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Head of legal | Wind Energy Holding Co
Legal director | Sanofi Philippines
Legal director | Claro
Head of legal | Difare
Gerente legal y relaciones publicas | UNACEM Ecuador
Legal assistant manager | Latam Airlines Ecuador
Chief legal counsel | Barka Capital
Abogada | Telefónica
General counsel and chief compliance officer | Holcim
Legal counsel | TMF Group
Legal chief and corporate affairs | Corporación El Rosado
Chief legal counsel | Banco Capital
Legal counsel GM Ecuador legal department | Fresenius Medical Care
Legal manager - Ecuador | SBA Communications
Legal director | Las Lomas Ciudad Industrial y Comercial
In-house lawyer | Deloitte
Business manager | Indatta (Grupo Sofía)
General counsel | SustainCERT
General counsel Luxembourg | Atlas Arteria
General counsel Africa | Experian
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Executive - governance, legal, compliance and sustainability | Alexforbes
Chief legal officer and secretary | Pindrop Security
Legal director In Central America, South and the Carribbean | Grupo Roble
Asesora legal | E. Chamorro Industrial
Legal director Central America, Panama and The Caribbean and Andean Region (ACAC) | Uber
Legal affairs manager | SBA Communications
Gerente legal | cbc (The Central America Bottling Corporation)
Directora jurídica | Banco Nacional de Costa Rica
Asesor legal | Empresa Portuaria Quetzal
Gerente legal de Centroamérica | Vitali Alimentos
Vice president legal department and general secretary | Banistmo
General counsel | Citi Guatemala
Country's leading counsel | Marhnos
Gerente legal y regulatorio | Tigo
Director, legal affairs | Energía del Pacífico - Invenergy
Legal manager and compliance officer | Centro Distribuidor (CENDIS)
Legal manager | HPL Apollo
Senior legal counsel, M&A international banking | Scotiabank
Legal and corporate affairs manager | PEI Asset Management
Legal, compliance and regulatory director | Patria Investments
Legal advisor | Fondo Latinoamericano de Reservas
General counsel | BTG Pactual
General counsel and corporate affairs vice president | BRECA
General legal counsel and corporate secretary, BBVA Valores | BBVA
Vice president, legal and regulatory and government affairs | Federal Express Corporation – Latin America & Caribbean
Director, senior counsel | SoftBank Investment Advisers
Mariana Seixas is a director, senior counsel of SoftBank Investment Advisers, where she oversees legal matters for the SoftBank Latin America Fund, a venture capital fund that has deployed more...
General counsel | Ricoh Latin America
Vice president amd general counsel, LatAm | American Tower
Legal Team size: 86 Giannina Marin is vice president and general counsel for Latin America at American Tower Corporation (ATC). Giannina is part of the executive leadership team for Latin America, leading the legal team...
Senior vice president of human resources and general counsel | Costa Farms
Legal counsel | Jukin Media
In-house counsel | Netflix
Global legal head | ColorTokens
Senior legal counsel | Quantiphi
Head of legal department | Anchor Group
Legal director | ALTEX Romania
Legal department chief | Engie Romania
Group general counsel | Vrancart
Legal and compliance director BA Europe East large markets | Novo Nordisk
Deputy group legal counsel | Photon Energy Romania
Florina Mariana Homeghiu is the deputy group legal counsel and manages the legal affairs of Photon Energy Group in Romania. She has over 15 years of experience and is a...
Legal director | Tenaris Romania
Arina Dobrescu is the legal director of Tenaris Romania. Arina has over 12 years of experience as a general counsel and ten years as a lawyer with several domestic and...
Head of legal affairs and compliance | Samsung Electronics
With more than 15 years of expertise in the legal field, Alexandra Padurariu has been handling legal and compliance for Samsung Electronics Romania, ever since the start of company’s activity in our...
Country legal head | Novartis
Legal director | TELAMON
General counsel | Pernod Ricard
Group general counsel | Maurel & Prom
Head of legal and compliance | Healthanea by AXA
General counsel, EMEA | Dior
Global head of competition law and general counsel, France | ArcelorMittal
General counsel | Infinigen Renewables
Director of the legal advice office | Comision Industrial de Puerto Rico
Chief compliance officer and general counsel | PRICH Biotech
General counsel | Orsted Onshore North America
Vice president and general counsel | Levy Restaurants
Folarin Dosunmu is vice president and general counsel for Levy. Folarin is a business advisor to the senior management team and leads the legal team on all significant matters involving...
General counsel, international | Veepee
Vice president, global head of legal, powerhouses | Unilever
Global counsel, regulatory compliance and disputes | Spotify
Principal legal counsel | SAS
Legal director, concessions division | OHLA Group
Legal director | Nordex Group
Senior legal counsel, LATAM | Nestlé
Legal director | Liga Nacional de Fútbol
General counsel, Spain and LATAM | Inetum
Spanish legal operations manager | Capgemini
Group executive committee member, group general counsel and commercial and contract management | Capgemini
Deputy chief legal officer | Magellan Financial Group
Senior legal manager – corporate and real estate | The Home Depot México
Senior counsel | Airbnb
Legal manager | Mondelēz Mexico
Manager general attorney Latam | Pearson Education
Associate director, general lawyer - Latin America compliance focal point | Kyndryl México
Corporate lawyer | Pay Retailers
Legal director | CBRE Global Workplace Solutions
Senior counsel for Latam | Marathon Petroleum Corporation
Legal coordinator Andean | Reckitt
Legal counsel | Colgate Palmolive
Lawyer | Holcim México Operaciones
Associate general counsel | Celanese
Senior legal director Latam | Honeywell
Regional corporate counsel Latin America | Epson
Corporate attorney | Ecolab
Corporate legal counsel | Air Liquide México
Assistant general counsel, Latina America | IPG Mediabrands and Kinesso
Executive vice president - legal | Al Ghurair Investment
Karim has been the executive vice president, legal for Al Ghurair Investment since January 2023. Before that, he held the position of head of dispute resolution for Al Ghurair’s construction...
General counsel Middle East and Africa, CHBL, oil and gas EMEA | Eaton Corporation
Legal director | Kuwait Airways
Director legal and compliance | FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022
General counsel | DP World UAE Region
General counsel - Middle East, Egypt and Turkey | Air Products
| Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group
| BNP Paribas
Legal, corporate affairs and compliance manager | UNACEM Ecuador
Legal, compliance and public relations manager | UNACEM Ecuador
Senior legal counsel | TMF Group
Corporate legal manager | SERTECPET
Legal manager | SBA Communications Corporation
Legal manager | Petrolia Ecuador
Chief legal counsel | PCR Ecuador
General counsel, corporate affairs manager and chief compliance officer | Holcim
Legal counsel | Corporación El Rosado
Legal director | Conecel (Claro Ecuador)
Chief legal counsel | Barka Capital
Legal manager - board member | Banco Capital
| Malaysia Marine & Heavy Engineering
| Bank Islam Brunei Darussalam
| BNP Paribas
Legal manager | Vodafone
Vice chair board of directors, head of legal and external affairs | Vodafone
General counsel and member of the board of directors | Siemens Electrotechnical Projects and Products
Chief legal and compliance officer | IronFX
Senior manager legal affairs and company secretary | Hermes Airports
Group chief legal officer | Grivalia
Legal director | ELPEDISON
Group internal legal advisor | Cyprus Trading Corporation
Head of law, patents and compliance | Bayer Hellas
Chief internal legal advisor | Atlantic Insurance
Secretary of the board, head of legal services and corporate governance | AstroBank
Legal consultant | Salsa Technology
Legal director | Porto Seguro
Head of legal department | Pilay Uruguay Administradora de Fondos de Inversión
Ginamaría Miglino serves as the head of legal at Pilay Uruguay Administradora de Fondos de Inversión, a financial trust company dedicated to the administration of financial trusts for real estate...
Legal fintech specialist | Mercado Libre
Head of corporate legal department | Greenock Trust
Legal manager and institutional relations at Corporación América Uruguay | Corporación América
In house legal counsel / compliance head officer | Compañía Forestal Uruguaya - COFUSA
Legal director Europe | Google
General counsel | TeamSystem
Head of legal shared services Italy | Kering
General counsel | JLL
Maria is head of legal and compliance of the Southern Europe Cluster at JLL, participates in the leadership team, the Sustainability Committee, the D&I Committee and the Privacy Champions Group...
General Counsel | Comau
Head of legal | Automobili Lamborghini
After some time in private practice, and during her PhD in European Law, Maria Francesca Portincasa joined Automobili Lamborghini as a consultant and contributed to the creation of the legal...
General counsel | ASTM
Simone Bagnariol is general counsel of ASTM, a global player in the infrastructure sector, and the world’s second largest motorway concessionaire. Previously, he was general counsel of Rizzani de Eccher,...
Regional general counsel EMEA RA | ABB
General counsel | Abilia
Directora de jurídico, cumplimiento y enlaces normativos | Grupo Coppel
Vice president corporate counsel Mexico | Fibra Prologis
General counsel Mexico | Compass Group Mexico
Agency and trust director | Citibanamex
General counsel | Capital Indigo
Senior legal director | American tower Mexico
Chief legal officer and company secretary | Unilever
Legal manager greater Caribbean | Unilever
Vice president of legal and government affairs | The AES Corporation
General counsel and vice president of legal affairs | Playa Grande Golf & Ocean Club
Director of legal documents | Ministerio de Hacienda de la República Dominicana
Lawyer and compliance officer | Magna Motors
Legal affairs and compliance manager | Industrias Banilejas
Vice president legal and compliance | Grupo Humano
Regional in-house legal counsel greater Caribbean Region | Colgate-Palmolive
Legal director, security and corporate affairs | Cervecería Nacional Dominicana
Legal and compliance director | Bolsa y Mercados de Valores de la República Dominicana (BVRD)
Ana María Estrada Báez is the legal and compliance director of the Bolsa y Mercados de Valores de la República Dominicana, a Dominican securities market infrastructure company, whose mission is...
Legal and compliance manager | Bolsa y Mercados de Valores de la República Dominicana (BVRD)
Legal director | Barceló Hotels & Resorts
Legal and regulatory compliance manager, operational risk and continuity manager | AFP Popular
Lead counsel Colombia and Andean | Takeda Colombia
Head of legal Colombia | Steward Health Care International Colombia
Ana María Flórez Ocampo has more than 15 years of experience leading and managing legal areas and high-performance teams in the hospital sector. Ana graduated from the Universidad Externado de...
