The winners of the Iberian Lawyer 40 under Forty awards were announced at a ceremony at the Pestana Palace Hotel in Lisbon last night.<\/p>\n
The winners of the two \u201cOutstanding Achievement Awards\u201d were:<\/p>\n
– Linklaters\u2019 Gonzalo S\u00e1nchez del Cura
\n– Joaqu\u00edn Guallar P\u00e9rez of Grupo Catalana Occidente.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, there were two winners of the Fundaci\u00f3n Aranzadi Lex Nova: Award for Outstanding Social Contribution:<\/p>\n
– Israel Garc\u00eda Rico of Garrigues
\n– Indra Sistemas\u2019 Lu\u00eds Gra\u00e7a Rodrigues.<\/p>\n
The remaining 40 under Forty award winners (in alphabetical order) were as follows:<\/p>\n
– Abraham Franco, British American Tobacco
\n– Abraham N\u00e1jera, CMS Albi\u00f1ana & Su\u00e1rez de Lezo
\n– Alfonso Fern\u00e1ndez-Puebla, G\u00f3mez-Acebo & Pombo
\n– Ana Lu\u00eds de Sousa, Vieira de Almeida
\n– Andr\u00e9 Figueiredo, PLMJ
\n– \u00c1ngel P\u00e9rez L\u00f3pez, Ur\u00eda Men\u00e9ndez
\n– Borja Sainz de Aja, Ur\u00eda Men\u00e9ndez
\n– Carlos Pita Cao, AKD
\n– Carlos G\u00f3mez-Jara, Corporate Defense
\n– Domingos Cruz, CCA Ontier
\n– Eduardo Santamar\u00eda, Garrigues
\n– Emilio G\u00f3mez, Hogan Lovells
\n– Filipe Vaz Pinto, Morais Leit\u00e3o, Galv\u00e3o Teles, Soares da Silva
\n– Francisco Proen\u00e7a de Carvalho, Ur\u00eda Men\u00e9ndez-Proen\u00e7a de Carvalho
\n– Gonzalo Garc\u00eda-Fuertes, Garrigues
\n– Gonzalo F. G\u00e1llego, Hogan Lovells
\n– \u00cd\u00f1igo Erlaiz-Cotelo, G\u00f3mez-Acebo & Pombo
\n– Isaac Mill\u00e1n, Quir\u00f3n Salud
\n– Iv\u00e1n Delgado, P\u00e9rez-Llorca
\n– Jacobo Mart\u00ednez, Eversheds Nicea
\n– Javier Tortuero, Ur\u00eda Men\u00e9ndez
\n– Jimena Urretavizcaya, Allen & Overy
\n– Julio Lujambio, P\u00e9rez-Llorca
\n– Le\u00f3n L\u00f3pez, Cuatrecasas, Gon\u00e7alves Pereira
\n– Manuel Echenique, Ur\u00eda Men\u00e9ndez
\n– Manuel V\u00e9lez, Ur\u00eda Men\u00e9ndez
\n– Marcos \u00c1lvarez Almod\u00f3var, Vueling Airlines
\n– Margarita Fern\u00e1ndez, Hewlett-Packard
\n– Maria Jo\u00e3o Mata, PLMJ
\n– Nuno Moraes Bastos, Zurich Insurance
\n– Pablo Gonz\u00e1lez, P\u00e9rez-Llorca
\n– Patricia Saiz Gonz\u00e1lez, ESADE Law School
\n– Paulo Costa Martins, Cuatrecasas, Gon\u00e7alves Pereira
\n– Rafael N\u00fa\u00f1ez-Lagos, Ur\u00eda Men\u00e9ndez
\n– Sofia Mateus, CMS Rui Pena & Arnaut
\n– Ver\u00f3nica Roman\u00ed, G\u00f3mez-Acebo & Pombo<\/p>\n
The awards recognised the achievements of the top 40 lawyers under 40 years of age working either within the Iberian legal market or for Iberian companies worldwide. More than 250 applications were received from candidates from law firms, companies and public institutions in 10 countries.<\/p>\n
This year, the jury was diverse, very experienced and with a strong international outlook. It included general counsel from prestigious companies such as PepsiCo Western Europe, The Royal Bank of Scotland, Aeroportos de Portugal, NH Group, Portucel Soporcel Group, Pernod Ricard, Mediapro and Grupo Planeta. Other members of the jury included leading academics from top law schools such as ESADE Law School, IE Law School, ICADE, University Pompeu Fabra and Cat\u00f3lica Global School of Law as well as international schools such as University of Miami School of Law and St Thomas University School of Law.<\/p>\n
The jury also included a select group of leading international legal consultants as well as distinguished representatives from the Barcelona Bar Association and the Madrid Bar Association and the Law Society of England & Wales.<\/p>\n
As in previous years, the awards ceremony was preceded by the Iberian Legal Summit. This is an interactive debate enabling general counsel from Iberian and international businesses to discuss their current challenges together with managing partners from law firms across Barcelona, Lisbon, Madrid as well as Europe, Africa and Latin America.<\/p>\n