramatically in recent years, in line with the Catalan financial institution’s recent expansion. Seen as one of the strongest teams within...

The most significant banking institution in Spain, Banco Santander is serviced by numerous different internal legal teams working on a variety of specialities reporting to new group general counsel Oscar...

One of the most high-profile recent transactions in the Iberian banking sector was the purchase of the Portuguese retail branch of Barclays by Madrid-headquartered Bankinter, in a deal that was...

The Spain-based central legal team of BBVA (Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria) has an outstanding reputation globally. It has helped to oversee the bank’s international expansion and entrenched a strong commitment...

One of Spain’s most historic corporate groups, Bergé y Cía is a Spanish company comprised of diversified operations across 10 countries. Divided into legal, tax and corporate secretarial areas, the...

A wholly state-owned enterprise, Caixa Geral de Depósitos (CGD) is one of the largest banks in Portugal, with its multinational services servicing total assets of around €93bn. CGD’s legal team...

Barcelona-headquartered CaixaBank has the most extensive network of branches in Spain, and offers a full range of banking services and insurance activities to its approximately 13 million customers. With a...

Multinational food production company Campofrío is headquartered in Madrid and can be highlighted as one of Spain’s biggest recent success stories, having seen a huge recent expansion defying the less...

Critical to both the legal and strategic affairs of Canon España, the legal team at the company is led by Begoña Barberá, who in addition to her legal role is...

With a key presence on the board of the company, Juan Riego Vila is the general counsel of the Spanish subsidiary of French retail giant Carrefour. In this role Riego...

Comprised of nine employees, the legal team of Celeo, a Madrid-based developer and operator of energy transmissions assets, provides legal advice across several areas of the law and helps oversee...

Compañía Española de Petróleo, known as CEPSA, is a Spanish multinational oil and gas company. It operates in several European countries as well as in Algeria, Canada, Colombia, Morocco, Brazil,...

Chemo is a multinational pharmaceutical company with almost four decades of experience and commitment in safeguarding and improving people’s health and well-being. As a comprehensive health sciences group, Chemo operates...

Cintra is a wholly-owned subsidiary of services and infrastructure operator Ferrovial but is, in its own right, one of the largest private developers of transport infrastructure in the world. Although...

With a remit that extends to all of the country transactions and regulatory implementation for Citibank in Portugal, the legal team of the company is led by Isabel Charraz in...

Owned by the Canadian metals and mining company First Quantum Minerals, Cobre las Cruces is a major hydrometallurgical Spanish mining complex that produces over 72,000 tons of copper, equivalent to...

With around a 30% share of the Spanish retail betting market, Codere is a leading player in the country’s gaming sector. In addition to its European operations in Spain and...

Handling ‘complex and sophisticated work’, the legal team of historic Portuguese cork products company Corticeira Amorim is well-known in the market for its diligence; the team’s work has been called...

Portugal’s national postal network operator CTT Correios de Portugal was founded in 1520 and is known as one of the most trusted brands in the country. It listed on Euronext...

Founded in Barcelona almost 100 years ago, Danone has grown into a leading global food company that is now headquartered in France and built on four business lines: Fresh Dairy...

With revenues of over €15bn, EDP is one of the largest providers of electricity in Europe and one of the most substantial businesses in Portugal. The EDP legal team was...

A multinational company that has activities across the construction sector including public works, manufacturing materials and the installation of asphalt agglomerates, Eiffage Infraestructuras has successfully increased its turnover on a...

Based in Madrid, El Corte Inglés is the biggest department store group in Europe and ranks fourth worldwide. Among the most well-organised and entrepreneurial legal teams in Spain, the lawyers...

Featuring some of the brightest in-house professionals in Iberia, Endesa’s legal team provides full support to all nuclear power plants operated by the company in Spain and Portugal. The team...

Following the $1.3bn acquisition of R Cable (R Cable y Telecomunicaciones Galicia) by Euskaltel in 2015, the respective legal departments of the companies were integrated into a single legal team...

As the national trade association of the Spanish pharmaceutical industry, Farmaindustria includes most of the R&D-focused pharmaceutical companies established in the country, representing nearly all Spanish prescription medicine sales. The...

With an ever-growing urban population across the globe, sustainable water use has become an increasingly important issue. Barcelona-based multinational Fluidra has been devoted to developing applications for this purpose for...

Barcelona-based Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas (FCC) is a leading Spanish construction company, with 100 years of experience in the execution of civil work in the commercial and residential space....

