Winners 2025
Banking and Finance
Banking and Finance Firm of the Year
A&O Shearman
Banking and Finance Lawyer of the Year
Filipe Lowndes Marques, Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados
Banking and Finance Next Generation Partner of the Year
Armando García-Mendonza, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
Capital Markets
Capital Markets Firm of the Year
Linklaters (Spain)
Capital Markets Lawyer of the Year
Iñigo Berricano, Hogan Lovells
Capital Markets Next Generation Partner of the Year
Carlos Martín, Baker McKenzie
Corporate and M&A
Corporate and M&A Firm of the Year
Uría Menéndez (Spain)
Corporate and M&A Lawyer of the Year
Pablo González Mosqueira, Pérez-Llorca
Corporate and M&A Next Generation Partner of the Year
Luis Roquette Geraldes, Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados
Data Privacy and Data Protection
Data Privacy and Data Protection Firm of the Year
VdA
Data Privacy and Data Protection Lawyer of the Year
Leticia López-Lapuente, Uría Menéndez
Data Privacy and Data Protection Next Generation Partner of the Year
Teresa Pereyra, ECIJA
Dispute Resolution
Dispute Resolution Firm of the Year
PLMJ
Dispute Resolution Lawyer of the Year
Alfonso Iglesia, Cuatrecasas
Dispute Resolution Next Generation Partner of the Year
Carla Gonçalves Borges, VdA
Employment
Employment Firm of the Year
Sagardoy Abogados
Employment Lawyer of the Year
Mario Barros, Uría Menéndez
Employment Next Generation Partner of the Year
André Nascimento, Uría Menéndez
Energy and Natural Resources
Energy and Natural Resources Firm of the Year
Linklaters (Spain)
Energy and Natural Resources Lawyer of the Year
María Pilar García Guijarro, Watson Farley & Williams LLP
Energy and Natural Resources Next Generation Partner of the Year
Manuel Cassiano Neves, CMS
Environment
Environment Firm of the Year
Gómez-Acebo y Pombo (Spain)
Environment Lawyer of the Year
Arancha Bengoechea Bartolomé, Andersen
Environment Next Generation Partner of the Year
Iria Calviño, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
EU and Competition
EU and Competition Firm of the Year
Uría Menéndez (Spain)
EU and Competition Lawyer of the Year
Miguel Odriozola, Clifford Chance
EU and Competition Next Generation Partner of the Year
Paloma Martínez-Lage, Baker McKenzie
Insurance
Insurance Firm of the Year
Kennedys
Insurance Lawyer of the Year
Joaquín Ruiz Echauri, Pérez-Llorca
Insurance Next Generation Partner of the Year
Alejandra Galdos, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
Intellectual Property
Intellectual Property Firm of the Year
Grau & Angulo
Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year
Manuel Lobato, Bird & Bird
Intellectual Property Next Generation Partner of the Year
Mariana Costa Pinto, Sérvulo & Associados
Projects and Project Finance
Projects and Project Finance Firm of the Year
Clifford Chance
Projects and Project Finance Lawyer of the Year
Francisco Ferraz de Carvalho, Linklaters
Projects and Project Finance Next Generation Partner of the Year
Vanessa Cuellas, A&O Shearman
Public Law
Public Law Firm of the Year
Sérvulo & Associados
Public Law Lawyer of the Year
Félix Plasencia, Cuatrecasas
Public Law Next Generation Partner of the Year
Elena Veleiro, Pérez-Llorca
Real Estate
Real Estate Firm of the Year
Garrigues (Spain)
Real Estate Lawyer of the Year
Orson Alcocer, Hogan Lovells
Real Estate Next Generation Partner of the Year
Sara Quaresma, Cuatrecasas
Restructuring and Insolvency
Restructuring and Insolvency Firm of the Year
Gómez-Acebo & Pombo (Spain)
Restructuring and Insolvency Lawyer of the Year
Joaquim Shearman de Macedo, PLMJ
Restructuring and Insolvency Next Generation Partner of the Year
Javier García Marrero, Pérez-Llorca
Tax
Tax Firm of the Year
Cuatrecasas (Spain)
Tax Lawyer of the Year
Jordi Domínguez, Latham & Watkins
Tax Next Generation Partner of the Year
Alejandro Meca, Linklaters
Transport
Transport Firm of the Year
Augusta Abogados
Transport Lawyer of the Year
António Moura Portugal, DLA Piper ABBC
Transport Next Generation Partner of the Year
Victor Mata, Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP
TMT
TMT Firm of the Year
ECIJA
TMT Lawyer of the Year
Magda Cocco, VdA
TMT Next Generation Partner of the Year
Ceyhun Pehlivan, Linklaters
White-Collar Crime
White-Collar Crime Firm of the Year
Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados
White-Collar Crime Lawyer of the Year
Carlos Sáiz, Gómez-Acebo & Pombo
White-Collar Crime Next Generation Partner of the Year
João Lima Cluny, Garrigues Portugal
Firm of the Year – Portugal
PLMJ
Lawyer of the Year – Portugal
Magda Cocco, VdA
Firm of the Year – Spain
Garrigues
Lawyer of the Year – Spain
Íñigo Berricano, Hogan Lovells
Leading Associate of the Year
Inês Gouveia, Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados
Rising Firm of the Year
rēgula
ESG In-house Team of the Year
Grupo DIA
Boutique Firm of the Year
Faus Moliner
Most Transformative In-house Team of the Year
The Navigator Company
Next Generation Partner of the Year
Vanessa Cuellas, A&O Shearman
Client Service Excellence 2025 – Portugal
Durham Agrellos
Client Service Excellence 2025 – Spain
Labormatters Abogados
GC of the Year
Célia Sá Miranda, SONAE
Deal of the Year
Cinven’s €2.9bn acquisition of 70% stake in Idealista
A&O Shearman
Clifford Chance
Deloitte Legal
Dentons
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Garrigues (Spain)
KPMG Abogados
Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados
Uría Menéndez (Spain)
Lawyer of the Year
Fernando Vives, Garrigues
In-house Team of the Year
MASORANGE
Iberia Firm of the Year
Pérez-Llorca