Legal counsel – team manager legal and corporate | Schlumberger
Legal head Andean, Central America and the Caribbean | Sanofi
Legal manager | Repsol
Legal manager | Rappi
Senior counsel | Primax Colombia
Senior legal manager Central LATAM | Medtronic
Legal manager | Grupo Empresarial Colombina
Legal counsel | Fondo Latinoamericano de Reservas (FLAR)
General legal counsel and corporate secretary | BBVA Valores Colombia
Senior general counsel | Automotores Toyota Colombia
Vice president of corporate affairs, legal affairs and sustainability | Amarilo
Legal affairs manager | Air Liquide
Legal lead Colombia – contracting counsel senior manager | Accenture
General counsel, sustainability and corporate affairs | Sierra Gorda SCM
General counsel | Siemens Chile
General counsel | Medronic
Senior legal and compliance manager, LATAM | Mainstrean Renewable Power
General counsel | Gasvalpo
Legal director | Ferrovial
General counsel, Chile | Deloitte
Managing director legal | Credicorp Capital
Legal manager | BHP Billiton
Head of legal, patents and compliance | Bayer
General counsel | AES Andes
Asesora juridica nacional | La Boliviana Ciacruz de Seguros y Reaseguros
Maria Paola Gonzales Calderón is asesora jurídica nacional of La Boliviana Ciacruz, a Bolivian insurance entity with 77 years of experience in the field. Graduated from the Bolivian Catholic University...
Abogada corporativa | Unilever
Legal counsel | Nacional Seguros Vida y Salud
Gerente legal | Inmobiliaria Kantutani
Head of legal and corporate affairs | Terpel Peru
Legal and corporate affairs director | Sodexo Peru
Deputy legal and compliance manager | Ripley Perú
Director of government affairs, Andean South Region | Microsoft
General counsel | Grupo Emefin – QSI
Chief legal officer | FIBRAS INDUSTRIALES
Legal manager | CBC Peruana
General counsel and corporate affairs vice president | BRECA
Chief legal and compliance officer | Fusionex Group
Senior group legal and compliance manager | bolttech
Group head of legal | Allianz Malaysia
General counsel | FWD Insurance
General counsel Japan and member of the board | GlaxoSmithKline
General manager, legal department | Marubeni
Group legal and compliance director | LVMH Moët Hennessy-Louis Vuitton Japan
Director and head of legal, Japan | Abbott
Arshad Karim is Director/Head of Legal, Japan at Abbott Japan LLC since June 2023. Prior to Abbott, he was Director & Associate General Counsel at Twitter for over four years, responsible...
Senior vice president, chief legal counsel and corporate secretary | PLDT
Associate general counsel | Jollibee Foods Corporation
Director, legal shared services | Zendesk
Assistant vice president and head, issuer regulation division | Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE)
Head of the office of the general counsel - legal services division | Metropolitan Bank & Trust Company (Metrobank)
General counsel | McDonald’s Philippines (Golden Arches Development Corporation)
Lead legal counsel | ING Bank Philippines
Chief compliance officer, senior vice president of legal and compliance | Globe Telecom
Chief legal officer | GCash
Associate general counsel | Enjin
Head of legal | Dito Telecommunity Corporation
Senior vice president | BDO Unibank
Senior vice president, head of corporate legal affairs and corporate secretary | Bank of the Philippine Islands
Senior legal counsel | Avida Land Corporation
Senior vice president legal for corporate strategy | AG&P
Legal counsel | Samsung Portugal
Head of litigation | Galp
Legal officer | Citibank Portugal
Head of legal and risk | Securitas Portugal – Serviços e Tecnologia de Segurança
Legal counsel | Renault Portugal
Head of legal | Impresa
Legal director and company secretary | Grupo Manuel Champalimaud
Head of legal and compliance | Empark
Head of legal | CME
Head of corporate legal department, Portugal | Banco Santander
Head of legal | Banco CTT
Legal and comms director, Portugal | AstraZeneca
Head of legal | Ascendi
Senior manager of legal affairs | ANA - Aeroportos de Portugal
Head of legal | Central Restaurants Group
Head of legal and compliance | Rabbit Care
Head of legal | Wind Energy Holding
Senior legal advisor | Aapico Hitech
| Semco Maritime
| Polaris
Legal general, labour matters | Whirlpool Corporation
General counsel, ice cream Latam and legal marketing lead for Brazil | Unilever
Head of legal | SBT - Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão
General counsel and compliance officer | Oncoclinicas Brazil
Legal superintendent of renewables and new businesses | Neoenergia
Vice president, legal, Brazil | Kinross Brasil Mineração
Legal manager | Kinross Brasil Mineração
General counsel, Brazil | J.P. Morgan
Executive general counsel | General Electric Brazil
Legal manager | Equatorial Maranhão Distribuidora de Energia
Head of corporate, finance and M&A affairs | Enel
Legal manager | American Tower Company
Head of global legal functions | Sandoz
General counsel, chief compliance officer EMEA and APAC | PHC Holdings Corporation
Marieke Jansen is the general counsel of PHC Group for the EMEA and APAC region, listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange since October 2021, and for Ascensia Diabetes Care globally....
General counsel Benelux and public affairs director the Netherlands | L'Oréal Benelux
Chief legal and public affairs officer | Booking.com
Chief legal and compliance officer | Adyen
| Aer Rianta International (ARI)
Legal director Central America, Panama and The Caribbean and Andean Region (ACAC) | Uber
Senior corporate counsel | SBA Communications
Directora jurídica | Banco Nacional de Costa Rica
General counsel | Florida Ice & Farm Company (FIFCO)
Compliance officer and legal counsel | Centro Distribuidor (CENDIS)
Legal and corporate affairs manager | Coca-Cola FEMSA
General counsel | Vitali Alimentos
Asesor legal | E. Chamorro Industrial
Business partner legal | Corporación Multi Inversiones
Legal vice-president and corporate secretary | Banistmo
Legal director In Central America, South and the Carribbean | Grupo Roble
Director and general counsel | Citi Guatemala
General counsel, Central America and Caribbean | Suez
Gerente legal | Tigo
Head of legal department | Banco General
General counsel, Asia | Siemens Energy
Head of legal | Wind Energy
Senior specialist compliance and ESG risk | Telenor
Chief sustainability officer | Monde Nissin
Assistant general counsel, regional counsel, APAC | FMC Corporation
Head of ethics and compliance, MOAI (Asia Pacific) | Ericsson
General counsel, APAC | Bolloré Logistics
Co-founder and chief sustainability officer | Aruna
Chief legal officer and company secretary | Metricon Homes
Director - legal, compliance, regulatory and corporate affairs, Oceania | Danone
Data privacy head, APAC | CSL
General counsel | Bupa APAC
Chief legal counsel | Bank of Jerusalem
General counsel | Israel Biotech Fund
Vice president and general counsel | Partner Communications
Vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary | Cellcom Israel
Executive vice president, legal officer | Elbit Systems
General counsel | Neopharm Group
Chief legal officer and secretary | Pindrop Security
General counsel - vice president legal and compliance | Sunfire
Dr. Valesca Molinari is general counsel — vice president of legal and compliance — at the hydrogen company Sunfire, a growth company on its way to becoming a major industrial...
General counsel and vice president group corporate legal | Ceconomy
General counsel | Siemens Healtineers
Dagmar Maria Mundani is the general counsel of Siemens Healthineers, a DAX40 listed company. As general counsel, she heads the worldwide function legal, compliance, and ECC, within an organisation with...
Deputy general counsel - claims | QBE Insurance
Senior legal counsel | I-MED Radiology Network
Managing counsel | Goodman Group
Assistant general counsel | Chartered Accountants, Australia and New Zealand
Associate general counsel | Nexteer Automotive
Associate counsel – Latin America legal department | Kyndryl México
Corporate legal counsel | Bosch Mexico
Senior legal counsel | Apple
Senior counsel for Mexico | Marathon Petroleum Corporation
Legal counsel | Prologis
Associate general counsel Mexico - Latin America | Celanese
Directeur juridique et des ressources humaines | Groupe Siparex
Senior vice president general counsel | Christian Dior Couture
Legal director - head of legal Southern Europe | Google France
Group executive committee member, group general counsel and commercial and contract management | Capgemini
In-house lawyer – contracts and legal consult | Kuwait Airways
General counsel and public affairs Africa, India and Middle East | Michelin
General counsel Middle East and Africa | Eaton Corporation
General counsel - Middle East | Air Products
AGM,head of litigation and legal affairs | Commercial Bank - PSQC
Legal director | Kuwait Airways
Director of legal and compliance | FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022
Head of legal and secretary of the Board | Sareb
Head of legal - Iberia | Schweppes
Global counsel - regulatory compliance and disputes | Spotify
Legal director | Liga Nacional de Fútbol
Global head of legal | BBVA
Legal counsel | Acciona
General counsel international | Veepee Group
General counsel – Spain and Latam | Inetum
Legal director | Elpedison power generation
Vice chair board of directors, head of legal | Vodafone
Senior legal officer and head of unit | Central Bank of Cyprus
Head of legal services, head of corporate governance and secretary of the board | Astrobank
Director of legal commercial support | Public Power Corporation (PPC)
General counsel and member of the board of directors | Siemens
Chief internal legal advisor | Atlantic Insurance
Chief legal and compliance officer | IronFX
Legal Manager | Vodafone
Senior vice president of human resources and general counsel | Costa Farms
Vice president and senior counsel for the Caribbean and Latin America | Marriott International
Vice president of legal, regulatory and government affairs | FedEx
Vice president and general counsel | Ricoh Latin America
Country coordinator and general counsel latin america | Celanese
General counsel | Federacion Mexicana de Futbol Asociación
Vice president corporate counsel Mexico | Prologis
Senior Director (Legal) | American Tower
Regional legal counsel Mexico and Central America | Sandvik
Dirección Juridica | Abilia
Directora Jurídica, Cumplimiento y Enlaces Normativos | Grupo Coppel
General counsel and head of compliance | Evercore
Country head of legal, compliance and AFC | Deutsche Securities
Head of corporate legal department | Greenok Trust
Senior legal manager | PwC Uruguay
Legal director | Porto Seguros
Head of legal department | Pilay Uruguay Administradora de Fondos de Inversión
Legal director | Salsa Technology
Legal director and insitutional relations | Corporación América
Managere of the COO legal service department | Telecom Argentina
Corporate lawyer | Roemmers
SOCO legal director | PepsiCo de Argentina
Head of legal and compliance South America | Boston Scientific
General counsel | Petroquímica Comodoro Rivadavia
General counsel | Grupo Perez Compac
General counsel | Despegar.com
Corporate, contracts, IP and administrative affairs manager | Carrefour Argentina
Legal affairs director | Grupo Arcor
Legal and compliance manager | Bank of China
Southern Cone senior legal manager | Nike
Legal counsel | Codere
Legal and regulatory director | Edenor
Latin America geo lead and associate general counsel | Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Legal and insurance manager - compliance officer CCSouth | BASF
Legal director South Latam | Medtronic
Legal director | Xerox Argentina
Senior legal director | Oracle Corporation
Vice president legal and risk director - business ethics partner | Securitas Argentina
General counsel Argentina – head of compliance, sustainability manager South America | Siemens
General counsel | Coderhouse
Legal and administration director | Minera Freeport McMoRan South America Limitada
Principal legal counsel | Medtronic
Managing director legal | Credicorp Capital
Legal division manager | Santander Chile
Vice president general counsel | AES Andes
General counsel | Gasvalpo
Company secretary and general counsel | Coordinador Eléctrico Nacional
Head of legal, patent and compliance – Chile | Bayer