The Spanish Deposit Guarantee Scheme (Fondo de Garantía de Depósitos de Entidades de Crédito), known as FGD, was set up with the aim of guaranteeing deposits and securities held by...

Javier Vives, legal affairs director at Ford España, describes the ethos of his team as, people ‘working together to deliver competitive advantage through world class legal services to enable Ford...

In addition to providing excellent business support to one of Portugal’s largest companies, Galp Energia’s legal department is also working to ‘change the way in-house lawyers are seen in Portugal’,...

Gamesa Corporación Tecnológica is a Spanish manufacturer of wind turbines and other renewable energy equipment and a leading constructor of wind farms. Based in Madrid, the Spanish wind-farm developer’s legal...

Headquartered in its distinctive Barcelona-based skyscraper, Gas Natural Fenosa presides over a huge multi-national natural gas operation, amounting to a market capitalisation of $20.6bn as of May 2016. Its legal...

Operating 95 production sites and 12 R&D centres and employing 32,000 people in 20 countries, Gestamp Automoción is recognised as one of the leaders in the European automotive components industry....

A holding company backed by one of the most prominent and richest families in Portugal, Gestmin operates in diverse areas, with notable investments in the energy, industrials and bulk cereal...

Led by Maria Gonzalez Ordoñez, who is legal director for the disparate jurisdictions of Portugal, the UK, Ireland, Israel and Sub-Saharan Africa, Google’s team in Spain manages a diverse workload...

Grupo ACCIONA is a conglomerate with various business units dedicated largely towards renewable energy infrastructure. ACCIONA operates in a number of key areas, including water, energy, infrastructure, construction and others;...

Grupo Catalana Occidente is a leading company in the Spanish insurance and reinsurance sectors, offering health, home, life and motor insurance to millions of customers in dozens of countries and...

Advising Grupo Ferrovial, a Spanish construction and public works group with a strong international profile, is a legal team led by Ignacio de Felipe Fernández. The team is a key...

Having carried out its activity within the Portuguese healthcare industry for over 70 years, Grupo José de Mello Saúde operates a network of private healthcare services and two public hospitals...

Compañía de Distribución Integral Logista Holdings (Grupo Logista) is a major distributor of products in Spain, France, Italy, Portugal and Poland. Owned by British tobacco company Imperial Brands, it provides...

Although its roots go back to the late nineteenth century, Spanish brewer Grupo Mahou-San Miguel – producer of the best-selling beer in the Spanish market – has existed in its...

Founded in 1772, Grupo Osborne is a family-owned Spanish company is the second oldest business still active in Spain and is considered to be one the oldest businesses globally. The...

Supporting the activities of the Barcelona-based media group with operations across Spain, Portugal, France and Latin America, Grupo Planeta’s legal team of nine lawyers has impressed with its professionalism and...

Spanish media conglomerate Grupo Prisa, owner of El País, the largest circulation daily newspaper in Spain, is the leading distributor of educational and entertainment media products in Iberia. It is...

Central to development of Portugal-based project management company Grupo ProCME, the legal team is known to be a versatile team of legal and managerial professionals. Comprised of three lawyers and...

Madrid-headquartered Grupo Pullmantur is Spain’s largest cruise operator and has additional business lines in air travel and bus tours. The legal department, led by general counsel and company secretary Javier...

Grupo San José is a prestigious company listed on the Madrid stock market, and which operates worldwide. Its main business lines are: Construction (its core business); Energy and Environment; Concessions...

Grupo Trofa Saúde is the fourth-largest healthcare group in Portugal, providing critical services to its extensive consumer base across the country. A varied and growing workload occupies the Grupo Trofa...

‘We are lawyers devoted to the business, helping to create, generate, strengthen and protect the company,’ says Santiago Sainz de Baranda y Casado, head of the corporate legal unit at...

Portugal-based conglomerate Grupo Visabeira is active in a number of sectors, from telecommunications to construction and from tourism to real estate. It has established a presence in a number of...

Global satellite operator Hispasat broadcasts over 1,000 television channels daily while providing wireless communication services to tens of millions of people. As the leading satellite operator serving Spanish speaking countries,...

Huawei’s has a mammoth technology operation worldwide on the back of the huge demand for its telecommunication products, and the Iberian Peninsula is no exception. Based in Spain, Alejandro Fernández...

An electrical utilities company with a multi-national presence, Iberdrola’s vast operations netted them over €29bn in revenue for 2016, and they are therefore one of the largest and most important...

