About

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 Spanish law firm Uría Menéndez in 1998, while completing her studies in business administration. She worked within the corporate and finance department of Uría Menéndez for five years, until September 2003 when she joined Ferrovial S.A., the holding company of a construction and services group operating worldwide. During her time at Ferrovial she rose to director of the legal corporate department. Now heading the legal financial department at Telefónica, Fernández Gomez’s main objective is to add real value to the organisation. ‘For such purposes, we try to offer advice of the highest quality, to be as close as possible to our clients and to the business and to offer timely, efficient and creative solutions’ she comments. ‘We make a special effort to understand the technical matters, the business, the financial situation, the needs of our organisation and the environment in which it operates to offer the best and proactive advice in each situation, trying to being part of the decision making process’.