About

Featuring some of the brightest in-house professionals in Iberia, Endesa’s legal team provides full support to all nuclear power plants operated by the company in Spain and Portugal. The team is led by Francisco de Borja Acha Besga, a highly-rated legal professional with a career of over 27 years spanning previous roles held at Spain’s State Industrial Agency, the Spanish Revenue Service and the Higher Court of Justice of Madrid. Working in close proximity to the senior management of Endesa, the legal team has received praise for its work on real estate law, namely successful signing of property acquisitions and commercial leases, as well as overseeing M&A deals, capital increase transactions and long term service agreements. In Spain, the team was recently applauded for its work on a 60% acquisition of Enel Green Power España for €1.2bn from its parent company, alongside 1.6GW of online wind assets. Endesa’s Portuguese team, headed by 2016 GC Powerlist-ranked lawyer Sara Gonçalves, has worked on some of the most important deals that the company has done in the country. In particular, it received praise for leading legal work for the signing of the concession agreement with the Portuguese State for the development of Girabolhos’ dam in the north of Portugal.