Victoria´s background includes operating in fast-paced legal departments supporting the business and managing efficiency and simplification of in-house legal departments for over 20 years. Victoria is experienced in multi-country environments...

Sonia Fedorovici is a general partner and the head of legal at Roca X — the largest privately funded Venture Capital Fund in Romania. Under her guidance the fund’s management...

Domenico is a qualified European attorney, a professional mediator and the head of privacy legal at Philips. In this role, he leads the central privacy legal team and advises on...

What are the most important transactions and litigations that you have been involved in during the last two years? KoçSistem and Boston Consulting Group partnership and establishment of “KoçDigital Çözümler...

What are the most important transactions and litigations that you have been involved in during the last two years? Despite the difficulties in Turkey’s economy and the challenges in commercial...

What are the most important transactions and litigations that you have been involved in during the last two years? In the last two years I have been involved in valuable...

Number of years practice: 29 Principal practice areas: Project Development & Finance; Banking & Finance Bar admissions: New York Languages spoken: English What differentiates your Mexico-facing practice from those of...

Can you briefly explain how the legal team is structured, highlighting key individuals and their role within the department? The legal team in Central America and the Caribbean is very...

What are the most important transactions and litigations that you have been involved in during the last two years? The most important litigation that I have been involved in during...

What are the most important transactions and litigations that you have been involved in during the last two years? Legal advice and contractual and negotiation support for the rollout of...

Can you briefly explain how the legal team is structured, highlighting key individuals and their role within the department? The Brazilian legal team of Fresenius Medical Care reports directly to...

Formerly an attorney with Allen & Overy and a legal counsel for UBS, Ksenia Gräfin von Bassewitz moved to a digital capital markets start-up Acatus in late 2017. She hit...

What would you say are the unique qualities required to be successful as an in-house lawyer in your industry? In my experience the key qualities required to be successful are...

Since being featured in the inaugural GC Powerlist: Chile 2017, Felipe Bunster Echenique has demonstrated not only expert legal skills but also a high level of business acumen at Mutual...

‘Michael Sukenik is a great, thoughtful lawyer who joined Smoothie King in March 2018 and, in the short time he has been there, built an entire legal department from the...

Team size: 7 Major law firms used: Allen & Overy, JAG Shaw Baker, Paul Hastings At payment firm TransferWise, GC Jenifer Swallow says everyone ages in dog years: ‘There’s just...

Number of years practice: 29 Principal practice areas: Project development finance Bar admissions: New York, District of Columbia Languages spoken: English Guyana-born Denise Grant counts corporate, acquisition, leveraged and project...

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...

Karadeniz Holding is a major energy production holding company operating in 16 countries across the globe and is a major innovator in the power generation industry thanks to its production...

As Turkey’s sixth largest bank in terms of assets, DenizBank has a team of highly competent lawyers to complement its leading reputation in the country as a well-established state-owned bank...

Founded in 1948, Karadeniz Holding operates in more than a dozen countries, with its primary activities focused on the energy sector.  As the world’s only owner and operator of a...

When he joined BP Turkey as the head of legal, Deniz Reha Özilhan’s first and defining task was the establishment of the legal department in the company. For that purpose...

Headed by Oliver Kronenberg, group general counsel, the legal team at Galenica consider themselves a big driver in completing integral business development and licensing deals. The team is made up...

Jörg Von Manger-Koenig has played an integral part in growing the legal department into a global heavy function that integrates legal, IP and compliance, regulatory affairs, quality management and human...

Berenice Lim, head of legal Asia Pacific at Takeda Pharmaceuticals, started her career as a scientist. After studying biotechnology at Murdoch University she pursued research in molecular oncology at the...

‘I like the legal profession itself and enjoy when I’m able to propose possibilities for business development’, says Evgeniya. Though Evgeniya Vetoshnikova was only 27 when she was appointed Sony...

Evgeniy manages the 11-strong legal function of leading Russian oil and gas business, MosStroiTransGas (MSTG). Joining the legal department at a difficult time for the company and establishing a team...

As group legal counsel for Russia at Ricoh Rus, the Russian arm of an international image electronics company, Evgenia Solomentseva has the opportunity to interact with representatives of many international...

VEB Leasing’s national legal department, its direction and performance criteria were created in 2008 under Denis Shkolnikov’s management. Now heading a 30-strong team, Denis is proud of having created the...

Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics has a proficient legal department, which consists of seven lawyers and one jurist. The team operates on a virtual basis with four colleagues based across Europe, two...

The legal department of Elenia, the Finnish utility company, is widely regarded as a well-run and proactive function. General counsel Teemu Hovi describes the role and responsibilities of the legal...

Established in 2010, ICE has developed quickly into a world-class service centre for the global management of musical rights. The company offers a professional and efficient service, which enables music...

Caroline Fellenius-Omndell is recognised for her ability to successfully build and develop legal teams globally and is now driving change in Tele2’s legal and regulatory department across nine jurisdictions. Fellenius-Omndell...

