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‘I have worked with Javier as a peer and client for over 15 years, and I can tell that his intelligence, holistic approach to complex legal issues, and versatility to act in the most varied fields from Latin America to Asia, in complex arbitrations to multi-jurisdictional regulated mergers, negotiating nationalisations with governments and take-overs with Fortune 500 companies, set him apart in the Iberian and international legal community’, one source states. Javier Illescas has been leading the global business legal department of Banco Santander for the past three years and he has significantly increased the level of interaction between the legal department and the different subsidiaries. ‘We don’t reach out to them only for reporting of matters, but also for sharing of best practices and global issues. This approach has added a lot of value to the legal area and to the group overall’ he comments. Highly experienced in private practice, Illescas had spent more than a decade at Uría Menéndez before joining Banco Santander.