An important pillar in the history of aviation in Spain, Líneas Aéreas de España, simply known as Iberia, was formed in 1927 and has been the flag carrier airline of...

Multinational furniture retailer IKEA has operations in almost 400 countries across the world, generating a revenue of approximately €35bn. Providing support to a network of this breadth requires the counsel...

Spain’s largest sports broadcasting and media rights group Imagina – commonly referred to as Mediapro, the name of one of its subsidiaries – provides technical services to the film, television...

The story of Inditex’s rise to the very top of the global clothing market is one of rapid growth punctuated by a string of major acquisitions and other business. The...

An excellent example of a legal team making a tangible, positive impact to their company’s business plans, the Portugal and African Lusophone countries legal team at Indra Sistemas undertook ‘wide-reaching...

Headquartered in Geneva, the international division of Japan Tobacco, JTI (Japan Tobacco International) is a world leader in the manufacturing, marketing and sale of tobacco products, owning well-known brands such...

One of the largest corporate groups throughout the Iberian Peninsula, Jerónimo Martins boasts almost 100,000 employees and revenue numbering in the billions of euros. Primarily operating in grocery/food distribution, Jerónimo...

Spain is a key market for L’Oréal, and one that posted strong figures in 2016, with growth accelerating in the country. Javier López Zafra, general counsel, secretary of the board...

Luz Saúde is one of Portugal’s largest healthcare companies; running a total of 20 different units including hospitals, private clinics and senior residences throughout Portugal, for which the legal team...

MANGO is a designer, manufacturer and retailer of clothing, which was founded in Barcelona and opened its first store in 1984. As of late 2016, it has five stores in...

A subsidiary of MAPFRE Group, the largest Spanish-domiciled insurance company and the largest non-life insurance company in Latin America, MAPFRE Global Risks is an international insurance company providing risk protection,...

Founded by Alfred Nobel in 1872, MAXAM has grown into a global entity with a presence in more than 45 countries. In the last 20 years, it has developed into...

Established in 1968, the Spanish hotel chain Meliá Hotels International is the 17th largest worldwide and currently operates 374 hotels in 40 countries under several well recognised brands. Juan Ignacio...

Run by highly-competent general counsel Ana Prado Blanco, Mercedes-Benz’s five-person Spanish legal team is part of Daimler’s global legal department comprised of circa 200 lawyers. A lawyer who values creativity,...

Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD) is a global healthcare company with presence in 66 countries worldwide, employing more than 50,000 people. It is a key player in Iberia as well,...

Microsoft is known globally for developing cutting-edge hardware and software technologies for both consumers and businesses. The vast global legal team is often at the epicentre of debates on new...

Millennium bcp is Portugal’s largest listed bank and the international branch brand of Banco Comercial Português. It has, like most of the financial services market in Iberia, suffered difficult times...

Natra is a bean-to-bar confectioner involved in all phases of the chocolate production cycle, selling chocolate and cocoa-derivative products to industry and retail customers. The legal team is led by...

Nautalia Viajes is one of the fastest growing companies in the tourism industry and with 2015 revenues of almost €280m and more than 200 offices throughout Spain it is becoming...

Portuguese information technology (IT) solutions multinational Novabase provides services to a range of sectors, and operates a venture capital division that helps to identify and develop high-growth potential information and...

The legal team overseeing Novartis’ Portuguese operations plays a key role in the global drug maker’s local operations and has become increasingly vital in a changing market. The small team...

Highly-regarded Patrícia Fonseca is head of the legal department at Novo Banco, which was created in 2014 as a transition bank by the Bank of Portugal to rescue assets and...

Obrascón Huarte Lain (OHL) is an IBEX 35 Spanish multinational construction and civil engineering company with approximate annual revenues of €3.6bn. In a challenging time for the Spanish economy, especially...

Entertainment group Parques Reunidos is among the most widely attended global leisure chains. It operates and manages over 60 theme parks, water parks, zoos and marine parks around the world,...

Headquartered in Barcelona, the legal team that supports PepsiCo’s Western European operations has made a valuable contribution to the company’s significant growth and development in recent years. Led by John...

Portugal Telecom (PT) occupies a position at the top of the telecoms landscape in Portugal, operating the largest landline network in the country via their wholly-owned subsidiary MEO. PT has...

PUIG is a Spanish multinational fashion and fragrance group which has been operated by the Puig family since it was founded in 1914. The company owns, operates and licenses some...