General counsel | Banco del Estado de Chile
Executive director and general counsel | Belcorp
Legal and corporate affairs manager | Corporacion Peruana de Productos Quimicos Qroma
Senior lawyer | Belmond Peru Management
Head of legal and corporate affairs | Terpel Peru
General counsel | QSI-Grupo Emefin
Legal manager | PA PERU
Corporate, external and legal affairs lead, Microsoft South Subsidiary | Microsoft South
General counsel and corporate affairs vice president | Grupo Breca
Legal lead company | G4S Allied Universal Group
Legal chief | Fibras Industriales
Legal and regulatory compliance general counsel | Compañía Operadora de Gas - COGA
Legal manager | CBC Peruana
Executive vice president, general counsel | Inter-American Coal
Executive director - head of legal Colombia | JP Morgan
General counsel | Fondo Latinoamericano de reservas - FLAR
General secretary | EPM
Legal operations team lead BLSC | Schlumberger
Senior legal manager Central Latam | Medtronic
Legal vice president - general counsel | Amarilo
General legal counsel | BBVA Colombia
Senior counsel | Primax Colombia
General counsel | Automotores Toyota Colombia
Head of legal | AFP Popular
Gerente asuntos legales | Industrias Banilejas
Compliance Manager CARCA | Reckitt
Legal manager Caribbean | Unilever
Legal manager | Banco Lafise
Enterprise Risk Management Director | Scotiabank
General counsel | AES Dominicana
Vice president of legal and corporate affairs | Banco Promerica
Directora legal, seguridad y asuntos corporativos | Cerveceria Nacional Dominicana
Legal and compliance director | Stock Exchange of the Dominican Republic
Regional general counsel EMEA | INNIO Group
Country head legal | Implenia
General counsel McDonald´s Austria and regional counsel EU DL Markets | McDonald's
Deputy head of legal and compliance | Samariterbund Österreich
Deputy head of unit for investment screening | Federal Ministry for Digital and Economic Affairs
Head of legal and compliance | bank99
Head of legal | Banco CTT
Head of legal | Ascendi
Lawyer and general business legal support coordinator | ANA – Aeroportos de Portugal
General counsel and chief legal and compliance director | Habitat Inmobiliaria
Legal director | Grupo Manuel Champalimaud
General counsel international | Veepee
Legal director | LaLiga
General counsel and compliance officer Iberia | Accor
General counsel | Idealista
General counsel Benelux and public affairs director, the Netherlands | L'Oréal Benelux
Senior vice president and chief legal officer | booking.com
Senior vice president and chief legal officer, general counsel | Radisson hotel group
General counsel | Royal Reesink
Legal director ACAC (Central America, Panama and The Caribbean and Andean region) | Uber
Country legal counsel | Everty
Legal and corporate affairs manager | Enel Green Power
Directora jurídica | Banco Nacional de Costa Rica
Legal director | Florida Ice & Farm Company (FIFCO)
Legal and corporate affairs manager CAM SUR (Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Panamá) | Coca-Cola FEMSA
Compliance officer and legal officer | Centro Distribuidor (CENDIS)
General counsel Central America | Vitali Alimentos
Business partner legal, CMI | Corporación Multi Inversiones
Legal vice-president and corporate secretary | Banistmo
Director and general counsel | Citi Guatemala
General counsel | TIGO
General Counsel | Metricon
Head of legal | Automobili Lamborghini
Head of legal shared services Italy | Kering
General counsel | Comau
Group general counsel and chief counsel East Hemisphere | Ethos Energy
General counsel | TeamSystem
Group general counsel | Fiera Milano
General counsel | Rizzani de Eccher
| Aker BioMarine
Head of Central Eastern Europe Legal | European Energy
Legal Counsel | Deloitte
Group General Counsel | E-boks
Head of legal Switzerland | Microsoft
General counsel and company secretary | Galapagos
Head of global legal functions | Sandoz
Group general counsel | Vontobel
General counsel North America | Thales
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Chief legal officer | UnitedHealth Group
Senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary | Nordstrom
Executive vice president, chief legal officer, chief ethics and compliance officer and corporate secretary | Republic Services
General counsel | Pindrop
Partner | Jones Day
Number of years practice: 25 Principal practice areas: Cross-border M&A, Financings Bar admissions: New York, Madrid Languages spoken: English, French, Portuguese (working knowledge), Spanish (native) Dual-trained as both an economist...
Partner | DLA Piper LLP (US)
Number of years practice: 24 Principal practice areas: Corporate Finance Bar admissions: New York and California Languages spoken: English, Spanish (fluent) Notable cases over the past 12 months for William...
| Marico
What are the most significant projects that your legal team has been involved with in the last two years? In March 2017, Marico invested in the start-up ecosystem by acquiring...
Can you briefly explain how the legal team is structured, highlighting key individuals and their role within the department? The legal and compliance department in Central America and the Caribbean...
Can you briefly explain how the legal team is structured, highlighting key individuals and their role within the department? The legal team in Central America and the Caribbean is very...
Can you briefly explain how the legal team is structured, highlighting key individuals and their role within the department? Aside from general counsel Central America and the Caribbean Zamira Zapata...
General counsel | Nike Russia
Deputy general director for legal, corporate and property matters | Gazpromneft Center
General counsel Russia, Ukraine and Belarus | Unilever
What are the most important transactions and litigations that you have been involved in during the last two years? Several areas in which Unilever’s legal team was active include: participation...
General counsel | Oxfam Australia
Chief legal counsel | MET Hungary
What are the most important transactions and litigations that you have been involved in during the last two years? I am very happy and proud to have participated in the...
Head of legal | MetLife Slovakia
Maria Paszto is a very competent and professional lawyer with extensive experience in the insurance industry.
Country legal manager | Coca-Cola HBC Romania
What are the most important transactions and litigations that you have been involved in during the last two years? I am very happy that my daily work includes a lot...
Regional legal manager | Tenaris Silcotub
If I were to describe Arina Dobrescu in a few words, those would be energetic, compassionate, friendly, hardworking, forward thinker, nature lover, reliable, responsible. I’ve known Dobrescu for more than...
Legal head | Novartis
What are the most important transactions and litigations that you have been involved in during the last two years? At Novartis Romania, we are committed to improving the wellbeing of...
General counsel | Aker ASA
Head of Legal | Boligbyggelaget Usbl
In what ways do you see the in-house legal role evolving in your region over the next few years? I expect an increase in the number of in-house lawyers in...
Group general counsel | Ulstein Group
What are the most important transactions and litigations that you have been involved in during the last two years? Over the last two years, I have been involved in and...
Head of legal and compliance | Santander Consumer Bank
In what ways do you see the in-house legal role evolving in your region over the next few years? The in-house legal role is becoming more and more important in...
General counsel and chief compliance officer | Höegh Autoliners
In what ways do you see the in-house legal role evolving in your region over the next few years? Over the past years, there have been numerous cases in our...
Legal Director | Nordic Semiconductor
What would you say are the unique qualities required to be successful as an in-house lawyer in your industry? Regardless of what you are selling or buying, the scope of...
Senior legal counsel | Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022)
Aarij S. Wasti has spent much of the last decade working on Qatar’s FIFA World Cup project, first on the winning historic bid and now on the delivery phase. After...
Senior legal counsel Middle East, Africa and Turkey | AkzoNobel
In terms of project work, Sari Kanaan says that recently his efforts as senior legal counsel for the Middle East, Africa and Turkey for AkzoNobel have mainly been concerned with...
Legal director for Middle East and Africa | Eaton Corporation
‘Throughout my career to date, I have had the enviable task of establishing a legal department in the organisations that I have worked in. Therefore, my remit has always been...
Senior counsel | Airbnb
Giuseppe Squicciarno joined Airbnb in May 2014 as its first lawyer in Ireland and third lawyer in Europe to support the Irish and EMEA operations. As a generalist, he has...
General counsel, legal, compliance and risk | SIRO
Audrey Marie O’Sullivan, general counsel of legal, compliance and risk at SIRO, began her career in private practice at McCann FitzGerald in Dublin. Dual qualified in Ireland and England and...
Senior legal counsel and company secretary | Horizon
Anne-Marie Dempsey, senior legal counsel and company secretary at Horizon, began her career with Mathesons in private practice. After a two-and-a-half-year stint on secondment at the Houses of the Oireachtas...
Head of legal | Uber Chile
After a successful nine years working in-house in the telecommunications sector, Carlos Rodó Parisi has excelled in his role at Uber Chile, being the multinational transportation network’s first in-house counsel...
Senior legal manager Chile and Peru | Nissan Chile
Featured in the inaugural GC Powerlist: Peru for her contribution towards the launch of Nissan’s LEAF electric vehicle in Chile, Ana María Muñoz Blawciak has gone from to strength to...
Legal and administration director | Freeport-McMoRan
Since 1996, leading international mining company Freeport-McMoRan has been in operating the El Abra open-pit copper mining complex in Chile’s El Loa province. Mario Larenas initially joined the company in...
Legal manager South America | Genomma Lab
With 14 years of international experience in corporate law, María Constanza Itikawa, legal manager South America at Genomma Lab, has had a career mostly focused on fast moving consumer goods...
Head of legal and compliance – Chile | Bayer Chile
German multinational pharmaceutical and life sciences company Bayer has established a strong presence in Chile having been present in the country for over 100 years since 1914. To continue fortifying...
Corporate executive director | Credicorp Capital
Dedicated to the provision of financial services, asset management and capital markets, Credicorp Capital’s position in Chile’s financial market is fortified through the expertise of its coporate executive director, Mariana...
Manager legal West Coast of South America | Maersk
Maersk, the international shipping company, is a force within the Chilean legal market. She joined Maersk in February 2017 covering the West Coast of South America, which includes Chile, Peru,...
General counsel | Banco del Estado de Chile (BancoEstado)
Having worked in-house within Chile’s financial sector for over 20 years, Isabel Margarita Cabello Silva is today one of the country’s leading lawyers as affirmed by her appointment to the...
General counsel | GasValpo
Having been the general counsel for 17 years at GasValpo, the Chilean distributor of natural gas, María Paz Alvear has an almost unparalleled understanding of the company’s operations and legal...
Vice president - global head, GPS (manufacturing and product development) and EHS (environmental) law | Bristol-Myers Squibb
‘Luis Vilarin is a terrific commercial lawyer. Among other [things], he shaped an innovative temporary outsourcing model with an international law firm specialised in life sciences, providing support to its...
Senior vice president, legal affairs, general counsel and secretary | eBay
Marie Oh Huber took on her role with eBay at a pivotal time for the company, providing an immediate challenge for her which she relished: ‘When I joined eBay, the...
