About

Known as a ‘business-oriented’ lawyer, Natalia Bódalo Lozano joined CEPSA, the Spanish multinational oil and gas company, following a successful career in international law firms, including Gleiss Lutz in Frankfurt and Ashurst in Madrid, where she specialised in M&A projects. In 2014 she was promoted to head of the E&P legal department, where she leads a team of 20 people across Madrid and Bogota. During her time in the role, Bódalo Lozano has introduced many changes in the legal department. She implemented a team restructure, which encourages collaboration and more personalised services to the business. One of the changes she implemented was the creation of a process to standardise documents and create high quality, model contracts adapted to each of the jurisdictions where CEPSA is present. Bódalo Lozano played an instrumental role in the negotiations and closure of the MEDGAZ procurement and construction agreements within a very short timeframe. ‘Being able to build an international, highly-qualified, business-orientated and motivated legal team in a short time, especially taking into consideration that none of the incoming lawyers had oil and gas experience, was a significant achievement’ she says.