Herbert Smith Freehills has added to its European pharmaceuticals platform with the hire of leading Spanish lawyer Lourdes Fraguas to the firm’s Madrid office. Lourdes is an accomplished corporate and regulatory lawyer with more than 20 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical sector. She was most recently the secretary general and head of legal at Farmaindustria (Spain’s national pharmaceutical association) which she joined in 2004. More >>

Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Banking Practice with the addition of Fernando Navarro as a partner in Madrid. He joins White & Case from Ashurst, where he was a partner and Co-Head of the Spanish Finance Team, and brings more than 25 years of experience. More >>

Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that Rafael Molina has joined the Madrid office as a partner in the Real Estate Practice. Molina specializes in high-end real estate transactions, restructurings, and distressed transactions for private equity and international investment funds, often with a focus on real estate as an asset class, and related big-ticket finance work. More >>

International law firm Ashurst announces the appointment of Andrés Alfonso and Pablo García-Manzano as partners in its team in Madrid. Andrés is a transactional lawyer, and Pablo is an expert in energy regulation and other regulated sectors. Andrés joins from Herbert Smith Freehills where he has been since 2010. Pablo García Manzano joins from the Council of State, the supreme consultative council of the Spanish Government.  More >>

Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that José Maria Jiménez Laiglesia has joined the Madrid office as a partner in the Litigation & Trial Department. Jiménez Laiglesia is widely regarded as one of Spain’s leading antitrust lawyers, with vast experience advising domestic and international companies, financial institutions, and private equity firms on a variety of competition and regulatory law matters. Jiménez Laiglesia joins Latham & Watkins from DLA Piper in Madrid. More >>

Latham & Watkins LLP1 is pleased to announce that Naiara Rodriguez-Escudero will join the firm’s Madrid office as a partner in the Benefits, Compensation & Employment Practice. Rodriguez-Escudero regularly advises Spanish and international clients on a variety of complex employment law matters relating to restructurings, outsourcings, mergers and acquisitions, including downsizing and redundancy plans, as well as the full spectrum of legal and regulatory matters relating to corporate transactions, such as industrial disputes, collective bargaining agreements, stock and cash based incentive programmes, relocation, social security, and employment litigation, among others. She joins Latham & Watkins from Linklaters’ Madrid office. More >>

International law firm Bird & Bird boosts its Intellectual Property practice with the appointment of Mariano Santos as a partner in Madrid. He joins Bird & Bird’s leading Spanish Intellectual Property practice, which is ranked “Band 1” in Chambers Europe 2017. Mariano joins from Herrero & Asociados where he was International Legal Affairs Manager. More >>

Latham & Watkins is pleased to announce that Juan Picón, Ignacio Gómez-Sancha, and José Antonio Sánchez-Dafos will join the Madrid office as partners in the Corporate Department. All three are widely recognized as leaders, with vast experience advising clients on a range of sophisticated domestic and cross-border matters.

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International law firm Bird & Bird LLP appoints leading Spanish competition & EU specialist Patricia Liñán as a partner who will join the firm in the coming weeks. Patricia will primarily be based in our Madrid office and will divide her time between the firm’s offices in Madrid and Brussels. More >>

Allen & Overy is pleased to announce the addition of new partner in Spain, Adolfo Zunzunegui, who will lead and direct the tax law practice in Madrid.

With almost 20 years of experience in the field, Mr. Zunzunegui joins Allen & Overy from Ernst & Young, where he was a partner, responsible for the firm’s legal and tax department in Spain. Previously, he worked with Garrigues and Freshfields.

Over the course of his career, Mr. Zunzunegui has advised numerous financial entities in a consulting capacity on asset financing processes and structured finance. Similarly, he has specialised in international tax structuring and has participated in complex and innovative M&A transactions. More >>