General counsel | DreamHost
In a very short amount of time, Chris Ghazarian has seen his career transform from a legal intern to a trusted advisor for his CEO and board at DreamHost, a...
| FedEx Express – Latin America and Caribbean Division
The in-house legal team of logistics powerhouse FedEx Express’ Latin America and Caribbean division is a multi-disciplinary and multi-specialised legal function based out of Miami and Fort Lauderdale. The team...
BNP Paribas’ Latin America legal team for Corporate and Institutional Banking (CIB) in New York is comprised of five lawyers including head of CIB legal in Hispanic Latin America, Evan...
Partner | Jones Day
Number of years practice: 24 Principal practice areas: Cross-border M&A, financings Bar admissions: New York, Madrid Languages spoken: English, French, Portuguese (working knowledge) and Spanish (native). Dual-trained as both an...
Partner | DLA Piper
Number of years practice: 23 Principal practice areas: Cross-border finance Bar admissions: California, New York Languages spoken: English and Spanish William Candelaria joined DLA Piper’s New York office from Curtis,...
Partner | Pinsent Masons
Based in: London Principal practice areas: Projects Admissions: England and Wales, France Languages spoken: English, French, Spanish and Guajarati A specialist in the oil and gas, natural resources and energy...
| Sociedade Interbancária de Serviços
Made up of 14 members from four different nationalities, the Spanish legal department at Siemens is an ‘international team embedded within, and trusted by, the business’, according to general counsel...
| Laboratorios Menarini
Described as a group of ‘young, dynamic, brave, smart, ambitious and well prepared’ professionals by nominators, the Spanish legal and compliance department serving the world leading pharmaceutical company Menarini Group...
| Kaiku Corporación Alimentaria
Kaiku is a Spanish company with an international presence in Chile and Tunisia and is specialised in the manufacture, commercialisation, sale and purchase, transport, distribution and merchandising of a range...
| Habitat Inmobiliaria
‘The legal team at Habitat is led by Bárbara Sotomayor, who in addition to her role as chief legal officer is the secretary of the board of directors and a...
| BBVA (Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria) - Intellectual Property
BBVA (Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria) is a multinational global financial services group founded in 1857. The Group has a strong leadership position in the Spanish market, is the largest financial...
Managing director, general counsel and chief compliance officer | GSO Capital Partners
Handling legal and compliance functions for one of the largest debt investment funds in the US market, Marissa Beeney has been active in new business initiatives for GSO Capital’s fund...
Vice-president and general counsel | Panasonic Corporation
Bob Marin says his greatest achievement at Panasonic has been ‘survival’. Given that his brief is to look after the North America region for a complex global organization, his comment...
| BNP Paribas Cardif Türkiye
Considering that BNP Paribas Cardif Türkiye, part of the international insurance company, operates in a highly regulated sector, the legal team plays an active role in all company projects, providing...
| SwissMarine
Led by general counsel Elizabeth Leonhardt, the SwissMarine legal team has gone from strength to strength representing the shipping transportation business, which has a turnover of over $1.34bn and in...
Associate General Counsel, Business Development and Commercial Law | Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd
Andrea’s team is international in its focus, handling business matters across EUCAN and EM regions, requiring lawyers with diverse backgrounds and skills. Andrea was responsible for building this team from...
Group General Counsel | Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
Since starting his role as group general counsel at Actelion – a leading biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of innovative drugs – Marian has contributed to a...
General Counsel, Head of Legal Affairs | Kudelski Group
US-trained lawyer Mark Beariault says he has successfully adapted to the culture and practices of a Swiss company. Instead of imposing a US-style legal practices, he says he tried to...
Senior vice president, general counsel, corporate secretary, chief governance officer, corporate affairs and legal services head | Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT)
Maria Lourdes Rausa-Chan has been senior vice president, corporate secretary of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) since 1998. A commercially savvy lawyer, she is considered a trusted voice in...
General counsel, South Asia, East Asia and Oceania | Tetra Pak
Highlighted as being an ‘outstanding lawyer’, René Mario Scherr leads a team of five market lawyers and one paralegal to advise a large geographical region covering the markets of Korea,...
Senior vice president, head of legal | SM Investments Corporation
Marianne Malate-Guerrero has been senior vice president and head of legal at SM Investments Corporation (SMIC) for the last 10 years. She started her legal profession in private practice in...
Senior legal manager | Kalbe International and PT Bintang Toedjoe
Supporting the activities of the largest listed drug company in both Indonesia and the Asean region, Kalbe International has been both promising and challenging for Maria Teresa Fabiola and her...
General Counsel( Deputy CEO for Legal Affairs) | Interros
As GC to Russian conglomerate Interros, controlled by billionaire Vladimir Potanin, Marianna Zakharova has successfully defended long-term multibillion-dollar actions and weathered the storms of major restructurings and economic crunches. She...
Head of Legal Service for Strategic Planning | Tatneft OJSC
Maria Savelova enjoys her current role, because it offers a combination of administrative and professional functions. She also has the ability to control separate processes, while, at the same time,...
Head of Legal | RN Bank
A highly respected lawyer with diverse expertise, Larisa Pak hit the ground running at the leading Russian automotive bank when she joined September 2011. Having implemented structural improvements to the...
Corporate Practice Director | Lenta LLC
The corporate practice within the legal department at the Russian hypermarket chain Lenta consists of seven lawyers, who work under the supervision Maria Matuzova. Maria has lead the legal division...
Head of Legal | Nordstar Development
Maria Kuvaeva is in charge of a team of 18 lawyers and two technical assistants at the real estate development company, Nordstar. After her appointment to the position of head...
Head of Legal | SMTDP Technology LLC
Joining SMTDP Technology as its sole in-house counsel, Maria Chizhikova has since established a company-wide task force of lawyers and paralegals. Her development of a reliable legal infrastructure along the...
Deputy General Director for Legal Services | Bionet OJSC
Prior to joining Boinet, Daria worked in a highly specialised role at the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation. After realising that the positon was not for her, without any...
Head of Real Estate Legal | Decathlon Russia
Maria Cardoso has made a substantial contribution to Decathlon’s expansion and development efforts in Russia. Upon joining the Moscow office in 2013, she was given the challenging task to structure...
Head of Legal | Trading House TSVUM OJSC
Maria Breeva sees ‘her ability to negotiate’ as absolutely crucial to her professional victories. As head of legal at the TSVUM Trading House in Moscow, Maria almost always operates in...
| Urbanova Inmobiliaria - Grupo Breca
Led by general counsel Paul Ramsey, the Urbanova Inmobiliaria legal team assists the company in keeping abreast of the latest legal and regulatory trends in urban and real estate development....
| Keskinäinen Eläkevakuutusyhtiö Ilmarinen
Keskinäinen Eläkevakuutusyhtiö Ilmarinen, a Finnish statutory pension company, has in-house lawyers that are considered by internal and external sources to be ‘business partners who act as trusted advisers on a...
| BNP Paribas
BNP Paribas continues to be a prominent figure in the European banking market, as revenues increase across all operating divisions despite increased regulatory scrutiny. As additional requirements continue to be...
Senior vice president, administration and legal affairs | Municipality Finance
Mari Tyster has worked at Municipality Finance for the past six years, now heading a seven-strong team made up of legal counsel, paralegals and human resource assistants. Since the financial...
Vice president (legal affairs) | Raisio Group
The Raisio Group is an international company with expertise in plant-based nutrition, which produces cereal products and animal feeds. Sari Koivulehto-Mäkitalo joined Raisio in 2006, and has since been transforming...
Senior vice president and general counsel | Volvo Car Corporation
Maria Hemberg began her legal career in 1988 as a trainee associate at law firm, Mannheimer Swartling. After a brief period as a law clerk at the District Court of...
| Qatari Diar Vinci Construction (QDVC)
Qatari Diar Vinci Construction (QDVC) was established in 2007 as a joint venture between Qatari Diar, a real-estate development company and Vinci Construction, a civil engineering and design company currently...
| Carillion MENA
Carillion is a leading UK-based international integrated support services business operating in the UK, Canada and the Middle East. In the Middle East region, Carillion operates construction and facilities management...
general counsel | Duqm Refinery and Petrochemical Industries Company, Oman
A joint venture between Oman Oil Company and International Petroleum Industries Company, Duqm Refinery will be Oman’s third petrochemicals complex. Faris Sahra has led all legal and regulatory aspects of...
general counsel | Qatar District Cooling Co., Qatar
A ‘dedicated’ ‘problem solver’, Marie-Therese Auger works closely with executive management in her leadership of all legal, governance and secretarial functions at the world’s largest district cooling plant operator. Sources...
| Volaris
Volaris, an aviation holding company, owns and operates two low cost airlines, Volaris Mexico and Volaris Costa Rica, and is listed on the NYSE and the Bolsa Mexicana de Valores....
| Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA)
The legal team at Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) in Mexico is led by Roman Ajzen, a well-regarded US-trained lawyer, who is general counsel of FIBRA Macquarie Mexico and...
| PepsiCo Mexico, Central America, Caribbean and Andean countries
Led by general counsel and legal, government and corporate affairs senior vice president Francisco Merino, the PepsiCo Mexico, Central America, Caribbean and Andean countries legal team has been regularly highlighted...
| Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA)
Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) is a leading global alternative asset manager specialising in infrastructure funds, other real asset funds and customised accounts. The most senior lawyer for MIRA...
| Grupo Empresarial Ángeles
José Luis Alberdi is the current legal manager of Grupo Empresarial Ángeles (GEA), a Mexican conglomerate active in range of sectors including multimedia communications, tourism, healthcare and financial services. Demonstrating...
General counsel | Grupo Stiva
Alma Maria Rodriguez Flores has gained comprehensive expertise in negotiations, compliance and commercial real estate during in a number of in-house roles since leaving Deloitte’s legal tax department in 2004....
General counsel | Eutelsat Americas
Having spent most of her career in the telecommunications industry, including nearly 13 years as deputy legal director of Telefónica México, Mariana Páez Robles Martínez assumed the general counsel position...
General counsel - Hispano American zone | L'Oréal
With more than a decade of professional experience, Marisol Gonzalez Ortega Roque is an accomplished attorney with particular focus on corporate law. Ortega Roque, became the general counsel for the...
Head of legal | Molinos Rio de la Plata
‘An excellent in-house lawyer who focuses rapidly on the key issues and is always an aid to her external counsel’, Ana Carina Turco is head of legal at Perez Companc...
Head of legal | Perez Companc Family Group
Having begun his career in private practice at Bruchou Fernández Madero & Lombardi where he was ‘identified early as a potential star’, Mariano Mazur made the move in-house ‘with great...
General counsel | AmBev
‘A great all round lawyer, practical, careful and engaged with the issues’, Pedro Mariani is general counsel for Brazil’s leading drinks company, Ambev, a global player that is regarded as...
