Legal Team size:   86  Giannina Marin is vice president and general counsel for Latin America at American Tower Corporation (ATC).  Giannina is part of the executive leadership team for Latin America, leading the legal team...

Florina Mariana Homeghiu is the deputy group legal counsel and manages the legal affairs of Photon Energy Group in Romania. She has over 15 years of experience and is a...

Cristina Iancu is currently holding the position of legal director within the Romanian National Gas Transmission Company Transgaz.   Born in 1985, she graduated with a BA in Law at...

Arina Dobrescu is the legal director of Tenaris Romania. Arina has over 12 years of experience as a general counsel and ten years as a lawyer with several domestic and...

Alina has more than 15 years of professional experience as in-house legal counsel, she is a well appraised legal professional with extensive expertise in commercial business law, M&A, competition law...

Clementina Canel has been director of legal and compliance at Fepra since 2021. She has 17 years of experience in the legal field, in specific areas like environment, business law,...

Alina Dumitrascu is a passionate energy lawyer, with over 20 years of experience and has taken on several leadership positions, including senior roles in public, private and civic sectors in...

Cristina started her career as a litigation lawyer immediately after graduation in a well reputed Romanian law firm. After several years as a litigator, Cristina made a bold move as...

Team size: 12  Adina is currently acting as group general counsel for the reputable Romanian infrastructure group of companies, E-Infra Group, as well as a board member of Netcity Telecom (an...

Focus on: My career  Abdulwahhab is currently the group general counsel of OQ, a global integrated energy company based and owned in Oman, managing a legal function consisting of approximately...

Focus on: Despina Doxaki Despina Doxaki is a professional with 30 years of experience in international financing transactions. She is highly skilled in all types of funds raising and lending,...

Ginamaría Miglino serves as the head of legal at Pilay Uruguay Administradora de Fondos de Inversión, a financial trust company dedicated to the administration of financial trusts for real estate...

In her professional career, Cristina Rustignoli has gained extensive and consolidated experience in the banking, financial and insurance sectors.   In 2000 she joined the Generali Group as legal manager of...

Ms. Batista has fourteen years of experience practicing law, focusing her practice on providing advice in the areas of real estate, contracts, corporate and commercial law, civil law, banking and...

Raul Alejandro Peña Medina has a law degree from the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM), complemented by a master’s degree in legal practice from the same university, as...

Kelly R. Torrico Mèrida, deputy legal and compliance manager at Brinks Bolivia, has 16 years of experience in the practice of law and in providing legal advice to private sector...

Simone Davina is a business orientated general counsel at Siemens Energy with international experience for Europe and Africa (without Germany), overseeing the various sub-regions within Europe and Africa. She is...

Julieta graduated from the Universidad Católica Santa María la Antigua in 2004 with a degree in Law and Political Science, Magna Cum Laude, and with an LLM, with emphasis in...

Spotlight on Katrina Johnson Katrina is the group general counsel of WiseTech Global. WiseTech is a leading developer and provider of software solutions to the global logistics execution industry. Its...

Rinat Shiran-Rasky is the head of legal, international markets at Teva Pharmaceuticals, leading a diverse team of more than thirty in-house lawyers and developing them to become legal guardians, strategic...

Dr. Valesca Molinari is general counsel — vice president of legal and compliance — at the hydrogen company Sunfire, a growth company on its way to becoming a major industrial...

After nine years of experience in German and US law firms, Nina joined McKinsey on the doorstep of the first lockdown in March 2020. In the newly created position as...

Editor’s note: This interview was conducted prior to March 2020. What are the most important transactions and litigations that you have been involved in during the last two years? I...

Team size: approximately 25 What are the most important transactions, litigations or other major projects that you have been involved in during the last year? During the last year we...

What are the most important transactions and litigations that you have been involved in during the last two years? Given the fact that the Turkish power market has been suffering...

Number of years practice: 20 Principal practice areas: Projects, Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure group, focusing on project finance Bar admissions: New York Languages spoken: English, Spanish, French, Greek What...

Can you briefly explain how the legal team is structured, highlighting key individuals and their role within the department? We are a young and dynamic team of approximately 17 lawyers...

