Partners from DLA Piper, Pérez-Llorca, RocaJunyent and Ontier will debate at the Legal Marcom Gala

The awards will be announced at the gala, that will take place at the WiZink Center in Madrid on 17 November 2022

The Legal Marcom Gala will take place on 17 November at 7:30pm at the Wizink Center in Madrid, where the Legal Marcom Awards will be awarded and partners from leading firms such as DLA Piper, Pérez-Llorca, RocaJunyent and Ontier will discuss the growth of business law firms. In addition, legal counsel from firms such as Banco Santander and Mercedes-Benz will address the keys to the recruitment of law firms by general counsel.

The jury of the Awards, composed of 40 general counsel from leading firms and leading legal journalists, will reward excellence and innovation in the legal sector at a gala that will be attended by 200 representatives of the legal profession and corporate legal counsel from Spain and Latin America, as well as institutional representatives of the sector such as the dean of the Bar Association of Madrid (ICAM), José María Alonso and the Minister of the Presidency, Justice and Interior of the Community of Madrid, Enrique López.

As in previous editions, the awards ceremony will be preceded by two round tables. Gericó Associates, organiser of the awards, has brought together Constanza Vergara, partner at Pérez-Llorca; Pilar Menor, global co-chair Employment and senior partner at DLA Piper Spain; Joan Roca, executive chairman at RocaJunyent and Pedro Rodero, managing partner at Ontier, who, moderated by Marc Gericó, managing partner at Gericó Associates, will debate on ‘Reputation, risks and keys to growth in business law firms’.

Subsequently, Lola Conde, corporate legal counsel at Banco Santander; Federico Tarín, general counsel at Repsol; Ana Prado, general counsel at Mercedes-Benz and Fernando Ortega, general counsel at Siemens; will address the ‘Keys to the hiring of firms by general counsel’, moderated by Ignacio Bao, emeritus chairman and managing partner in Spain and Portugal at Signium.

In the weeks preceding the Legal MarcomGala, Gericó Associates has held two events prior to the awards at the headquarters of Pérez-Llorca and Latham Watkins in Madrid. At both events, general counsel and heads of Business Development and Marketing have discussed in depth the growth of business law firms and the criteria for the recruitment of firms by general counsel.

An exceptional jury has chosen the finalists

At the end of both round tables, the awards ceremony will begin. The jury of the Legal Marcom Awards, made up of 40 general counsel from leading law firms and leading legal journalists, met on 21 October at the Torre de Cristal in Madrid to deliberate on the nominations received and to reach their decision.

The winners will be announced on 17 November during the Legal Marcom Gala at the Wizink Center.

Afiens Legal, Baker McKenzie, BFE+, CorralRosales, DLA Piper Martínez Beltrán, Deloitte Legal, Hogan Lovells, Grant Thornton, Pinsent Masons, Pérez-Llorca, Simmons & Simmons, Women in a Legal World and World Law Congress are among the firms and organisations aspiring to be awarded in the different categories for Spain and Latin America.

About the Legal Marcom Jury

The jury was organised in three panels for deliberation, in an independent and transparent process. General counsel did not vote or attend the deliberations for the award for best in-house legal counsel, and legal journalists did not vote or attend the deliberations for best legal journalist. The jury for this edition was composed of:

• Leonor Abad, Head of Legal Industrial at Repsol
• Lalo Agustina, journalist at La Vanguardia
• Cristina Álvarez, Head of Legal Europe at Cintra
• Eva Argilés, General Counsel at Applus+
• Carlos Berbell, Director at Confilegal
• Susana Bravo, Senior counsel International Legal Department at Ferrovial
• Ana Buitrago, former General Counsel at Amazon
• Fernando Cabello de los Cobos, Director of Legal Services at the Spanish Chamber of Commerce
• Javier Carrascal, Senior Legal Counsel at Pfizer
• Gemma Casademunt, Head of International Branches Legal Department at CaixaBank
• Clara Cerdán, former General Counsel and secretary of the Board at Grupo FerroAtlántica
• Lola Conde, Corporate Legal Counsel at Banco Santander
• Pedro del Rosal, Head of El Confidencial Jurídico
• Cristina del Val, Legal Director Southern Europe – Consumer at Johnson & Johnson
• Fernando Díaz Barco, Legal Director at Sacyr Spain
• Patricia Esteban, journalist at Cinco Días
• Héctor Figari, Director of Government Affairs, Andean South Region at Microsoft
• Xavier Gil Pecharromán, Director of Iuris & Lex at El Economista
• Ana Gómez, Head of Corporate. Deputy Secretary of the Board of Directors at Amadeus IT Group
• Adela Lario, Director General Secretary and Corporate Governance at Osborne Group
• Cristina López Barranco, Director of the Coordination and Control Area at the FCC Legal Department
• Julián Lourido, Legal Counsel at Vueling Airlines
• Heidi Maldonado, Director at Líder Legal
• Beatriz Martínez-Falero, Director of the legal department at Mahou – San Miguel
• Alberto Mata Rodríguez, Head of Legal Department in Spain at Deutsche Pfandbriefbank
• Teresa Mínguez, Director Legal & Compliance and Integrity Officer at Porsche Ibérica
• Ana Isabel Montero, General Counsel at Japan Tobacco International (JTI)
• Alejandro Muñoz, Senior Legal Counsel at Indra
• Fernando Ortega, General Counsel at Siemens
• Eduardo Pérez, General Secretary and Institutional Relations at Makro
• Isabela Pérez, Vice President at Coca Cola Iberian Partners
• Ana Prado, General Counsel at Mercedes Benz
• Luis Ángel Prendes, Global Director pf Legal Affairs at Telefónica
• Emilio Puig, Head of Legal Iberia & Croatia at Uber
• Javier Ramírez, Vice President & Associate general counsel at HP
• Moisés Ramírez, Legal Director Spain at GSK
• Laura Saiz, journalist at Expansión
• Cruz Sánchez de Lara, Vice President at El Español and editor at MagasIN and Enclave ODS
• Miguel Soler, Global Director of Internal Audit and Compliance at Prosegur
• Carlos Ulecia, General Counsel at NH Hoteles