General counsel (Latin America) | Linde Gases
Formerly in-house in the energy sector and with in-house experience at The Legal 500 recommended Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr. e Quiroga, Silvia Maria Ribeiro Lopes is general counsel...
Head of corporate legal | Ecopetrol
With ‘remarkable industry knowledge’, Rodolfo Mario García Paredes has been at Colombia’s state hydrocarbons enterprise, ECOPETROL, for 14 years. His tenure stretches back to before the company’s crucial 2003 restructuring...
Legal director | Fresnius Medical Care (Colombia)
‘The role of in-house counsel is not only legal management; it implies the management of administrative and budgeting matters, participation in the company’s strategic planning and leadership of human resources’,...
head of commercial and legal Italy | Fujitsu
Joining Fujitsu over four years ago, Maria Strada was charged with setting up the overall office function in her role as head of commercial and legal for Italy, which then...
head of legal | WAMGROUP
Described as a ’truly reliable person’ and a ‘solutions oriented’ lawyer, Mario Scarfini’s legal career has developed rapidly after completing his law degree in 2001. Over the past 15 years,...
general counsel | Fendi
Currently general counsel for Fendi, part of the LVMH group, Sergio Marini has provided legal advice to the luxury goods company for the past one and a half years. An...
head of legal and corporate affairs | EXOR
Simona Mariani is well regarded in Italy’s legal circles for her expertise in corporate law and governance, as well as her knowledge of international law. Her interest in international legal...
group legal and corporate affairs director | Barilla Holding
Based in Parma, Franco Guariglia is an exceptional legal professional with vast experience in the consumer goods industry, over 25 years of which have been spent at Barilla, the world’s...
general counsel | Avio Aero - GE Aviation
Previous in-house roles, as legal counsel at Dow Italia and Italian general counsel at Capgemini, have given Alessandra Ferrari a wealth of experience to use in her role as general...
regional legal director - EMEA | Google
A renowned problem-solver with ‘top technical competences’, Marilù Capparelli swiftly rose to her current position of regional legal director of Google’s EMEA region. After a 10 year stint in private...
| BNP Paribas Ireland
BNP Paribas, a French multinational financial services company, has been active in Ireland since the early 1970s. In line with the global entity, the Irish arm offer the varied activities...
General Counsel - Ireland | AIG
Marie Griffin has been involved in some of AIG’s most pivotal cross-border transactions of recent years, including the ground-breaking merger into the UK, which was the first of its kind...
Chief Legal Officer | SMBC Aviation Capital
As an executive director of Dublin-based aircraft leasing giant SMBC Aviation Capital, Catharine Ennis supported one of the largest deals in Irish corporate history. This occurred in 2012 when Japan’s...
Senior legal counsel | Horizon Pharma
Senior legal counsel at Horizon Pharma since May 2015, Anne-Marie Dempsey is praised highly for her superior understanding of the pharmaceutical industry. Formerly Shire Pharma’s pioneer lawyer outside the UK...
Head of Legal & Regulatory Affairs | IBEC
Marie Daly, IBEC’s legal and regulatory head affairs, helped shape one of the most significant recent laws affecting Ireland’s business community. As a member of the Company Law Review Group,...
Head of Legal | Bord na Móna
As head of legal at Bord na Móna, Ireland’s leading environmentally-responsible integrated utility service provider, Anna-Marie Curry leads a team of lawyers providing national and international legal support. On a...
Senior vice president and general counsel | Glenmark Pharmaceuticals
Meera Vanjari has almost two decades of legal experience, working at the highest levels of private practice and in-house roles. Initially serving at law firm Mulla & Mulla & Craigie...
Director and associate general counsel | InMobi
Pujarini Guha Maulik, associate general counsel of pioneering Indian online advertising firm InMobi, points to the volatility of the advertising technology market and a constantly evolving legal framework when discussing...
Senior vice president (legal) and general counsel | Jet Airways
After graduating in 1974, Ashok Barimar’s professional career began in Bangalore as an advocate. After spells as a deputy personnel officer, law officer and assistant manager (legal and personnel) at...
Senior legal manager | ANA Aeroportos de Portugal S.A.
Widely respected across the aviation industry of Portugal, Maria José Viegas is one of the most qualified aviation lawyers in the country. She joined ANA Aeroportos de Portugal, the Airport...
General counsel - Spain and Portugal | CBRE Global Investors
CBRE Global Investors is one of the world’s largest real estate investment management firms with approximately $88.4bn in assets under management globally. As the company’s general counsel for Spain and...
Senior legal manager | Tecnocom
In 2009, María Belén Quintas Fernández joined Tecnocom, a market-leading, multinational Spanish company operating in the information technology sector, with extensive experience in high-tech operations and a strong regional presence...
Commercial manager -new business | CEPSA
With 25 years of experience as a lawyer, contract specialist and negotiator in the international energy sector, Marina Paradela is a leading expert in the industry. Before joining CEPSA in...
General counsel and secretary of the board of directors | Siemens
Siemens’ general counsel and secretary of the board, Fernando Ortega López de Santa María takes pride in the development of a legal department that is fully involved and connected with...
Vice general counsel and chief legal officer | Telefónica
A highly respected Spanish lawyer, Maria Luz Medrano Aranguren is the vice general counsel and chief legal officer of Telefónica, the number one Spanish multinational by market capitalisation and one...
Legal manager | Ascendi Portugal
At the helm of the Ascendi’s Portuguese legal team for the last 12 years, Paulo Marinho takes credit for the creation of the company’s in-house legal department. ‘I’ve created it...
Legal and tax director – Iberia | Reckitt Benckiser (RB)
Ariadna Grañena leads the Iberian legal and tax department of Reckitt Benckiser (RB), a multinational consumer goods company. She joined the company in 2007 as tax manager, following a successful...
General director of legal services | OHL Group
General director of legal services at OHL, the IBEX-35 Spanish multinational construction and civil engineering company with approximate annual revenues of €3.5bn, José Maria del Cuvillo Pemán is a widely...
Head of retail and commercial banking and custody legal | Santander Group
With more than two decades in-house experience at Santander Group, José de Reina Amarillas has been involved in some of the bank’s most significant transactions. Since joining Santander’s in-house team...
Legal counsel | Azora Gestión SGIIC
An industry expert, María Eugenia Aldama Garaizabal was responsible for the legal management of GE Capital Real Estate, the real estate investment unit of the American conglomerate General Electric, in...
Senior vice president – head of group legal and compliance | Esprit Group
Market observers rate Marion Welp as ‘outstanding in-house counsel’, who is ‘highly respected for her excellent business acumen, legal advice and organisation skills’ as well as for her way of...
Legal advisor (HR) | Euler Hermes Deutschland
Euler Hermes is a credit insurance company headquartered in Paris and a global industry leader with over 6,000 employees in more than 50 countries; Euler Hermes Deutschland is Germany’s leading...
Senior legal counsel | Sony Mobile Communications
Maria Fransson’s employer is based in Sweden but the main focus of her work over the past ten years has been the German market, particularly the German courts. A particular...
| Paris Aéroport
Paris Aéroport is one of the most successful airport administration groups in the world, being responsible for the many airports located around the Paris area, including Paris Charles de Gaulle...
| BNP Paribas Personal Finance
The legal team of the personal finance subsidiary of French banking giant BNP Paribas received several nominations from private practice sources, and is known in the market for its extensive...
| BNP Paribas
One of the most prominent financial institutions globally, BNP Paribas is a truly transnational operation, employing around 189,000 employees internationally as of 2015, with total revenues topping €43bn in 2016....
group general counsel | Primonial
Marilyne Sullet-Duverbecq spent time working at law firms in France, Monaco and Italy, prior to her in-house stint in 2000 where she launched the legal department for the Neurocom Group,...
legal director - head of France, Middle East and North Africa | Google
Maria Gomri joined Google France in in 2006 as a senior legal counsel and has made noticeable and numerous changes to the technology giant. Gomri has had many promotions during...
legal director | Cdiscount
‘My experience at Cdiscount, and now Cnova, within France and internationally, is certainly one of the richest in my career’, says Marie Even who has been with the company since...
director of intellectual property, digital and distribution | Accor Hotels
Accor Hotels have a portfolio of over 6000 trademarks and they operate in around 92 countries across the world with over 3500 hotels and 5000 domain names under their control....
| Tototheo Maritime
Legal officer Petros Papaevagorou describes how the Tototheo Maritime legal function is heavily influenced by its governance professionals, highlighting its business-focused approach: ‘The current legal function of the organisation is...
| Seanergy Maritime Holdings
Seanergy Maritime Holdings is a Marshall Islands corporation with its executive offices located in Athens. The company is engaged in the transportation of dry bulk cargoes through the ownership and...
| OSM Maritime Group
Operating in over 30 locations and jurisdictions means that OSM Maritime Group’s legal function is required to keep track of a highly complex workload in support of a truly global...
| Global Maritime Group
Responsible for a full range of ship maritime services for virtually any type of ship afloat, Global Maritime Group has programmes devoted to technical services, hotel operations, crewing, entertainment and...
| A.M. Nomikos Transworld Maritime Agencies
A.M. Nomikos operates a commercial, corporate and ship management service for ship owning entities. The company employs approximately 1,000 staff worldwide on land and sea based operations. The head office...
| Operadora Aeroportuaria Internacional (OPAIN)
Operadora Aeroportuaria Internacional (OPAIN), a consortium composed of Colombian construction and engineering firms and the Swiss company Flughafen Zürich AG, is in charge of managing, modernising, expanding, operating and marketing...
Vice President, Legal and Regulatory Affairs | Empresa de Energia de Bogotá
Empresa de Energía de Bogotá (EEB), the second largest electricity transmission and utilities provider in Colombia and one of the largest companies in country, is often held up as a...
Legal Director | Impala Terminals (Trafigura)
Impala Terminals is a global logistics provider that focuses on emerging markets and operates as a part of the Trafigura Group, one of the world’s leading trading companies. Mariana Sanchez...
Vice President - Legal and Compliance | Global Energy Development
With over 15 years of legal and managerial experience at the highest level, Ana Maria Revollo is perfectly suited to take charge of all legal and compliance matters at the...
Intellectual Property and Cybersecurity Counsel | Microsoft
With over 10 years of experience in intellectual property and corporate law as both an in-house counsel and private practice lawyer, Lina María Mosquera Gonzalez is in the perfect position...
Regional Corporate Counsel LAC and Caribbean | Guy Carpenter
A specialist in contract and commercial law, with extensive experience in handling corporate legal aspects and the implementation of corporate compliance policy, Jorge Mario Meneses serves as regional corporate counsel...
Chief Compliance Officer (Latin America) | Kimberly-Clark
Over the course of her in-house legal career which spans over two decades, Ana María Gómez has been in charge of legal functions at some of the largest and most...
Corporate head of legal | Ecopetrol
With 16 years as the corporate head of legal at Ecopetrol, one of the four main petroleum producers in Latin America, Rodolfo Mario Garcia Paredes’ legal advice has seen the...
