About

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, with several production centres and over one thousand employees in the region. Excelling in all areas of healthcare, life sciences and performance materials, MSD creates high-quality specialised products in both Spain and Portugal. Featuring a number of reputable high-performers, such as legal affairs director Irene Andres Justi and senior legal counsel Ana Martín Quero, MSD’s Spanish legal function is well known for providing both tactical and strategic advice to all divisions of the company. MSD’s Portuguese legal and compliance function is led by Cristina Ribeiro lidera, who has been described by nominators as a professional who ‘has all of the personal qualities that make up an effective leader’. Under Ribeiro’s guidance, MSD’s legal department in Portugal has successfully defended the patents of the company on several dozens of medicines, as well as impressing with its flexibility in working with the various areas of business, including ensuring compliance with the strict rules set out in the company’s existing code of conduct.