Shortlist 2026
Banking and Finance
Banking and Finance Next Generation Partner of the Year
Eugenio Marín, Pérez-Llorca
Gonçalo Veiga de Macedo, Linklaters Portugal
Inês Palma Ramalho, Pérez-Llorca Portugal
María Sabau, Clifford Chance
Vanessa Cuellas, A&O Shearman
Verónica Fernández, Sérvulo & Associados
Xabier Urtiaga, Garrigues
Banking and Finance Lawyer of the Year
Alexandra Valente, SRS Legal
Duarte Brito de Goes, CS’Associados
Fernando Colomina, Latham & Watkins LLP
Hugo Moredo Santos, VdA
Ignacio Ruiz-Cámara, A&O Shearman
Íñigo Rubio, Cuatrecasas
Juan Barona, Linklaters Spain
Banking and Finance Firm of the Year
A&O Shearman
Clifford Chance
Cuatrecasas Portugal
Garrigues
Linklaters Spain
Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados
PLMJ
Uría Menéndez
Capital Markets
Capital Markets Next Generation Partner of the Year
Carlos Martín, Baker McKenzie
Diogo Pereira Duarte, Abreu Advogados
Lucía García, Ramón y Cajal Abogados
Maria Soares do Lago, Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados
Pablo Medina, Linklaters Spain
Vera Ferreira de Lima, Linklaters Portugal
Capital Markets Lawyer of the Year
Antonio Henríquez, Clifford Chance
Jaime de la Torre, Cuatrecasas
Javier Redonet, Uría Menéndez
Jorge Alegre, Linklaters Spain
Manuel Cordeiro Ferreira, Pérez-Llorca Portugal
Marta Graça Rodrigues, Garrigues Portugal
Salvador Ruiz Bachs, A&O Shearman
Capital Markets Firm of the Year
Clifford Chance
Cuatrecasas
Garrigues
Linklaters Spain
PLMJ
Uría Menéndez
VdA
Corporate and M&A
Corporate and M&A Next Generation Partner of the Year
Bosco de Checa, A&O Shearman
Carmen Reyna, Pérez-Llorca
Lucía Quiroga, White & Case LLP
Rodrigo Falcão Nogueira, Pérez-Llorca Portugal
Sofia Bobone, VdA
Tiago Valente de Oliveira, CMS
Corporate and M&A Lawyer of the Year
Alex Dolmans, Hogan Lovells Spain
David Oliveira Festas, CS’Associados
Ignacio Pallarés, Latham & Watkins LLP
Iñigo Del Val, A&O Shearman
Lara Hemzaoui, Linklaters Spain
Manuel Santos Vítor, Abreu Advogados
Mariana Norton dos Reis, Cuatrecasas Portugal
Corporate and M&A Firm of the Year
Clifford Chance
Garrigues
Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados
Pérez-Llorca
PLMJ
Uría Menéndez
VdA
Data Privacy and Data Protection
Data Privacy and Data Protection Next Generation Partner of the Year
Bartolomé Martín, Squire Patton Boggs
Inês Antas de Barros, VdA
Joana Mota Agostinho, Cuatrecasas Portugal
Teresa Pereyra, ECIJA
Data Privacy and Data Protection Lawyer of the Year
Daniel López, ECIJA
Helena Tapp Barroso, Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados
Leticia López-Lapuente, Uría Menéndez
Norman Heckh, Ramón y Cajal Abogados
Paula Garralón, Bird & Bird
Pedro Lomba, PLMJ
Ricardo Henriques, Abreu Advogados
Data Privacy and Data Protection Firm of the Year
Bird & Bird
Garrigues
Hogan Lovells Spain
Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados
SRS Legal
Uría Menéndez
VdA
Dispute Resolution
Dispute Resolution Next Generation Partner of the Year
Alexandra Valpaços, Sérvulo & Associados
Antonio Canales, Jones Day
Carla Góis Coelho, PLMJ
Heidi López Castro, Uría Menéndez
Librado Loriente, ECIJA
Luis López, Gómez-Acebo & Pombo
Miguel Azevedo, Garrigues Portugal
Dispute Resolution Lawyer of the Year
Cristina Camarero Espinosa, ONTIER
David Arias, Arias SLP
Francisco Málaga, White & Case LLP
Miguel de Almada, Cuatrecasas Portugal
Miguel Pinto Cardoso, VdA
Sofía Parra Martínez, Pinsent Masons
Sofia Ribeiro Mendes, DLA Piper ABBC