Legal Vice President and General Counsel | Inter-American Coal
Bogotá-headquartered Inter-American Coal is one of the leading integrated entities in the Latin American coal mining, trading and distribution market. General counsel Ana Maria Echeverria Urquijo leads a team of...
Legal Manager | Emerald Energy
As the legal manager of the oil exploration company, Emerald Energy, Maria Fernanda De Salvador, along with her team, handles all the exploration and production contracts to assure that the...
Health Care Compliance Officer (Northern Latin America) | Johnson & Johnson
Lina Maria Cortes has had a highly successful career conducting impressive legal and compliance work both in-house and in private practice. Appointed as health care compliance officer for Johnson &...
Director of Legal | Isagen
Jario Arias began his legal career in Colombia’s Superintendence of Banks (now known as Superintendence of Finance) in 1996, working initially in contracts and later on in the legal opinion...
Legal Manager | Sanofi Aventis de Colombia
Ana Maria Arbelaez joined Sanofi Aventis de Colombia (Sanofi) in 2012, just as the French-headquartered multinational was consolidating its place as the one of the region’s leading pharmaceutical manufacturers following...
Head of legal | Kimberly-Clark Chile
Kimberly-Clark, the US-based global hygiene products company which produces numerous distinguished personal and baby care brands including Huggies and Kleenex, entered Chile in 1994 and currently operates a production plant...
Legal director | Freeport-McMoRan South América
Recognised as an in-house counsel capable of participating in complex projects and always being able to generate creative and efficient solutions, Mario Larenas has led Freeport-McMoRan’s legal department in Chile...
Legal counsel, Pharmaceutical, Consumer Health & Vegetable Seeds Legal Business Partner Chile | Bayer
Bayer officially began its activities in Chile in 1914, with its first corporate building built the Vicuña Mackenna industrial district in 1957. Currently its operations in Chile cover the areas...
Director of legal and regulatory | Energia 360
Formerly legal head at SunEdison Chile and SunEdison South America, Enzo Ferrari Montofré is an in-house legal professional with extensive experience in all matters related to civil, commercial and public...
General Counsel | Maersk Chile
For Maersk, the Danish business conglomerate, Chile represents a significant proportion of its maritime container business. Founded in 1993, Maersk Chile’s line of business includes the transportation of freight on...
Director of Corporate and Legal Affairs | Banistmo
As vice president of the legal department and corporate secretary of Banistmo, the largest bank in Panama and Central America, Maria Christina Vila de Van Hoorde oversees a highly-rated team...
General counsel | Florida Ice & Farm Company (FIFCO)
Having successfully worked in the public sector, Mariel Picado transitioned into a role at Florida Ice and Farm Company (FIFCO), adapting to the commercial needs of the private sector with...
General legal advisor | Philips Latin America
Based in Panama, María Pía Logiovane currently heads the legal and compliance function for the Latin American division of Philips, a leading multinational technology company headquartered in the Netherlands. As...
Legal manager | Americas Media Services
Marie Claire Palacios leads all legal matters related to Latin American territories at Guatemala-based Americas Media Services, overseeing all operations, subsidiaries and affiliates of the company and reporting directly to...
Legal director | Grupo Roble
Mario Martínez is legal director at Grupo Roble, the real estate division of Grupo Poma, a prominent El Salvador-based conglomerate. He has worked for the Poma Group for nearly 40...
Manager of legal unit | AES Dominicana
Giselle Marie Leger joined AES in 2001 as a legal counsel and in 2014 was promoted to general counsel. In this role Marie Leger is the leader on the legal...
Legal director and corporate relations director | Nestlé Dominicana
Nestlé, the largest food company in the world measured by revenue, has had a presence in the Dominican Republic for over a century. With a long-standing track record of contributing...
Manager of corporate affairs | SBA Communications
Jose María Etchegaray manages the internal and external legal resources of SBA Communications, an owner and operator of wireless infrastructure for communications companies, for the entire Latin America region, with...
Legal manager | Grupo Rey
Maria Charris is a lawyer with more than 15 years of professional experience, who has held managerial positions in both national and international companies. A results-oriented expert with strong project...
Legal director | Scotiabank
Since 2004, Karina Castillo has developed the legal department at Scotiabank in the Dominican Republic from scratch, and eventually established a function of 12 people to provide services to a...
Legal vice president | Banvivienda
Described by his co-workers as both a ‘loyal and innovative employee’ and an ‘inspiring person to work with’, Belisario Castillo runs the legal department of Banvivienda, a Panamanian bank with...
Head of legal | Banco General
A highly-skilled financial in-house lawyer, Ana Maria Bonilla has spent her entire legal career in the banking sector. With deep experience in Latin American legal frameworks in Mexico, Brazil, Costa...
| Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan
Chief legal and corporate affairs officer Jeff Davis oversees the legal team at Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, an independent organisation that pays defined benefit pensions and invests plan assets on...
Senior vice president, general counsel and secretary | Sobeys
Senior vice president, general counsel and secretary at Empire Company and Empire’s subsidiary company, Sobeys, Karin McCaskill is described as the ‘model’ general counsel. She is praised for her ability...
| Pentágono S.A. Distribuidora de Títulos e Valores Mobiliários
Founded in 1985, Pentágono S.A. Distribuidora de Títulos e Valores Mobiliários – more commonly referred to as Pentágono – is a highly specialised securities distributor that provides bonds and securities...
| MRV Engenharia
MRV Engenharia is the second largest homebuilder and real estate company in Brazil. Founded in 1979, the company is owned by Brazilian billionaire Rubens Menin and is present in more...
| Grupo Boticário
Led by legal and compliance manager Priscila Jacober Pasqualin, the Grupo Boticário legal team has a rich pool of expertise working in cosmetic business units, and is at the forefront...
General Counsel | AmBev
Pedro De Abreu Mariani has been with AmBev since 2004, and currently holds the position of General Counsel and corporate affairs officer. In this joint role Mariani oversees the legal...
Legal Director, General Legal Counsel | Yamana Gold Brazil
Yamana Gold, is a Canadian-based gold producer with significant gold and copper production, exploration properties, and land positions in Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Mexico and Colombia. Maria da Graça Montalvão is...
Legal Director | Philip Morris Brazil
Maria Izabel Cardozo is legal director at American tobacco company Philip Morris’ Brazilian affiliate, a role in which she provides full legal support to the company and manages the department...
Head of legal - wealth | Kiwibank
A recognised national expert, Larissa Vaughan has drawn particular notice for her ground-breaking work with New Zealand’s recent FMCA legislation. ‘I feel I have been able to draw on my...
Head of group legal | Bendigo Bank
A highly respected corporate counsel and recognised financial services expert, Maria Polczynski leads an award-winning team at one of Australia’s leading retail banks. Known for her innovative and business-focused approach,...
Chief operations officer - Property and Asset Finance | Wingate
Ari Bergman is the current chief operations officer for the property and asset finance division of Wingate, he took up the Melbourne-based post in October 2015 after 11 years role...
Director, head of legal/IP department, general counsel, attorney at law | Novartis Holding Japan K.K.
‘I enjoy it most when the company successfully achieves a goal through cross-divisional collaboration,’ Mariko Mimura says. Mimura heads a 27-strong team, including Japan and foreign-qualified lawyers. ‘I changed legal...
Director and associate general counsel | Coach Inc.
Most recently director and associate general counsel for New York and Hong Kong-listed luxury brand Coach Inc., Jasmine Karimi’s varied in-house career has spanned multiple jurisdictions in diverse industries including...
Senior vice president and general counsel | Marina Bay Sands
Faris Alsagoff manages 175 people across luxury resort and casino Marina Bay Sands’ legal and surveillance functions. Delphi Automative’s former Asia Pacific general counsel joined in 2010 when the centre...
| Macquarie Group
Sydney headquartered Macquarie Group is an international financial services provider that employs almost 14,000 staff in over 27 countries around the world across its various business units. Macquarie’s group legal...
Legal manager | Banco Macro
Banco Macro is one of Argentina’s largest domestically-owned banks, and from its headquarters in Bueno Aires offers a range of banking and financial services including loans, credit cards and life...
Legal studies senior manager | Banco Central de la Republica Argentina
As legal studies senior manager of the Central Bank of the Republic of Argentina (BCRA), Maria del Carmen Urquiza occupies a highly specialised and technical role at Argentina’s Central Bank...
Legal affairs manager | Molinos Río de la Plata
Molinos Río de la Plata is Argentina’s largest branded food-products company and is a subsidiary of the Perez Companc Family Group. Heading up the legal and compliance function is Ana...
Legal affairs director for Argentina and senior counsel for Latin America | Turner Broadcasting Company
As legal affairs director for Argentina and senior counsel for Latin America, Mariana Oteiza heads a large legal team that supports the affairs of Turner Broadcasting Systems, a group of...
Head of legal office – Buenos Aires branch | The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi
María Mercedes Olano heads the legal function at the Buenos Aires branch of Japanese financial institution The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, where she takes a proactive approach in achieving optimal business...
Legal attorney | Roemmers
Having worked at the Argentinian pharmaceutical company Roemmers for 16 years, Rosario Mazzei has been involved with many of the company’s transactions over the years and has been a driving...
General counsel | Perez Companc Family Group
Mariano Mazur, current general counsel at Perez Companc Family Group, has received wide acclaim for overseeing complex litigation and negotiating financial transactions. Employed at the Group for over seven years,...
Director of legal matters and data protection coordinator | Mercedes-Benz Argentina
Well known in Argentina’s in-house community for leading large legal teams at multinational organisations, as well as for her understanding of corporate law and governance, Deborah-Maria Luchetta heads the legal...
Head legal counsel – Argentina, Chile, Peru | SAS Institute Argentina
An influential leader known for his dynamism, strong professional values and managerial skills, Federico Frachia Sabaris has over 10 years of cross-border experience in executive management. Over his three-year tenure...
Legal and compliance director | Novo Nordisk Pharma Argentina
Known as a ‘fantastic lawyer’ with ‘extensive industry expertise’, Mariana Fiordilino is well-placed to lead the legal and compliance functions for the Argentinean arm of Danish multinational pharmaceutical company Novo...
Legal counsel – Latin America South | BMC Software
Receiving praise from nominators for her leadership skills, María Gabriela Fernández has been the head of the legal department for software solutions provider BMC Software for over 10 years. The...
Senior legal director | Oracle latin america
With a deep knowledge of all relevant legal and commercial factors affecting the Oracle business in the region, Lucio Maria Fabani Larranaga is known for his skill across several practice...
Legal affairs director | Monsanto Latin America South
Mariana Eppenstein serves as legal affairs director for Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia and Peru at Monsanto, a multinational agrochemical and agricultural company that helps farmers to improve their harvests...
Senior attorney | Vale - Potasio Río Colorado
With over 16 years of experience as an in-house and lawyer and currently leading one of the major mining projects of the country, Maria Di Lello is at the forefront...