Red Eléctrica de España is responsible for the management of Spain’s national high-voltage transmission grid and oversees the maintenance and development of the national electricity network. Although part-state owned, the...

Redes Energéticas Nacionais (REN) owns two of Portugal’s main energy infrastructure networks – the National Electricity Transmission Grid (RNT) and the National Natural Gas Transportation Grid (RNTGN) – and is...

One of the major global players in the energy sector, Repsol boasts over $44bn in sales as of May 2016. Its legal team occupies a senior position within the company,...

In a challenging market, the 60-strong legal department at Spanish construction company Sacyr has had to evolve as quickly in order to adapt to the different tests of the sector....

Sanitas is a major health supplier, being the head of UK-based Bupa’s European and Latin American services, which overall accounts for €2.9bn in revenue and over 29,000 employees. Alongside this,...

A part of the Portuguese industrial group Cemap and named on the Portuguese Stock Index 20 (PSI-20), Secil is a construction materials company mainly involved in the production of cement...

Leading Spanish audio-visual company Secuoya Grupo de Comunicación produces TV channel content for its clients and has experienced rapid growth in the last few years. Carlos López Martín de Blas...

Representing one of Spain’s leading engineering and technologies organisations, SENER’s legal team of 13 professionals aim to control all legal and operational risk across the group’s diverse industrial holdings. Led...

Swiss multinational SGS is the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company with more than 90,000 employees and over 2,000 offices and laboratories worldwide. The SGS legal team in...

Made up of 14 members from four different nationalities, the Spanish legal department at Siemens is an ‘international team embedded within, and trusted by, the business’, according to general counsel...

Made up of 14 members from four different nationalities, the Spanish legal department at Siemens is an ‘international team embedded within, and trusted by, the business’, according to general counsel...

As a leading retail group operating a wide portfolio of companies, Sonae has the largest private workforce in Portugal. The group creates value across several geographic areas through its main...

Eschewing the traditional structure of a centralised legal team providing counsel from company headquarters, the Spanish legal team of global environmental services group Suez is known to be ‘embedded’ in...

Portuguese flag carrier airline TAP has been through some challenging times in recent years but looks to have turned a corner under new ownership. In 2015, Atlantic Gateway, a consortium...

Técnicas Reunidas is an IBEX 35 company with revenues of over €4bn. It provides engineering, procurement and construction services and has particular expertise in the oil and gas sector. Nominators...

Tecnocom’s IT consultancy services are highly prized, and they count as clients 23 of the IBEX 35 and 60 of the top 100 companies in Spain, with other endeavours abroad...

As one of the largest telephone operators and mobile network providers in the world, and one of the largest companies in Spain, Telefónica faces a wide range of legal issues....

French aerospace, defence, security and ground transportation systems company Thales Group has been present in Portugal since 1990, where it has developed a strong presence in passenger transport. It is...

Portuguese company EFACEC is active in the fields of power production, energy and transportation systems and electric mobility devices. Though the company has a large global footprint and employs thousands...

The Navigator Company, previously known as Portucel Soporcel, is Europe’s largest producer of uncoated, wood-free paper, an enterprise that nets it roughly €1.5bn a year in revenue. Traded on the...

ULMA Construction has over 50 years of experience providing equipment for clients in the construction industry. The company’s in-house legal function, consisting of five team members and led by director...

Unicer has been producing one of Portugal’s favourite beers since the late nineteenth century. It has since branched out into other alcoholic beverages and soft drinks, but beer remains a...

Headquartered in Denmark, Vestas is a major wind turbine production and support company, which achieved a revenue of over €8.4bn in 2015. It is a global company, and while regional...

VidaCaixa is the leading insurance company in Spain. A subsidiary of CaixaBank, one of the largest banking groups operating in the Spanish market, it provides insurance services to corporate clients...

Founded in 1975, Viscofan produces equipment for the meat production industry, and now sells its goods in over 120 countries. Chief legal officer Elena Ciordia has a wealth of experience...

Vodafone, one of the three major mobile phone network providers in Portugal, had strong growth in 2016, recently confirming 2.2% year-on-year service revenue improvements for Q3 2016 totaling €227m. The...

Vueling’s niche under the International Airlines Group (IAG) umbrella is to provide low-cost high-volume flights on lucrative routes with a no-frills service, in the same mould as their competitors Ryanair...

The legal team at the Portuguese division of multinational insurance group Zurich is headed by general counsel and chief compliance officer Nuno Moraes Bastos, and is made up of four...