Dispute Resolution Firm of the Year
A&O Shearman
Cuatrecasas
Garrigues
Garrigues Portugal
Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados
Pérez-Llorca
PLMJ
Uría Menéndez
Employment
Employment Next Generation Partner of the Year
Blanca Liñán Hernández, Ceca Magán Abogados
Carmen Torres, Simmons & Simmons
Catarina Santos Ferreira, DLA Piper ABBC
Clara Mañoso, Araoz & Rueda
Isabel Valente Dias, Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados
João Paulo Gomes, CMS
Raúl Boo, Uría Menéndez
Employment Lawyer of the Year
Abreu Advogados, Carmo Sousa Machado
Ana Luísa Beirão , SRS Legal
Antonio Pedrajas, Abdon Pedrajas | Littler
Diogo Leote Nobre, Miranda & Associados
Eloy Castañer, Garrigues
Isabel Moya, Pérez-Llorca
Mireia Sabaté, Baker McKenzie
Employment Firm of the Year
Abdon Pedrajas | Littler
Ceca Magán Abogados
CMS
DLA Piper ABBC
Garrigues
PLMJ
Sagardoy Abogados, member of Ius Laboris
Uría Menéndez
Energy and Natural Resources
Energy and Natural Resources Next Generation Partner of the Year
Alberto Artés, Addleshaw Goddard
Ana Cremades, Pérez-Llorca
André Duarte Figueira, DLA Piper ABBC
Bernardo Cunha Ferreira, CMS
Jorge Toral, Linklaters Spain
Maria Athayde Tavares, Linklaters Portugal
Miguel Fraga, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP
Energy and Natural Resources Lawyer of the Year
Francisco Santos Costa, Cuatrecasas Portugal
Gervasio Martínez-Villaseñor, MVA ASOCIADOS
Ignacio Grangel, CMS Albiñana y Suárez de Lezo
Ignacio Paz, White & Case LLP
Ivone Rocha, Deloitte Legal TELLES
João Marques Mendes, PLMJ
Verónica Romaní, Gómez-Acebo & Pombo
Energy and Natural Resources Firm of the Year
Addleshaw Goddard
Clifford Chance
CMS
Cuatrecasas
Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados
VdA
Watson Farley & Williams LLP
Environment
Environment Next Generation Partner of the Year
Ana Orondo, Gómez-Acebo & Pombo
Jesús Sedano, Uría Menéndez
Victoria Esteban del Palacio, Garrigues
Environment Lawyer of the Year
Alberto Ibort, Pérez-Llorca
David Sanz Pérez, Garrigues
Juan Antonio Loste, Uría Menéndez
María José Rovira, Ceca Magán Abogados
Pedro Poveda, Gómez-Acebo & Pombo
Víctor Moralo, ECIJA
Environment Firm of the Year
Andersen in Spain
Cuatrecasas
Gómez-Acebo & Pombo
Pérez-Llorca
Uría Menéndez
EU and Competition
EU and Competition Next Generation Partner of the Year
Alberto Saavedra, Sérvulo & Associados
Ana María Rodríguez, Pérez-Llorca
Fredrik Löwhagen, Linklaters Spain
Miguel Marques de Carvalho, Miranda & Associados
Rita Aleixo Gregório, PLMJ
Tomás Arranz, Uría Menéndez
Yolanda Martínez, Marimón Abogados
EU and Competition Lawyer of the Year
Helmut Brokelmann, MLAB Abogados, SLP
Henar González Durántez, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP
João Ferreira, Linklaters Portugal
José Luís da Cruz Vilaça, Antas da Cunha Ecija
José María Jiménez-Laiglesia, Latham & Watkins LLP
Miguel Gorjão-Henriques, Sérvulo & Associados
Pedro Suárez, Rēgula
Susana Cabrera Zaragoza, Garrigues
EU and Competition Firm of the Year
Clifford Chance
Garrigues
Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados
Pérez-Llorca
SRS Legal
Uría Menéndez
VdA
Insurance
Insurance Next Generation Partner of the Year
Alejandra Galdos, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP
Carlos Bonhome, Cuatrecasas
Jaime del Fraile, Uría Menéndez
Rafael Fernández, Pérez-Llorca
Insurance Lawyer of the Year
Alberto Muñoz Villarreal, Muñoz Arribas Abogados S.L.P.