Can you explain how the legal team is structured? The in-house legal team has two verticals, corporate legal and retail legal. The corporate legal deptarment functions as a strategic and...

What are the most important transactions and litigations that you have been involved in during the last two years? Several areas in which Unilever’s legal team was active include: participation...

What are the most important transactions and litigations that you have been involved in during the last two years? Granting the right to use SAS software, which is of American...

What are the most important transactions and litigations that you have been involved in during the last two years? I am involved in nearly every structured deal of the firm...

How do you suggest in-house lawyers build strong relationships with business partners? Deeply embed yourself in the business and don’t be “just the lawyer”. Jump into the trenches with the...

What are the most significant cases and/or transactions that your legal team has been involved with in the last two years? Our internal legal team, along with an external law...

China Construction Bank is the second largest Chinese bank and among the top ones in the world. Five years ago, it bought BIC Banco, a traditional Brazilian bank with a...

What are the most important transactions and litigations that you have been involved in during the last two years? Amongst others, I have been involved in several divestment transactions with...

What are the most important transactions and litigations that you have been involved in during the last two years? I am very happy that my daily work includes a lot...

What are the unique challenges of working as an in-house lawyer in Romania? In terms of talent, Romanians are very smart, ambitious, innovative and eager to prove themselves as professionals....

To name only few of the reasons for this nomination, Alina Dumitrascu is not only a true professional with impressive legal and regulatory knowledge, she is also a game changer,...

If I were to describe Arina Dobrescu in a few words, those would be energetic, compassionate, friendly, hardworking, forward thinker, nature lover, reliable, responsible. I’ve known Dobrescu for more than...

What are the most important transactions and litigations that you have been involved in during the last two years? At the beginning of the year I took over the role...

What are the most important transactions and litigations that you have been involved in during the last two years? The biggest project at Sporveien for the time being is the...

What are the most important transactions and litigations that you have been involved in during the last two years? We assist the top management regularly and are thus involved in...

Formerly a lawyer for the Ukrainian government, at the Defence and Justice Ministries and then a lawyer for the Ukrainian parliament, Irina Kovalchuk originally moved to the Middle East to...

Formerly a legal project manager for a UNODC project on human trafficking and a private practice lawyer, Zeina Abillamah joined the UAE Trading Group and moved to the Dubai in...

A leading producer and supplier of cement and construction materials in Chile, Melón has a strong reputation in the construction materials industry and divides its operations into the three divisions...

EDF Renewables has been active in the Chilean market since 2014, participating in the development and financing stage of utility-scale solar projects in the country. In 2018, the local EDF...

Having joined Alstom in 2003, general counsel Carolina Carrasco Acuña has accumulated a formidable knowledge of Chilean and Latin American operations at the French global leader in energy and railroad...

When Christina Lema joined Vista Equity Partners in 2012, it was a private equity-focused firm with two product lines, $6bn under management and employing around 50 staff, most of whom...

Selina is a new hospitality group that hosts what it describes as “co-stay, co-live, co-work and co-playing spaces” in fascinating locations around the world. The company is on a mission...

The expert in-house legal team provides legal support to Caterpillar Financial’s regional offices in Latin America (Mexico, Brazil and Chile) and coordinates with local teams within those regional offices. The...

Number of years practice: 19 Principal practice areas: Projects and energy, project finance, M&A Bar admissions: New York Languages spoken: English, French (proficient), Greek and Spanish (proficient) The ‘client-oriented’ Dorina...

Number of years practice: 20 Principal practice areas: Energy finance, infrastructure finance, project finance Bar admissions: New York Languages spoken: English, Portuguese and Spanish Carolina Walther-Meade lived and went to...

Number of years practice: 22 Principal practice areas: Project finance Languages spoken: French and English What is the geographical focus of your practice in Africa? Pan-African practice with a particular...

Spain’s largest sports broadcasting and media rights group Imagina – commonly referred to as Mediapro, the name of one of its subsidiaries – provides technical services to the film, television...

In 2017, Volkswagen Financial Services separated the Volkswagen Bank from the Volkswagen Financial Services organisation. This project was a highly demanding project from a legal and compliance perspective for the...

Mercedes-Benz Financial Services is a Daimler Group company that has been present in Portugal since 1998, and supports the sales of the global automobile company and its dealership network in...

