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Grupo Unidad Editorial is a leading Spanish publishing group and its legal department is headed by Lidia Barrera, general counsel and secretary of the board of directors, having more than 17 years of experience. Nominators highly praise the legal team of Grupo Unidad Editorial for their significant contribution in transforming the Group from a traditional newspaper to a digital news platform. In addition to general counsel, the team also include three other in-house lawyers, one paralegal and one intern. With 12 years of experience, Vanessa Pérez specialises in commercial, company law and litigation. Gonzalo Herrero is a lawyer with six years of experience and deals with commercial law in telecommunications and e-commerce as well as compliance. Luis Álvarez-Montalvo is a junior lawyer with three years of experience and has expertise in commercial and company law in IT and privacy. The legal team plays an active role in the negotiation of projects and covers a wide and growing number of areas, ranging from traditional media matters, such as intellectual property, commercial agreements, litigation or competition, to corporate affairs and compliance issues. The department has made many internal improvements to achieve cost efficiency and become specialised in the new legal fields created by digital transformation. Today, the legal team takes part in every project, controls legal and commercial risks without encumbering day-to-day business activities, ensuring continuous improvement in parallel with efficient business operations. According to Barrera, understanding and collaboration are key for the team: ‘We work closely with our internal commercial and business units, try to obtain an excellent understanding of our business to be able to give them better advice’, she says.