Fernando Blanco Gamella, Blanco & Asociados Abogados
Javier Goizueta, BROSETA Abogados
Olivia Delagrange, Simmons & Simmons
Ricardo Garrido, Kennedys
Insurance Firm of the Year
Bird & Bird
DAC Beachcroft LLP
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP
Kennedys
Pérez-Llorca
Intellectual Property
Intellectual Property Next Generation Partner of the Year
Antonio Muñoz Vico, Garrigues
Ignacio Pontijas, Grau & Angelo
Inmaculada Lorenzo, Hogan Lovells Spain
Jean-Yves Teindas, Cuatrecasas
Marta Alves Vieira, VdA
Sara Nazaré, NLP
Sérvulo & Associados, Mariana Costa Pinto
Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year
João Miranda de Sousa, Garrigues Portugal
Luis Fernández-Novoa, HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER
Mabel Klimt, Elzaburu
Paulo Monteverde, Baptista, Monteverde & Associados
Pedro Merino Baylos, Baylos
Ricardo do Nascimento Ferreira, Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados
Santiago Mediano, Santiago Mediano Abogados
Intellectual Property Firm of the Year
Abreu Advogados
Baker McKenzie
Bird & Bird
Clifford Chance
Garrigues
Grau & Angelo
VdA
Projects and Project Finance
Projects and Project Finance Next Generation Partner of the Year
Borja Carvajal, Gómez-Acebo & Pombo
Joana Brandão, PLMJ
José Félix Zaldívar de la Rica, Uría Menéndez
Maria de Athayde Tavares, Linklaters Portugal
Maria Zagallo, PLMJ
Vanessa Cuellas, A&O Shearman
Projects and Project Finance Lawyer of the Year
Bruno Azevedo Rodrigues, EY Law
Francisco Ferraz de Carvalho, Linklaters Portugal
José Guardo, Clifford Chance
José Luís Moreira da Silva, SRS Legal
Mafalda Ferreira, CS’Associados
Marcos Botella, Garrigues
María Pilar García Guijarro, Watson Farley & Williams LLP
Projects and Project Finance Firm of the Year
Clifford Chance
CS’Associados
Garrigues
Gómez-Acebo & Pombo
Linklaters Spain
PLMJ
Uría Menéndez Portugal
Public Law
Public Law Next Generation Partner of the Year
André Gaspar Martins, VdA
Sara Castelo Branco , Miranda & Associados
Vasco Moura Ramos, SRS Legal
Gonzalo Rubio, MVA ASOCIADOS
Juan Moreno, CMS Albiñana y Suárez de Lezo
Public Law Lawyer of the Year
Alexandre de Albuquerque, Albuquerque & Almeida
Mafalda Carmona, Lobo Carmona e Associados
Lino Torgal , Garrigues Portugal
Elena Veleiro, Pérez-Llorca
Fernando Calancha Marzana, Hogan Lovells Spain
Alberto Dorrego, Eversheds Sutherland
Félix Plasencia, Cuatrecasas
Public Law Firm of the Year
PLMJ
Sérvulo & Associados
Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados
Clifford Chance
Cuatrecasas
Uría Menéndez
Linklaters Spain
Real Estate
Real Estate Next Generation Partner of the Year
Evo Fernandes, Pérez-Llorca Portugal
Gabriel Cabello, Clifford Chance
Itxaso López, Dentons
Joaquín Macías, Ashurst LLP
José Manuel Silva Nunes, CMS
Natalia Callejo, ONTIER
Pedro Corrêa d’Oliveira, VdA
Real Estate Lawyer of the Year
Enrique Isla, Gómez-Acebo & Pombo
Estefanía Iceta, Garrigues
José Antonio Calleja, Addleshaw Goddard
José Antonio Pérez, Baker McKenzie
Miguel Marques dos Santos, VdA
Patrícia Viana, Abreu Advogados
Sara Quaresma, Cuatrecasas Portugal
Real Estate Firm of the Year
Cuatrecasas
Cuatrecasas Portugal
Garrigues
Garrigues Portugal
Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados
Pérez-Llorca
Uría Menéndez
Restructuring and Insolvency
Restructuring and Insolvency Next Generation Partner of the Year
Diana Simão Lourenço, Cuatrecasas Portugal
Francisco Sáinz-Trápaga, Linklaters Spain
Irene Arévalo, Gómez-Acebo & Pombo
Laura Camarero, Baker McKenzie
Laura Ruiz, Pérez-Llorca
Nuno Gundar da Cruz, Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados
Vasco Rodrigues, Garrigues Portugal
