About

Acciona is one of the foremost Spanish conglomerates, leading in the development and management of infrastructure, renewable energy, water and services and listed on the IBEX-35 stock exchange index. Acciona Windpower is the Acciona Group company dedicated to the design, manufacture and operation of wind turbines. A widely respected lawyer, Javier Serrada Quiza has been leading the legal department of the company since 2005. When he joined Acciona Windpower the company did not have an in-house legal department and Serrada Quiza built a sophisticated legal function from scratch. He implemented the legal compliance policy and the risk assessment policy, and as the acting legal representative for the international affiliate companies, he coordinated the international development of the company and local legal departments. A known pioneer, Serrada Quiza has been particularly praised for his innovative implementation of a legal project management system. ‘We have applied project management techniques, following some training in legal project management, which means that we treat the legal issues as a project and the involved lawyers act as project managers, being responsible of internal/external client satisfaction and compliance with the budget’ he says. During his time in Acciona Windpower, Serrada Quiza has played an important role in major strategic projects, closing several market-leading engineering and procurement contracts.