Marubeni Middle East & Africa Power (MAMEA) was set up by the Marubeni Corporation, based in Japan, to assist with the development of all major independent projects in the Middle...

Engenium Capital is a leading financial specialist in the Mexican leasing and business credit sector with a portfolio of over $1tn in assets. The company was created when GE Capital...

Chief legal counsel for Latin America at global market analysis behemoth, The Nielsen Company, Denise Guillén’s responsibilities cover 18 countries. Since her arrival at the company three years ago, she...

Formerly at Citibank in Bogotá, Colombia, Natalia Benítez has been at global pharmaceutical giant Abbott Laboratories for almost five years and is currently counsel for the Andean region. ‘I chose...

A US-qualified lawyer, Denise Farnsworth has exceptional industry experience, following a decade and a half at technology giant, Microsoft, and six years in Apple’s legal department. Arriving at Microsoft in...

After graduating in law, Shreenivasa P. Gotur practiced in a Bangalore-based law firm between 1994-98 with a focus on constitutional laws, civil litigation, conveyancing and drafting. He then joined Toyota...

Abengoa is an IBEX 35 listed Spanish multinational company that creates innovative technology solutions for sustainability in the energy and environment sectors. Since joining in 2010, Pablo Echenique Conde has...

An industry expert, María Eugenia Aldama Garaizabal was responsible for the legal management of GE Capital Real Estate, the real estate investment unit of the American conglomerate General Electric, in...

Organised across three departments devoted to property law and land acquisition, contracts and labour law and legislative and regulatory affairs teams, all sections being manned with both senior and junior...

OTE Group is the largest telecommunications provider in the Greek market, offering a full range of telecommunications services. These include fixed-line and mobile telephony, broadband services, to pay television and...

HRADF‘s establishment in 2011 in order to manage a large number of state assets has been successful in creating public wealth through privatisation of government assets. ‘Acting with a high...

One of the larger in-house teams in the region at 34-strong, Hellenic Petroleum’s legal team brings real internal clout to bear on the myriad issues it undertakes on behalf of...

HEDNO is the operator of the Greek national energy grid network and possesses a set of talented in-house lawyers. The team has worked on a number of major transactions including...

Chief legal officer Calliopi Nicolaidou is clear that each of the 19 members of the Hellenic Bank in-house legal team ‘have added substantial value to the work of the team’....

ELTA (Hellenic Post) is the state-owned provider of postal services in Greece. It succeeded the former government postal service, that was founded in 1828. ELTA provides a universal postal service...

Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company (CCHBC) has a legal function of approximately 100 in-house lawyers operating across 28 countries. The group in-house legal team consists of ten lawyers that are located...

Pórticos Ingenieros Civiles is a construction company located in the city of Medellín, with more than 31 years in business and over than 300 projects such as offices, apartments, warehouses,...

Andrea Eugenia Camargo Niño joined Colombian construction and infrastructure development company Odinsa in early 2015. In a relatively short period of time she has helped to execute a number of...

In a number of ways, Denise Ho’s background made her an ideal candidate to set up the legal function for Tesla’s operations in Hong Kong. Firstly, although she always coveted...

The Chilean operations of Fresenius Medical Care (FMC), the world’s leading provider of products and services for people with chronic kidney failure, are supported by a lean two-person legal team....

‘Incredibly hands on, very good at managing external resources,’ Scott Weenink has vast experience in the telecommunications sector, spanning Asia Pacific and the Middle East. Mobile communications investment company Ooredoo...

Michael Koenig joined Amazon Luxembourg in September 2012, in the role of associate general counsel digital media Europe, and over the years has assumed additional responsibilities within several areas of...

Antonio Benítez-Donoso Tarascón started his career as a lawyer in 2004 at one of Spain’s largest law firms, Uria Menendez. After six months in the corporate department, he switched to...

The Takeda Pharmaceuticals area legal head for Asia Pacific position was created in 2015, and was filled by Berenice Lim shortly afterwards. Upon taking over, Lim got to work ‘shaping...

Ricardo Genis Mourão joined Goldman Sachs in 2011 and was named managing director in 2015. Prior to joining the firm, Mourão was an external counsel in banking and securities in...

Philippe L’Eplattenier is an established financial lawyer in the country, having worked for several multinational banks and financial institutions throughout his career. He currently serves as the general counsel for...

Founded less than 20 years ago following a merger of a Norwegian and a Swedish company, Wallenius Wilhelmsen has developed exponentially and established itself as a market leader in RoRo...

Eni is an Italian-headquartered major energy company, and whose Norwegian subsidiary – Eni Norge – was first founded in 1965. The company has had a major impact in the history...

A world leader in renal dialysis machines, Fresenius Medical Care (FMC) is known as one of the fastest-growing companies in Germany, posting €17.7bn in revenue in 2017. The company successfully...

Denisha Anbu started her legal career at international law firm King & Wood Mallesons practicing there for 14 years predominately in the telecommunications, media and technology sector and worked in...

The legal team at Fresenius Medical Care Asia Pacific is led by Jean DeSombre, senior vice president and general counsel of Asia Pacific, based in Hong Kong, the company’s Asia...

