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With around a 30% share of the Spanish retail betting market, Codere is a leading player in the country’s gaming sector. In addition to its European operations in Spain and Italy, Codere is active in Latin America and has a presence in Argentina, Mexico, Colombia, Panama, Uruguay and Brazil. The highly regulated nature of the gaming market, combined with Codere’s extensive physical presence in the markets in which it operates – it is, for example, the largest operator of gaming halls in Mexico – means it often needs highly responsive and informed legal advice. In addition to its on-the-ground legal presence in Latin America and Italy, a small Spain-based central legal team led by general counsel David Jiménez Márquez coordinates Codere’s various activities throughout the world. Nominators praised the team’s ‘ability to deliver fast, timely advice in a very competitive sector while protecting the business’ interests’ and for its ‘deep understanding of the gaming sector in Europe and, more broadly, the world’.