‘CaixaBank is one of the leading banking entities in Spain. Among all their outstanding legal teams, we highlight the legal department ascribed to the structured finance division led by Gemma...

‘Cabot Financial is one of the six companies that makes up the Cabot Credit Management Group, which is one of the leading European credit management companies recognised for the excellence...

The Banco Finantia in-house legal department supports all of the Bank’s activities and services including business and non-business areas, and is responsible for managing all legal related matters including contract...

Banco BPI is a major privately owned bank in Portugal owned by Spanish bank CaixaBank. Banco BPI internal legal department supports all of the Bank’s activities and is led by...

As one of seventeen board members for the Houston-based Association of Women in Energy, which is paving the way for women in the sector through peer-to-peer learning, Christina Ibrahim is...

As a shareholding of Volkswagen Financial Services and Doğuş group companies in Turkey, Volkswagen Doğuş Finans (VDF) and its group companies operate in a variety of business areas such as...

QNB Finansbank is a Turkish bank that was first founded in 1987 in Istanbul by leading Turkish banker Hüsnü Özyeğin. In 2015, the National Bank of Greece (who purchased the...

The Akbank – project financing and treasury transactions division’s legal department is managed by managing counsel Cem Davutoglu, and is made up of three lawyers and one support staff. Upon...

Finansbank is the high-performing Turkish bank established by leading Turkish banker Hüsnü Özyeğin in 1987. For a period, it was the Turkish bank with the largest network of foreign branches,...

Faced with a number of challenging factors in the past two years, mainly driven by global trends in the solar industry, the legal team has managed to stay current and...

A well-respected member of CT Corp’s management team, Zainal Rahman is considered a trusted voice amongst peers in the industry. Zainal Rahman started his professional career as a lease officer...

Fina Norhizah binti Haji Baharu Zaman serves as senior general manager of the legal corporate secretarial affairs of MISC Berhad, Malaysia’s largest international shipping line. She started her legal career...

Ilyushin Finance Co is a dedicated leasing and finance subsidiary of the Ilyushin Aviation Complex, a major Russian aircraft manufacturer and design bureau. It provides a range of financial services...

As a lawyer at the venture capital firm Edison VC, Ekaterina has a lot of ground to cover. ‘I’m more of a personal lawyer’ she explains. ‘I work for a...

Irina Savina joined Astellas Pharma in a time of rapid growth and expansion, when the legal function was only starting to develop. Initially, she worked as the sole lawyer at...

‘To me the legal profession is not just work that falls under my current job responsibility, but an opportunity to influence the legal culture as a whole,’ says Anastasia Nadezhdina,...

The Russian Venture Company is a government fund, dedicated to building a national innovation system in Russia by channelling public incentives to venture capital and financial support to the hi-tech...

Tatiana has headed legal and compliance support for world-leading pharmaceutical Sanofi’s Eurasian business since 2010. A globally-educated lawyer, she has worked in house at several other leading international companies and...

‘I like my profession for its versatile nature, lack of routine and need for continuous improvement’, says Irina Kosmina. ‘The position of head of legal at BTC Group has given...

In July 2014, Elena Kholina became GC at Sapinda – an investment holding focusing on special situation investment opportunities across Asia and EMEA. She led the opening of Sapinda’s Moscow...

Svetlana Doronina, head of legal at the Russian agro investment holding Tavros, has organised the work of a strong legal unit that is ‘capable of taking preventive measures to minimise...

Irina Chernenko provides legal support to the pharma division at Johnson & Johnson in Russia and CIS, combining her duties as general cCounsel at the company with a seat on...

Maria Breeva sees ‘her ability to negotiate’ as absolutely crucial to her professional victories. As head of legal at the TSVUM Trading House in Moscow, Maria almost always operates in...

Natalya Blokhina is a brilliant lawyer that has impressed colleagues both in Russia and abroad with her ability to navigate complex real estate deals. Three transactions at Radius Group supported...

The Oficina de Normalización Previsional (ONP) is the public state security agency of Peru, having the ultimate responsibility of administering the Peruvian state’s national pension system. Fully engaged in the...