Legal manager | Pampa Energía
Known in the Argentinian in-house legal market for being a ‘complete legal professional’, Mariano Romero de Haz is the legal manager of flagship electricity company Pampa Energía, which engages in...
Legal and compliance director | Novartis Argentina
An experienced in-house counsel in the pharmaceutical sector, Ana Candelaria Alonso spent over four years at the South American division of German pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim, where she went on...
General counsel | Banco Macro
Banco Macro is one of the largest domestically-owned banks in Argentina. Owning the largest network of branches in the country, it offers financial services including loans and insurance to more...
General counsel and compliance officer | Philips Argentina
Philips is a leading technology company focused on improving people’s health and enabling better outcomes across the health continuum from healthy living and prevention, to diagnosis, treatment and home care....
Legal manager | Pampa Energía
Serving as legal manager at Pampa Energía, Argentina’s largest independent energy company, Mariano Romero de Haz is described by nominating sources as ‘an excellent legal manager with firm knowledge of...
Legal affairs manager | Xerox
Xerox Argentina is a subsidiary of Xerox Corporation, a US global corporation that sells print and digital document products and services in more than 160 countries. Having been at Xerox...
Legal affairs director Argentina and senior counsel | Turner Internacional Argentina
Turner is a global entertainment, sports and news company that operates 180 channels showcasing 47 brands in 34 languages in over 200 countries. Turner Internacional Argentina is one of Turner’s...
Vice president | JPMorgan Chase & Co.
María Mercedes Olano, vice president of JPMorgan Chase & Co Argentina, is an expert in-house counsel in the Argentina market. The bank has had a 150 year presence in Latin...
General counsel | Simplot Argentina
Clara María Mazzeo is general counsel at Simplot Argentina, the Argentine joint venture operation of the multinational food and agribusiness company Simplot. Described by one nominator as ‘a dynamic and...
Lawyer | Roemmers
An M&A specialist who, according to nominating sources, ‘has handled most of the company’s recent acquisitions’, Rosario Mazzei is an indispensable part of Roemmers’ operation. Indeed, nominating sources spoke extremely...
General counsel | Perez Companc Family Group
Serving as general counsel at Perez Companc Family Group (PCFG), Mariano Mazur gives comprehensive legal advice to different domestic and international companies of the organisation as well as the individual...
General counsel | Petroquímica Comodoro Rivadavia
With extensive experience advising multinational companies and financial entities regarding general corporate, compliance, finance and banking matters, Mariano Juárez Goñi has been serving as the general counsel for 11 years...
Head legal counsel Latin America - Argentina, Chile y Perú | SAS Institute
Serving as head legal counsel for Latin America at SAS Institute, the global leader in business analytics software and services, Federico Frachia Sabaris is an international corporate lawyer with over...
Legal manager - Mercosur (Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay) | Genomma Lab
With more than 15 years’ experience, Maria Emilia Dossi has focused her practice on commercial law, corporate law, contracts, M&A, consumer law and finance law. In her current role at...
Legal head - Argentina, Paraguay, Peru | PepsiCo
PepsiCo is a global food and beverage leader with a product portfolio including 22 brands that generate more than US$1bn each in annual retail sales. Marina Codesal joined PepsiCo in...
General counsel | HP
Highly-praised Maria Florencia Artucovich is the country counsel of HP Argentina, overseeing the legal operations of the South Cone countries including Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay. Artucovich is responsible for...
Legal affairs manager | Edenor
Edenor is the largest electricity distributor in Argentina in terms of customer numbers and electricity sales figures. Through a concession, Edenor distributes electricity exclusively to the northwestern zone of the...
Regional legal director Southern Cone (Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay) | Colgate-Palmolive
María Gabriela Alvarez de la Fuente joined Colgate-Palmolive in May 2016 as its regional legal director, after almost 13 years of experience in senior in-house roles at other large multinational...
Legal and compliance counsel, Southern Cone and Andean Regions | Boston Scientific
Boston Scientific is a manufacturer of medical devices used in interventional medical specialties. It employs over 29,000 staff around the world and generated sales of US$2.56bn during the fourth quarter...
General counsel Benelux and public affairs director | L'Oréal
Marius van Haaren is an expert in the field of marketing and advertising law, intellectual property, contracts, drafting, reviewing and negotiating of distribution, licensing, marketing services, IT, turn-key machinery, procurement...
Vice president and corporate affairs Europe (general counsel Europe) | Anheuser-Busch InBev
Maria Rocha Barros is qualified to practice in the US (New York), UK and Brazil with significant work experience in the US, Latin America, Europe and Asia. ‘It is my...
Legal affairs director | Huawei Technologies Philippines
Maria Rowena Ramos Espiritu has been afforded the chance to live out her ideal professional role with Huawei Philippines since taking on her role as legal affairs director for the...
Head of corporate legal and compliance | Kalbe Farma
‘As the head of legal and compliance of Kalbe Group, a pharmaceutical company based in Indonesia and having presence across Asian and African countries, Maria Teresa Fabiola is continuously encouraging...
Vice president for legal, labour and corporate affairs and chief compliance officer | Pepsi Cola Products Phillipines
Formerly a public sector lawyer, Lope Del Rosario Manuel played a significant role in the design and execution of landmark public policy agendas in the Philippines’ IP community. Moving to...
Country head of legal | Sanofi-Aventis Philippines
Initially operating as a corporate law specialist at one of the Philippines’ leading corporate private practice firms, Jazel Calvo-Cariño initially moved in-house with Deutsche Bank Philippines. After doing a brief...
Senior vice president and general counsel | Marina Bay Sands
Initially joining Marina Bay Sands in 2010, Faris Alsagoff is an integral part of the company’s senior management. He recalls the revolutionary atmosphere around the company when he first joined,...
Legal manager | Sistema Brasileiro de Televisao
Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão (SBT) is one of the largest television networks in Brazil with a whole variety of programming including news, children’s shows, soap operas, game shows, movies and...
Head of legal, compliance and IR | Companhia Brasileira de Metalurgia e Mineraçao (CBMM)
As head of legal since October 2011, Renata Willens Longo Ferrari has led the legal department of CBMM with skill and experience. With 20 years of experience as an in-house...
General counsel | Fibria Celulose
Mariangela Daniele Maruishi Bartz is an expert in-house lawyer with eighteen years of experience in the legal field at leading Brazilian companies Vale and Fibria Celulose, and law firms in...
| Arik Air
A successor of Nigeria Airways, whose facilities it took over three years after that company’s liquidation in 2006, Arik Air has grown slowly but steadily since then. It now operates...
Group managing director, general counsel global wealth management | UBS
Maria Leistner is a banking lawyer, experienced in international banking, structured finance transactions, emerging markets, private banking, and corporate governance to name a few. She is currently the group managing...
General counsel, security inks division | Sicpa
SICPA develops and distributes overt and covert high security ink for banknotes documents and brand protection, occupying a niche area in financial services. Yann-Karim Haenni joined SICPA in January 2010...
General counsel Europe and Canada | Takeda Pharmaceuticals
Andrea Ferrari joined Takeda seven years ago as legal counsel and during these years covered various regional and functional roles with increasing responsibilities. In February 2018, he was appointed general...
General counsel, head of legal affairs | Kudelski Group
Mark Beariault has served as the general counsel and head of legal affairs for the world leader in digital security and convergent media solutions, Kudelski Group, since April 2011. Beariault...
Vice president legal | InMobi
Since its founding in 2007, InMobi has grown into a world-leading mobile marketing and advertising platform provider present in around 16 countries. Pujarini Guha Maulik joined the firm in 2012...
| BNP Paribas
The four-person team that provides legal assistance to the business of banking giant BNP Paribas in the Czech Republic has been praised for its strong collaboration with other departments and...
| Bayer Hungária
Bayer, the global German enterprise specialising in health care, nutrition and high tech materials, has consistently created value through innovation, growth and high earning power in the Hungarian market. With...
| Bank BGŻ BNP Paribas
The legal department at BGŻ BNP Paribas, the Poland based branch of the international banking group, consists of 60 people (40 lawyers and 20 full-time equivalents) and renders legal support...
Vice president legal department and general secretary | Banistmo
Highly experienced financial in-house lawyer María Cristina Vilá de Van Hoorde has earned her title through working for multinational banks for the majority of her career, successfully supporting the franchises...
Corporate legal manager | Grupo Motta Servicios
Clarissa Surgeon’s legal career has spanned close to 20 years, with positions in law firms and corporations in Panama City, New York and Brussels, working across various legal fields, primarily...
Head of legal and compliance Latin America | Hilti Latin America
Hilti Latin America provides leading technology to the global construction, energy and industry sectors. Globally, the company employs around 28,000 people in more than 120 countries with aims to reinforce...
General counsel | Florida Ice & Farm Company (FIFCO)
Mariel Picado Quevedo is the general counsel at Florida Ice and Farm Company (FIFCO), a publicly traded Costa Rican entity created in 1908. It serves as a holding company for...
Compliance officer and legal counsel | Centro Distribuidor
Marie Claire Palacios de Bauer started working in the legal industry early, commencing her first legal position during her first year of law school. Her first position was legal assistant...
Legal director Central America and Panama | Uber
Valentina Moreno Aristeguieta joined Uber as the legal director for Central America and Panama when the role was first created in the region. ‘It implied a big change for the...
| Aker BioMarine
When Aker BioMarine, the world’s leading supplier of krill (the highly demanded shrimp-like crustacean from Antarctic waters), recognised that there was a need to address its increasingly complex legal issues...
Director and general counsel | Citi Guatemala
Karin Herman Zachrisson joined Citi in 1997 as legal counsel for Guatemala and since then she has held various senior positions in Guatemala and in the regional office for Citi...
Director of legal affairs Latin America | SBA Communications Corporation
Jose María Etchegaray has been at SBA Communications Corporation (SBA) since 2010 and its director of legal affairs in Latin America since 2016. Etchegaray manages all operations and regulatory legal...
Legal manager | Energuate
In 2004 Jorge Mario Colindres Sandoval started working at Energuate, Guatemala’s largest power distribution company, serving over 1.6 million regulated consumers, initially as the internal legal advisor. From 2004-2008, his...
Legal manager | Grupo Rey
Maria Charris is a lawyer with over 15 years of professional experience who has served as the legal manager for Grupo Rey, one of the main Panamanian groups in the...
Vice president of legal | Banco Panameño de la Vivienda
Esteemed in-house counsel Belisario Castillo Sáenz has gained much attention for the changes he has implemented at Banco Panameño de la Vivienda (Banvivienda), a well-established Panamanian bank offering personal, private,...
General counsel | Amzak Capital Management
Maria Beatriz Beltranena Wer has served as general counsel for Amzak Capital Management for 12 years, where she manages the legal departments, transactions and legal affairs of Amzak’s active projects...