Italian global oil and gas super player, Eni, operates in 67 countries worldwide and employs more than 30,000 people. The legal team is made up of 253 lawyers and 38...

Distinguished financial lawyer Domenica Lista started her career working for international law firms and cooperating with the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs in the European litigation department. It was approximately...

The legal team at Fresenius Medical Care (FMC) Asia Pacific based in Hong Kong, the company’s Asia Pacific headquarters continues to impress after its inclusion in last year’s list, providing...

Global financial technology leader Ingenico has innovation at the very heart of its business proposition, and its diverse and well-resourced legal function has a correspondingly forward-thinking outlook. It has recently...

Group general counsel of the world leading construction and project development firm Skanska, Caroline Fellenius-Omnell first joined the company in 2017 after gaining an impressive array of experience in the...

Over the course of his career Michael Sukenik has built up an impressive array of experience in the legal sector, from working in private practice, in-house and at the US...

Giovanni Barone is the legal affairs director for The Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company in Italy, and the business – a bottling partner of The Coca‑Cola Company – relies on Barone...

As a leading specialised financial and commercial services company in Latin America and the largest provider of short-term non-banking loans in the US, Grupo Elektra is one Mexico’s most successful...

As the largest Russian electronic retail chain by revenue, M.video operates a vast real estate portfolio that consists of 382 brand name stores in 162 Russian cities with a total...

From a value perspective, Evgenia Solomentseva has developed a strong legal department at Ricoh’s business in Russia, by hiring a team of specialists who support all spheres of the company’s...

Lars Henie is known as an ‘excellent’ lawyer who also holds the position of head of tax in the Norwegian multinational group Statkraft, a leading company in hydropower internationally and...

Odinsa, an infrastructure construction company and a subsidiary of Grupo Argos, is a Colombian company dedicated to the structuring, promotion, management and development of road and airport infrastructure projects focusing...

Elçin Erdeniz currently serves as the only legal counsel of Yandex Reklamcılık, a technology company that builds intelligence products and services powered by machine learning. Erdeniz has had the opportunity...

ERGO’s Denis Golubovich is a multidimensional lawyer capable of seamlessly navigating cross-functional teams and implementing new process innovations to achieve speed and efficiency when delivering legal advice. Having headed the...

With almost 15 years of presence in Chile, Fresenius Kabi has a prominent place in the regional market for its production of dialysis products and services. Given the high regulatory...

Firmenich’s international perfumery operation accounts for over 2,900 patents and provides employment for approximately 7,000 employees around the world, two factors that alone provide a wealth of challenges for its...

Peru-based Xenia Vizcarra Schaffler is the legal and government affairs manager for PepsiCo, who manages all legal aspects related to PepsiCo’s beverage and snack businesses in the country and dispenses...

‘Awareness and understanding of [the] regulatory framework and risks that our operations face is one of the most important objectives of my department. Since I assumed the responsibility to lead...

As the legal and integrity manager for the ABB subsidiary in Peru, a position she has been in since April 2013, Yesenia Marina Quiroz Zegarra has been key to multiple...

Denise Guillén Lara has practiced at a varied set of companies and firms over the course of a 24-year legal career, prior to joining Nielsen, Guillén directed and collaborated in...

Since 2010, Eleni Stathaki has headed the legal function of Upstream, a leading mobile commerce company in high-growth and developing markets. Since joining Upstream as sole the in-house counsel with...

The current vice president of legal affairs for Greek supermarket chain AB Vassilopoulos, Eleni Providi was an instrumental part of the biggest deal in the history of the organisation, the...

‘Confident, smart and sharp’ according to nominators, Eugenia Papathanasopoulou has served as the director of legal affairs and secretary to the board of directors of Athens International Airport since September...

Eleni Papapanou serves as the senior counsel and board secretary for Titan Cement Company, a large multinational cement and building materials producing firm based in Greece. Serving as its senior...

Evyenia Kelly Epaminondou took on her current role as senior legal officer at business process outsourcing and IT support company Tek Experts after a seven-year period as a private practice...

Listed on the Athens Stock Exchange, Terna Energy is a Greek renewable energy company that pulls in an annual revenue figure of approximately €160m via its operations in the energy,...

Despite operating in a challenging economic environment that saw the Nigerian economy move into recession in August 2016, Zenith Bank has shown its resilience and versatility to remain one of...

Supporting a global brand in Nigeria’s complex and evolving telecommunications industry, ‘deep thinker’ Senibo Bara-Hart faces a range of tactical and legal challenges. For some sources, Bara-Hart’s real added value...

‘A consummate professional’ and ‘creative personality’, Adewonuola Adeniran has covered legal operations across Western and Sub-Saharan Africa during her time at Baker Hughes. Formerly at Honeywell, Adeniran has won the...

Number of years practice: 28 Law school attended: Georgetown University Law Center Languages spoken: English Principal practice areas: Project Development Finance Admissions: District of Columbia, New York Denise Grant has...