Founded in 1971, COFIDE is Peru’s state-owned development bank that has the aim of creating sustainable development for the benefit of the country’s various economic agents and capital markets. The...

Compañia Minera Antamina is one of the largest Peruvian producers of copper and zinc concentrates, and one of the ten largest in the world in terms of production volume. Ensuring...

The legal and regulatory management department of COES-SINAC is made up of the following members; head of department Pablo Arturo Okumura Suzuki, legal counsel Renzo Javier Salazar Vallejo and legal...

The legal team at APM Terminals Callao has been able to introduce changes in the way customer legal claims are handled in the company, shifting the focus of the business...

Keskinäinen Eläkevakuutusyhtiö Ilmarinen, a Finnish statutory pension company, has in-house lawyers that are considered by internal and external sources to be ‘business partners who act as trusted advisers on a...

‘What I enjoy most about my role at BAT is that because of the environment in which the company operates, and the way it is structured, it allows the lawyers...

Steinar Nyrud has built up the legal department of Höegh from one lawyer in 2005 to a team of six today. ‘The business has expanded and we have had to...

Described as ‘highly competent’ with ‘excellent leadership skills’ Nina Macpherson has led Ericsson’s global legal affairs division as chief legal officer since January 2011. Macpherson joined Ericsson in 1996 as...

Marimekko Corporation is a Finnish textile company that produces clothing, bags, accessories and home décor based on their own unique prints. Tiina Lencioni is general counsel with two legal team...

Martina Klaus joined The Volvo Group, Sweden’s multinational manufacturer, in 2005 as part of the Volvo Aero division. In 2010 she moved to Shanghai for a 12 month Asian truck...

Nina Kiviranta moved in-house in 1996 after four years of working in law firms. For her first corporate role, Kiviranta joined Metsä Board (previously M-real Corporation), a leading European folding...

China State Engineering Construction Corporation Middle East (CSCEC), a subsidiary of the third largest construction company in the world, is developing some of the most recognisable infrastructure and mega-projects in...

The legal team behind Grupo Salinas, a management company for some of the largest multimedia and banking institutions in Mexico, signed a deal through its subsidiary media company Dopamine with...

The legal team at Grupo Financiero Mifel is well regarded for steering the legal affairs of this mid-sized Mexican bank which launched in 1994 after the liberalisation of the banking...

The in-house legal team at Grupo Financiero Banorte (GFB) has 320 lawyers and staff members and is led by Hector Avila Flores, managing director of legal affairs and secretary of...

Led by general counsel Francisco Xavier Borrego Hinojosa Linage, the Grupo Salinas legal team supports a group of Mexican companies spanning a wide range of activities covering TV Azteca, Enlace...

The Mexican subsidiary of global Spanish bank Banco Santander, has been established since 1991. Within the company’s legal department is the Legal Global Business team, led by executive legal director...

Owned by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, Grupo Financiero Inbursa is a Mexican financial company that has over $1bn in annual revenue. Raúl Zepeda Ruiz, general director of legal and institutional...

One of the top four Mexican commercial banks by assets, Grupo Financiero Banorte has over 1,000 branches within the country and a listing on the Mexican Stock Exchange, where it...

Rafael Romo Aguiñaga’s first years in the legal profession were spent in the public sector, having worked as director of the legal municipality of Guanajuato between 1995 and 1997, and...

Before starting her in-house career, Dina Moreno worked at law firm Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez between 2000 and 2010. In addition to building expertise in corporate law, joint ventures...

Nominated for his work as secretary general and general counsel of one the most important insurance companies in Mexico, MAPFRE, Alfredo Bonifaz Molina also gained a wealth of experience during...

With experience in both private practice and the public sector (notably as director general of legal affairs at the Ministry of the Presidency), Daniel Urbina moved in-house in 2000, occupying...

‘An excellent in-house lawyer who focuses rapidly on the key issues and is always an aid to her external counsel’, Ana Carina Turco is head of legal at Perez Companc...

Cristina Lloreda became vice president for legal affairs at holding company Sanford Management, where she handles the legal requirements of a portfolio of 15 companies, in May 2013. Having begun...

Ana Carolina de Salles Freire spent over 15 years at leading law firm TozziniFreire, latterly as a partner, before moving in house at AES Brasil, initially as legal director, and...

