Lawyers in Spain

María José Descalzo

María José Descalzo is a partner in Latham & Watkins’ Madrid office and a member of the firm's Corporate Department. Ms. Descalzo has extensive experience representing domestic and international companies, investors, and private equity firms on a variety of energy-related M&A, joint ventures, IPOs, and project finance matters.

Latham & Watkins LLP

María José Menéndez

Consultant

Ashurst LLP

María José Rovira Daudi

Partner and Lawyer in the Public Law and Regulatory Department.

Ceca Magán Abogados

María José Sánchez

Partner since 2023

RocaJunyent

María Luisa González

Senior Associate.

Ramón y Cajal Abogados

María López Ridruejo

Counsel

Cuatrecasas

María M. Pardo de Vera

Partner and expert lawyer in Data Protection and Digital Law.

Ceca Magán Abogados

María Massó

María is a partner in the area of Criminal Litigation, Compliance and Investigations. Her work mainly focuses on advising in connection with the prosecution or defense in cases involving corporate crime, tax crimes, crimes involving property, public order, misappropriation, fraud, malfeasance or punishable insolvency, as well as pre-litigation and preventive counsel on criminal law and corporate compliance. Over her professional career she has come before the National Court on numerous occasions to advise clients as well as lead proceedings, acting at times as defender and others as prosecutor. In addition, she has led the criminal defense in proceedings involving the European Public Prosecutor's Office. She provides counsel to both national and international clients, helping them to develop, implement and update their compliance programs. She has extensive experience in leading and collaborating in internal investigations related to regulatory non-compliance. She also takes part in compliance training and awareness programs at different organizations. María joined the Economic and Criminal law Department of renowned firm in 2006. She joined Baker McKenzie's Litigation Department in 2009 and was appointed as partner of said department in 2017. Ranked in Band 3 by "Chambers and Partners", under the category of "White Collar Crimes" and she was mentioned as one of the "Top 10" criminal lawyers in the ranking published by "Iberian Lawyers". She was recently selected as one of the 20 Leading Women in the Spanish Legal Sector by the magazine "Economist & Jurist". She has been involved in the criminal defense of both companies and individuals in cases with a high media profile such as the Lezo Case, the Rato Case, the Villarejo Case, the Taula Case, the DEFEX Case, the Banco Popular Case, the Gürtel Case, the Rueda Case, the HSBC Case, etc.

Baker McKenzie

María Olleros

Partner. Member of the Advisory Council of Andersen Global.

Andersen in Spain

María Pilar García Guijarro

María Pilar is Energy Sector Head - Europe & Americas and Head of the Madrid office. She is a partner in the Corporate and M&A group with more than 20 years’ experience in the energy and infrastructure sectors in Europe, Latin America and the Middle East, with a special focus on the wind and solar sectors. María Pilar advises investment funds, industrial companies and financial institutions on the full spectrum of corporate transactions. She specialises in corporate and commercial advice including structuring, development, acquisition of projects, portfolios and platforms, M&A and private equity deals, project contracts (such as PPA, EPC and O&M) and joint ventures. She also has extensive experience advising on structured financings, as well as restructurings and refinancings.

Watson Farley & Williams LLP

María Rodríguez

María is currently working in the firm’s Corporate practice. Prior to this, María worked in the Banking Litigation practice area.

Pérez-Llorca

María Sabau

Maria Sabau specialises in acquisition finance and refinancings acting both for lenders and borrowers/sponsors. She has a significant experience in corporate finance deals and is usually engaged in project finance deals, acting both for lenders and borrowers in infrastructure and energy project deals and has participated in financing structures in asset finance deals within the film industry.

Clifford Chance

María Tomillo

María specialises in financial regulation, with in-depth understanding of the asset management industry. She provides regulatory advice mainly to investment firms, asset managers and banks. María is a partner in the firm’s Financial Markets group, leading the Financial Regulatory practice in Madrid and belonging to the international Asset Management and Investment Funds sector. She has a business and practical approach and advises Spanish and non-Spanish financial institutions on significant regulatory issues and cross border transactions, including Brexit reorganisations. She also works closely with other specialists offering clients a cohesive multi-disciplinary service at the leading edge of the financial services industry. She is well-known in the Spanish legal industry as an experienced lawyer in the financial sector who began practising in 2000. Prior to joining Simmons & Simmons in 2012 and becoming a partner in 2019, she formed part of the financial regulation team at one of the Big Four, as senior manager responsible for the investment fund practice for almost 5 years. Prior to that, she spent 7 years working for the legal department of Allfunds Bank.

Simmons & Simmons

María Victoria Vega Sánchez

Legal Partner

Auren

María Vidal-Pardo

Uría Menéndez

María Ángeles Alcalá

Of Counsel.

Ramón y Cajal Abogados

Mattia Cardinali

Regularly advises on labour relations, individual and collective dismissals (including senior management), implementation of restructuring plans and negotiation of collective bargaining agreements, non-compete commitments, variable compensation plans, stock options and codes of ethics. Lawyer with extensive experience in litigation disputes, specialising in air and land transport. His ability to understand clients’ needs is highly valued.

Augusta Abogados

Mercedes Corbal

Counsel.

Gómez-Acebo & Pombo

Mercedes García

Associate Partner.

Elzaburu

Miguel Barredo

Clifford Chance

Miguel Bastida

Partner

Chevez Ruiz Zamarripa

Miguel Baz

DLA Piper

Miguel Cases

Co-managing partner

Cases Lacambra

Miguel Cremades

Uría Menéndez