Restructuring and Insolvency Lawyer of the Year
Bernardo Gutiérrez de la Roza, ONTIER
Fedra Valencia, Cuatrecasas
Francisco Patrício, Abreu Advogados
Juan Verdugo, DLA Piper
Nuno Líbano Monteiro, PLMJ
Pedro de Rojas, Latham & Watkins LLP
Ramón Fernández- Aceytuno, Ramón y Cajal Abogados
Teresa Pitôrra, VdA
Restructuring and Insolvency Firm of the Year
A&O Shearman
Cuatrecasas Portugal
Garrigues
Gómez-Acebo & Pombo
Linklaters Portugal
Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados
Sérvulo & Associados
Uría Menéndez
Tax
Tax Next Generation Partner of the Year
Dinis Tracana, PLMJ
Francisco Cabral Matos, VdA
Inês Teixeira, DLA Piper ABBC
Isabel Cortés, Garrigues
Iván Rabanillo, Latham & Watkins LLP
Mariana Díaz-Moro, Gómez-Acebo & Pombo
Violeta Pina, Uría Menéndez
Tax Lawyer of the Year
Alexandra Courela, Abreu Advogados
Ana Moutinho Nascimento, Sérvulo & Associados
Ana Royuela, EY Abogados
António Rocha Mendes, CS’Associados
Francisco Conde, Garrido
Javier Hernández Galante, Ashurst LLP
María Antonia Azpeitia, Baker McKenzie
Maria Cortizas, Dentons
Tax Firm of the Year
Ashurst LLP
Cuatrecasas
Garrigues
Garrigues Portugal
Linklaters Spain
Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados
Uría Menéndez
VdA
Transport
Transport Next Generation Partner of the Year
Diego de San Simón, San Simon & Duch
Inês Teixeira, DLA Piper ABBC
Jaime Albors, Albors Galiano Portales
José Miguel Oliveira, VdA
Nuno Luís Sapateiro, Abreu Advogados
Olivia López-Ibor, López-Ibor Abogados
Victor Mata, Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP
Transport Lawyer of the Year
Ainara Rentería , Gómez-Acebo & Pombo
Alfredo Cabellos, Watson Farley & Williams LLP
António Moura Portugal, DLA Piper ABBC
Antonio Quirós, Avante Legal
Joana Andrade Correia, Raposo Bernardo
João Marques De Almeida, Abreu Advogados
Luis Alberto Garcia, Rogers & Co. Abogados
Transport Firm of the Year
Albors Galiano Portales
Augusta Abogados
Avante Legal
Clyde & Co
Cuatrecasas Portugal
DLA Piper ABBC
Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados
TMT
TMT Next Generation Partner of the Year
Cristina Villasante, ECIJA
Margarida Leitão Nogueira, DLA Piper ABBC
Pablo Méndez, A&O Shearman
Tiago Bessa, VdA
TMT Lawyer of the Year
Daniel Reis, Gómez-Acebo & Pombo Portugal
Fernando Fernandez-Miranda, PwC Tax & Legal
Fernando Iruzun, Clifford Chance
Filipe Mayer, CCA Law firm
Gonzalo F Gállego, Hogan Lovells Spain
Leticia López-Lapuente, Uría Menéndez
Ricardo Henriques, Abreu Advogados
TMT Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
CMS Albiñana y Suárez de Lezo
Cuatrecasas
ECIJA
Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados
SRS Legal
Uría Menéndez
VdA
White-Collar Crime
White-Collar Crime Next Generation Partner of the Year
Alberto Gómez Fraga, Uría Menéndez
Carolina González de la Fuente, Ius+Aequitas Trial Lawyers
Dirce Rente, Eversheds Sutherland
Emilio Moyano, CMS Albiñana y Suárez de Lezo
Miguel Santos Almeida, Sérvulo & Associados
Tiago Geraldo, Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados
White-Collar Crime Lawyer of the Year
Ana Rita Duarte de Campos, Abreu Advogados
Gabriel Castro, Garrigues
João Medeiros, MFA Legal
Joaquín Burkhalter, Cuatrecasas
Pablo Jiménez de Parga, ECIJA
Paulo Saragoça da Matta, DLA Piper ABBC
Vanessa Fernández-Lledó, Gómez-Acebo & Pombo
White-Collar Crime Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Cuatrecasas
Garrigues
Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados
Oliva-Ayala Abogados
Sérvulo & Associados
VdA
Law Firm of the Year – Portugal
Cuatrecasas Portugal
Garrigues Portugal
Linklaters Portugal
Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados
PLMJ
SRS Legal
Uría Menéndez Portugal
VdA
Lawyer of the Year – Portugal
Carmo Sousa Machado, Abreu Advogados
Daniel Reis, Gómez-Acebo & Pombo
João Medeiros, MFA Legal
João Miranda de Sousa, Garrigues Portugal
Joaquim Vieira Peres, Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados
José Luís da Cruz Vilaça, Antas da Cunha Ecija
Miguel Pinto Cardoso, VdA
Teresa Serra, Sérvulo & Associados
Law Firm of the Year – Spain
Baker McKenzie
Clifford Chance
Cuatrecasas
Garrigues
Gómez-Acebo & Pombo
Linklaters Spain
Pérez-Llorca
Uría Menéndez
Lawyer of the Year – Spain
David Arias, Arias SLP
Fedra Valencia, Cuatrecasas
Manuel Echenique, Uría Menéndez
Manuel Lobato, Bird & Bird
Miquel Montañá, Clifford Chance
Pedro De Rojas, Latham & Watkins LLP
Susana Cabrera Zaragoza, Garrigues
Verónica Romaní, Gómez-Acebo & Pombo
Deal of the Year
Boliden’s acquisition of Somincor
Uría Menéndez Portugal
Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados
Linklaters Portugal
CS’Associados
PwC Portugal
DLA Piper ABBC
Iberdrola €5bn capital increase
Uría Menéndez
White & Case LLP
Linklaters Spain
Inocsa’s takeover bid for 37.9% of Catalana Occidente Group’s shares
Cuatrecasas
Pérez-Llorca
Naturgy Energy Group’s €2.3bn buyback of its own shares
Freshfields
Pérez-Llorca (Spain)
Boutique Firm of the Year
Albors Galiano Portales
Arias SLP
Gama Glória
Grau & Angelo
MFA Legal
Oliva-Ayala Abogados
RFF Lawyers
Sagardoy Abogados, member of Ius Laboris
Rising Firm of the Year
Croma Legal
J+Legal
LOBO CARMONA
Selier Abogados
STATIM LEGAL
Wonders & Co SLP
Law Firm of the Year – Portugal (Client Satisfaction)
Costa Pinto
Durham Agrellos
ECIJA
Garrigues Portugal
MACEDO VITORINO
NLP
RFF Lawyers
Law Firm of the Year – Spain (Client Satisfaction)
Abdon Pedrajas | Littler
Campaner Law
Constitución 23
Fils Legal
Fourlaw Abogados
PEREZ ALBORS | & CO
SLJ Abogados
Leading Associate of the Year
Carlos López González, DLA Piper
Diana Avillez Caldeira, Cuatrecasas Portugal
Dzhamil Oda, Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados
Maria José Sousa Leite, Linklaters Portugal
Ricardo Lopez Alzaga, Garrigues
Román Hierro, Ashurst LLP
Sara Sanz, A&O Shearman
Next Generation Partner of the Year
Felipe Font, Clifford Chance
Francisco Sáinz-Trápaga, Linklaters Spain
Heidi López Castro, Gómez-Acebo & Pombo
João Soares Almeida, Garrigues Portugal
Margarida Leitão Nogueira, DLA Piper ABBC
Miguel Stokes, Uría Menéndez Portugal
Vanessa Cuellas, A&O Shearman
Lawyer of the Year
Alejandro Touriño, ECIJA
Álvaro López-Jorrín, Garrigues
Javier Carvajal, Pérez-Llorca
Lara Hemzaoui, Linklaters Spain
Mafalda Ferreira Santos, Sérvulo & Associados
Manuel Requicha Ferreira, Cuatrecasas Portugal
Nuno Líbano Monteiro, PLMJ
Sofía Martínez-Almeida, Gómez-Acebo & Pombo
Iberia Law Firm of the Year
Cuatrecasas
Garrigues
Gómez-Acebo & Pombo
Linklaters
Pérez-Llorca
Uría Menéndez
GC of the Year
Ainhoa Madrazo Rotgers, ISDIN
Teresa Minguez, Porsche Ibérica
Virginia Beltramini, MOEVE
Isabel Lage, Fidelidade
Pedro Krusse Neves, Galp
In-house Team of the Year
Javier Illescas, Banco Santander (Spain)
Pedro Krusse Neves, Galp
Carlos Martins Ferreira, Jerónimo Martins
Isabel Fernandes, Grupo Visabeira
Cristina Álvarez Fernández , Cintra
Most Transformative In-house Team of the Year
Daniela Silva e Sousa, StartCampus
Isabel Fernandes, Grupo Visabeira
Yolanda Herrán Azanza, Acciona
Zahorí Martínez Calva, Siemens Mobility
Lidia Peyrona, IBM
ESG In-house Team of the Year
Pedro Krusse Neves, Galp
Isabel Lage, Fidelidade
Célia Sá Miranda, SONAE
Santiago Martínez Garrido, Iberdrola
Maria Victoria Andres Cabrera Caixabank, Caixa Bank