‘The role of in-house counsel is not only legal management; it implies the management of administrative and budgeting matters, participation in the company’s strategic planning and leadership of human resources’,...

Having begun her in house career at family-owned forestry group, Maderas Condor, Carolina Carrasco-Acuña has been counsel at the Chilean subsidiary of French multinational conglomerate ALSTOM for 11 years. Since...

‘Long-time’ director of legal and regulatory matters at Venezuela’s largest privately-owned company, diversified food and drinks group, Empresas Polar, Guillermo Bolinaga has ‘extraordinary legal expertise and absolutely outstanding public relations...

Holding the position as general counsel of Esso’s Italian subsidiary for almost 20 years, Raimondo Rinaldi takes pride in his legal department being recognised as ‘critical to flawless operations’ in...

Since being admitted to the Italian Bar in 2007, Giorgio Gravina has held several in-house positions and one position in private practice, and is currently in charge of the legal...

In charge of legal and compliance at the Italian Football Federation since September 2015, Sabina Fasciolo is able to rely on over seven years’ experience during her previous role at...

Pepper Ireland is a leading asset manager and provider of third-party loan and advisory services, part of the wider Pepper Group headquartered in Australia. Pepper currently has over €12bn of...

Serving a crucial function in the structure of the Irish state, the Department of Finance (DoF) is responsible for the administration of public finances in the Republic of Ireland, most...

In 2013 Dell Financial Services (DFS) gained a banking licencse from the Central Bank of Ireland, allowing it to offer services and loans to customers in software and services financing....

‘It is all about deal delivery, innovation, lateral thinking’. As the first in-house lawyer to join BNP Parabis Ireland, Davina Saint built a highly regarded seven-lawyer function, supporting Dublin, London,...

Before joining Shell India, Mrinal Sinha worked at reputable Mumbai law firms Swarup & Co., Kochhar & Co. and DSK Legal between 1994 and 2006. Since then he has been...

After 13 years of working at IDBI Bank, the Indian government-owned financial institution, Debolina Partap joined Wockhardt, a pharmaceutical and biotechnology company headquartered in Mumbai. She joined as head of...

Currently heading the legal department responsible for M&A, contracting, litigation and arbitration at Indian multinational conglomerate Adani Group, Badrinath Durvasula has a distinguished pedigree in the in-house legal market. His...

With 25 years of experience as a lawyer, contract specialist and negotiator in the international energy sector, Marina Paradela is a leading expert in the industry. Before joining CEPSA in...

Grupo San José’s director of international legal affairs, Ángela López Molina has had an exciting career path. Shortly after her studies in law and business administration she started working in...

A leading expert in finance law, Cristina Fernández Gomez has been at the helm of the legal financial department at Telefónica since 2012. She started her career at the top-tier...

With more than two decades in-house experience at Santander Group, José de Reina Amarillas has been involved in some of the bank’s most significant transactions. Since joining Santander’s in-house team...

Mango’s general counsel Isabel Calero Llinares prides herself for instilling within the company a culture of prevention and education and corporate responsibility. She has been at the helm of Mango’s...

Christina Sontheim boasts ‘particular legal, communicative and organisational skills’ and observers agree that she has been instrumental in her pro-active guidance of Tommy Hilfiger Group’s expansion not only in Germany,...

Euler Hermes is a credit insurance company headquartered in Paris and a global industry leader with over 6,000 employees in more than 50 countries; Euler Hermes Deutschland is Germany’s leading...

Ina Berg-Winters had to face one of her biggest challenges upon her arrival at NORMA: setting up a legal department from scratch. ‘Prior to me joining, all legal matters that...

Legal director and head of finance legal Carlos Döring was part of the Alcatel Lucent law department and kept his place post their high-profile takeover by Nokia last year, with...

The legal team of the personal finance subsidiary of French banking giant BNP Paribas received several nominations from private practice sources, and is known in the market for its extensive...

Operating as a subsidiary of FxPro Group, leading online broker FxPro Financial Services was founded in 2006 and is based in Cyprus. The company’s in-house legal team has earned significant...

Providing oversight of financial regulation and market systems across the whole of the Colombian economy, the Superintendencia Financiera de Colombia is a government agency that employs a large amount of...

General Motors Financial is the financial services arm of the global automobile manufacturer General Motors. GM Financial provides auto finance across the world, with operations in the US, Canada, Europe,...

Colombina is a global food company based in Valle del Cauca with more than 84 years of experience in the manufacture and commercialisation of food products. Currently the company offers...

The Bogotá-headquartered Alpina Productos Alimenticios is the third largest dairy producer in Colombia, with annual revenues of over $700m. Operating across Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and the United States, the company...

Alvaro Josué Yáñez Alsina was appointed by Pacific Exploration & Production, the Canadian petroleum company, in Colombia to design the unification of existing contractual processes. Upon joining the company Yáñez...

With over 10 years of experience in intellectual property and corporate law as both an in-house counsel and private practice lawyer, Lina María Mosquera Gonzalez is in the perfect position...

Cristina Lloreda is the commercially savvy general counsel of holding company Sanford Management, where she handles the legal needs of a 15-company portfolio. Since her 2013 appointment, Lloreda has been...

As legal manager of one of Colombia’s most influential investment banks and broker-dealer firms and a subsidiary of the top three Colombian bank Davivienda, Carolina Largacha has been heavily involved...

Lina Maria Cortes has had a highly successful career conducting impressive legal and compliance work both in-house and in private practice. Appointed as health care compliance officer for Johnson &...

Diana Carolina Camargo Sanchez joined Colombian wholesale distributor and retailer of fuels Biomax Biocombustibles (Biomax) in 2010 and has occupied a senior legal position since 2012. Biomax operates a network...

An ‘efficient and proactive’ legal professional, Carolina Arciniegas Parga has a reputation for her ability to effectively manage several areas of the law. An expert with 16 years of experience...

A highly experienced legal professional with particular skill in negotiation, risk avoidance and management, Regina Chan has been with her current employer, tech and communications company Viavi Solutions (formerly JDSU),...

BCI is a Chilean bank that operates across four business areas: savings and deposits; insurance; asset management; and securities brokerage. Founded by the Yuar family in 1937, BCI has grown...

General counsel of Alstom Chile for the last 14 years, Carolina Carrasco provides legal advice to the company’s wide array of complex infrastructure projects in Chile, assisting with the negotiation...

As vice president of the legal department and corporate secretary of Banistmo, the largest bank in Panama and Central America, Maria Christina Vila de Van Hoorde oversees a highly-rated team...

Since assuming a role in the legal department at Cargill in 2004, Valentina Moreno has continuously assumed additional responsibilities. Last year she was given the responsibility of managing key suppliers...

Having been involved in a plethora of activities from managing the legal department’s annual budget to guiding the career development of its members, Angel Molina was given the role of...

Julieta Rodriguez Molina is a lawyer with extensive experience in corporate, commercial, labour and antitrust law, as well as professional recognition in corporate governance. Described by a source as an...

Since 2004, Karina Castillo has developed the legal department at Scotiabank in the Dominican Republic from scratch, and eventually established a function of 12 people to provide services to a...

Cristina Alfaro, general counsel and country compliance head at Citibank Costa Rica, has extensive experience in corporate law, banking law, compliance, and regulatory matters. Described as ‘strongly self-motivated and results...

The in-house legal team at IGM Financial is celebrated for its client focused business acumen as well as its thorough legal experience. Led by senior vice president and general counsel...

ATB Financial is an Albertan banking and financial services company with a reputation for technological innovation, as well as a strong emphasis on community. The bank’s legal team is led...

Daniele Chouinard has been vice president, legal affairs for Hydromega Services – an industry leader in the development, construction, financing and operation of independent renewable energy facilities in Quebec and...

Able to ‘command respect and inspire confidence’ by offering ‘creative legal solutions’ across three different jurisdictions, Nelcina Tropardi is Diageo’s general counsel and corporate relations director for Paraguay, Uruguay and...

Fabio Spina is in charge of global legal affairs at Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (CSN), one of the largest steel producers in Latin America. Spina, a widely renowned lawyer, has assisted in...

Cetip is one of the biggest companies within Brazil’s financial system, and despite a relatively rocky period for the sector in the country, Reinaldo Morais Filho continues to prove his...

The legal team of the Financial Markets Authority (FMA) of New Zealand has the opposite relationship to regulations than other in-house lawyers in the financial sector, being on the drafting...

Molinos Río de la Plata is Argentina’s largest branded food-products company and is a subsidiary of the Perez Companc Family Group. Heading up the legal and compliance function is Ana...

‘As part of the board of directors of the company and the director of legal affairs, my role is to deliver the most wise advice possible to our CEO for...

American multinational Emerson Electric has recently undergone a large internal reorganisation process across its Latin American subsidiaries, which included the acquisition and divestiture of several assets. Emerson Electric has substantial...

Josefina Tobías is the general counsel for Latin America South region at the Dow Chemical Company, a multinational chemical corporation, and is in charge of all legal matters in Argentina,...

As regional legal director at AbbVie, Soledad Oubiña provides the company with excellent leadership and consistent safeguarding against the diverse issues it faces in the country. AbbVie is a US...

Josefina Hernández Gazcón is a highly experienced corporate lawyer, described by nominators as a ‘heterogeneous professional that has developed her areas of expertise in each of the positions in which...

Founded in 1924, Telefónica is a Spanish multinational telecommunications company headquartered in Madrid, Spain. It is one of the largest telephone operators and mobile network providers in the world. Telefónica...

PepsiCo is a global food and beverage leader with a product portfolio including 22 brands that generate more than US$1bn each in annual retail sales. Marina Codesal joined PepsiCo in...

Providing legal support for the extremely diverse range of engineering products and services offered by Emerson, as well as the variety of sectors these provide for, is a task suitable...

Pernod Ricard Winemakers is the premium wine division of Pernod Ricard, one of the largest alcoholic beverage companies in the world. Edwina Stevenson joined the company in 2017 and has...

Tina Davey joined AIA Australia (AIAA) as senior legal counsel in April 2016. She provides strategic legal support to AIAA’s group insurance channel and shared services teams, and is also...

Joining 3M Thailand as general counsel in 2016, with responsibility for six emerging markets in the region as well as Thailand, Wiyada Srinaganand expanded her role in 2017 with her...

Described as ‘instrumental to Unilever’s success’ by nominating sources due to her ‘elevation of the role of general counsel from a legal advisor to a trusted and valued business strategy...

For just over a year Carolina Azevedo has served as legal director for Brazil as part of Ericcson Telecomunicações’ global restructuring process. The company is now structured with the Brazil,...

Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão (SBT) is one of the largest television networks in Brazil with a whole variety of programming including news, children’s shows, soap operas, game shows, movies and...

Since January 2011, Patricia Cristina Medeiros has been senior legal manager of Syngenta Proteção de Cultivos, a world leading agribusiness company in Brazil, with revenue of nearly US$3bn. She covers...

International Finance Corporation, the largest global development institution focused exclusively on the private sector in developing countries, operates in 22 countries within Sub-Saharan Africa, with offices in Senegal, Kenya and...

Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) was founded in 2007 with a capital equity base of US$1bn to facilitate private sector led infrastructure investment in Africa. With US$4.2bn in capital, the corporation...

Carolina Matos Costa Bayão has been legal manager of União de Lojas Leader (Leader) since August 2017 and is a highly experience in-house counsel across the consumer goods sector. With...

Ana Carolina Pescarmona is a seasoned attorney with 20 years of in-house counsel experience with multi-national corporations in Brazil. At Reckitt Benckiser (RB) Brazil, she has risen through the ranks...

Head of legal services, Francesco Mainardi and his legal team at Coop have won praise for their involvement in environmental management recycling regulations. Coop is one of the largest retailers...

Debolina Partap has been at Wockhardt since 2006 and continues to excel at India’s largest pharmaceutical and biotechnology company. Wockhardt operates three research centres and 12 manufacturing centres across India...

Vinay Bhatia is general counsel at IL&FS Financial Services an infrastructure development financial services company in India. Affiliated to the Central Bank of India (CBI) and the Housing Development Finance...

Mrinal Sinha has been head of legal for Shell companies in India since 2006, and leads the legal country-wide function. He leads his team with the philosophy of understanding the...