Manager of legal affairs | Energía del Pacífico
Since 2014 Mario Ayala Claros has served as manager of legal affairs at Energía del Pacífico, a company in charge of the design, construction, operation and maintenance of a power...
Legal director | Grupo Roble
Lucila María Argueta de Contreras joined Grupo Roble in 1996, where she was initially in charge of judicial matters and in 1997 gained additional responsibility, taking charge of the notarial...
General counsel and corporate affairs | Coca-Cola FEMSA
With more than 10 years of experience in corporate law, eight of which in regional roles, Maricel Alvarez is the general counsel at Coca-Cola FEMSA. She joined the company in...
| HARIBO Group
One of the best-loved and most popular confectionary brands in Europe, HARIBO operates factories across the continent and announced in 2017 the opening of its first factory in the US....
Group general counsel | Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ)
Prior to joining ANZ Banking Group in 2007, Bob Santamaria had been a partner for 20 years at the law firm now known as Allens, specialising in M&A and corporate...
General counsel | Ooh!
After a notable career spent in the in-house legal banking and finance sector, Maria Polczynski moved on to a new challenge in May 2018 after her appointment as general counsel...
| Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Group (HKEX)
HKEX is the operator of exchanges and clearing houses in Hong Kong, and one of the largest exchange groups in terms of market capitalisation in the world. It operates securities...
| Oleoducto de los Llanos Orientales and Oleoducto Bicentenario de Colombia
Oleoducto de los Llanos Orientales (ODL) and Oleoducto Bicentenario de Colombia (BIC) are managed and operate under a single administration led by ODL, which requires a very efficient legal team...
| Grupo Empresarial Colombina
Grupo Empresarial Colombina is a global food company that endeavours to delight consumers with its winning combination of innovation and great tasting products. It is anchored by its strong master...
| Royal Caribbean Cruises Service (China)
The in-house legal and compliance team of Royal Caribbean Cruises Service (China) is described by nominators as having ‘consistently provided effective and high quality in-house service for Royal Caribbean’s China...
| Ferrari
Representing the finest in Italian automotive design and craftsmanship, Ferrari’s culturally iconic story began in 1947 when it started to produce unique sports cars that are recognised for their unique...
| Campari Group
Campari Group was founded in 1860 and today is the sixth-largest player worldwide in the premium spirits industry. Headquartered in Sesto San Giovanni, Campari Group owns 18 plants worldwide and...
| BNP Paribas Real Estate
BNP Paribas Real Estate is a European commercial property consultancy company with around 2,600 employees in 51 cities. In Italy, the BNP Paribas Real Estate legal and corporate affairs function...
| Clariant International
Clariant International’s legal team is characterised by its legal professionals who have demonstrated history of working in the chemicals industry. The team has been integral to Clariant’s move towards higher...
Head of commercial and legal Italy | Fujitsu
Maria Strada is a business lawyer with extensive multinational experience in the information technology and computer industry, previously working at the likes of Hewlett-Packard, Oracle Italia and Lucent Technologies. In...
Legal services | Automobili Lamborghini
Maria Francesca Portincasa brings her strong background in international studies and her knowledge of competition law to multinational renowned manufacturer of luxury super sports cars, Automobili Lamborghini. Serving in this...
Group general counsel and data protection officer | Siram by Veolia
Since 2016, Francesco Marzari has been the group general counsel supporting all the legal work for Siram, a company fully owned by Veolia, a French transnational corporation that provides an...
Chief legal corporate and compliance officer | Barilla Holding
Occupying a senior position within a prestigious Italian brand name, Franco Guariglia can also point to an extensive and lengthy career at esteemed Italian food company Barilla. He joined the...
Group general counsel | A2A
Alessandra Ferrari began her in-house career as an in-house counsel at international chemicals manufacturer Dow Italia, where she worked between 1997 and 2003. There she discovered key differences between working...
Chief legal officer | Dompé Farmaceutici
Carmen Di Marino joined Dompé as chief legal officer in 2013, in order to support and advise on the group’s expansion strategy in international markets. She is currently in charge...
Legal affairs director | GI Group
Dario Dell’Osa’s legal career began at an Italian boutique law firm before completing his LLM with a specialist in-house focus, which helped him make a seamless transition into an in-house...
Director, legal | Google
Once listed amongst the 30 most influential Italian female lawyers in Vanity Fair, Marilù Capparelli is one of the managing directors of the Google legal department in the EMEA area,...
| BNP Paribas
‘Derek Göbel has overseen the Asia Pacific legal operations of BNP Paribas for decades, and runs an extremely business savvy team adept at providing sound, balanced legal advice in numerous...
| BNP Paribas M&A Legal
Responsible for the management of all legal aspects of M&A transactions for BNP Paribas Group entities and business lines around the world, the BNP Paribas M&A legal team is an...
| Aéroports de Paris (Groupe ADP)
Aéroports de Paris, trading under Groupe ADP, historically made its mark through the operation of Paris’ main airports including Paris-Charles de Gaulle. It now operates 25 airports globally and is...
| BNP Paribas Group
Since 2000, Davina Saint has served as general counsel and head of legal responsible for the legal team at BNP Paribas Group in Ireland, covering the team’s framework, corporate governance...
Vice president and general counsel | SAS
SAS is the largest regional and international airline connecting Scandinavia with the rest of the world with over 13,000 destinations and is part of the Star Alliance Group. Marie Wohlfahrt,...
General counsel and senior vice president group legal | Volvo Car Group
‘The compliance and ethics team have, with their continuous efforts, made the organisation focus even more on how business is conducted, and conducting business in a responsible manner is key...
Senior vice president, group legal affairs and general counsel | Swedish Match
Since 2015, Marie-Louise Heiman has been the senior vice president of group legal affairs and general counsel at Swedish Match, having first joined the company in 1996. Swedish Match is...
General counsel and senior vice president, legal and sustainability | SKF
Carina Bergfelt is a long-serving legal professional for leading global technology provider SKF, having been with the firm since 1990. Founded in 1907, SKF focuses on the development of new...
| Roche Central America and Caribbean (CAC)
Swiss multinational healthcare company Roche has recently expanded its Costa Rican operations with a new service centre and a legal team to oversee its manoeuvres. Roche operates in Central America...
| Pfizer Central America & Caribbean
Known the world over and with a recorded global revenue of $52bn in 2016, Pfizer is one of the largest biopharmaceutical companies in existence and today operates with around 100,000...
| Panama Maritime Authority
As the world’s top registry of ships and maritime services, Panama Maritime Authority (AMP) has benefited immensely from its highly experienced knowledgeable legal team and relies heavily on its expertise...
Senior vice president, general counsel | Viacom International Media Networks (The Americas)
Larissa Zagustin is general counsel for the Americas cluster at Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN), owner of some of the world’s best-known entertainment brands including Comedy Central, MTV and Nickelodeon....
Director and senior counsel | BNP Paribas
For nearly 20 years, Morela Zubillaga de Paris has advised BNP Paribas on its corporate banking activities in Latin America. A period of rapid growth and subsequent restructuring into pan-Americas...
Senior director legal, Caribbean and Latin America | Marriott International
Marisol Mateos in an in-house lawyer with unrivalled experience in the hotel and hospitality industry. Across the course of her career she has worked for three of the best-known brands...
Vice president and head of legal | DHL Express Latin America and DHL eCommerce – Americas
Since 2003, Maria Fernanda Font has played a big part in facilitating the growth in the Americas division of logistics, air, land and sea freight, e-commerce, and global mail carrier...
Managing director, investment banking and capital markets origination legal | Citigroup
Since joining Citigroup in 2010, Mariel Creo has supported a number of economically significant capital markets transactions, including offerings by institutions in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Panama and Mexico. She...
Vice president and general counsel | Ricoh Latin America
Weston, Florida-based Ricoh Latin America serves the South and Central America, Mexico, and Caribbean regions with a range of office devices, including print and graphic systems, scanning technologies, digital and...
| Ferrari
World famous automobile manufacturers Ferrari enjoy legal support from a team of eight lawyers and a paralegal led by general counsel Carlo Daneo, an inclusion on The Legal 500 GC...
| Credito Fondiario
Founded in 1898, Credito Fondiario specialises in management of non-performing loans (NPL). In its capacity the bank is currently acting as adviser to Atlante fund, the Italian fund dedicated to...
| BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions
Made up of a team of seven legal counsels, the legal department at BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions oversee the legal needs of the five separate business units of the company...
| Banca Carige
Founded in 1483, Banca Carige is one of Italy’s largest banks holding €26.1bn of assets. Made up of a team of experienced lawyers, litigation managers and compliance specialists, the legal...
| Baxter México, Central America, Caribbean and Venezuela
Baxter, a multinational company that provides a broad portfolio of essential renal and hospital products, bought Gambro in 2013 and it was the legal team that was entrusted with ensuring...
Vice president corporate counsel - Mexico | Prologis Mexico
‘He is a real estate expert, has great common sense for business, and knows how to make outside counsel go the extra-mile’: such is the verdict of a nominating source...
General counsel | Norilsk Nickel
General counsel | Eutelsat Americas
Mariana Páez Robles Martínez assumed her current position as general counsel in Eutelsat Americas, one of the world’s leading satellite operators, in 2014. Throughout her career she has flourished in...
Head of legal | Promsvyazbank
Larisa Valueva boasts 19 years’ experience as a legal professional in the financial sector. A cum laude graduate of the law faculty of the Moscow State University, Valueva began her...
Legal and corporate affairs director | Uralkali
Traded on the Moscow Exchange, Uralkali is a leading Russian potash fertilizer producer and exporter that employs around 11,000 people. The company was founded in 2011 after the merger of...
General counsel (Russia, Ukraine and Belarus) | Unilever
Having opened its first Russian representative office in 1992, the multinational consumer goods company Unilever is celebrating 25 years of operating in the country this year. Since 2015, Anastasia Shkarina...
Legal manager | Occidental de Colombia (OXY)
US multinational petroleum and gas company OXY has significant presence in Colombia, having been an active investor in the country for over 40 years. In charge of legal matters for...
Director of legal affairs (Russia, CIS, Eastern-Southern Europe) | Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Possessing over 16 years of experience as a legal practitioner both in private practise and subsequently in major multinational IT company Hewlett-Packard, Victoria Illarionova has become a highly respected legal...
Group general counsel | Ulstein Group
Over the last 10 years Ingvill Mari Saunes has served as the general counsel for Ulstein Group, the parent company of a group of maritime companies, specialising in ship design...
Executive director and general counsel | Norges Bank
Norges Bank, Norway’s central bank, plays a wide role in the country’s financial system, from promoting stability through its executive and advisory activities to ensuring payment systems and financial markets...
Legal director | Santander Consumer Bank
Over the years multi-faceted lawyer Carine Lindman-Johannesen has accumulated a wide range of experience in the financial sector. Her multi-faceted career started in 2000 as a junior associate at the...
Legal director | Konkurransetilsynet (The Norwegian Competition Authority)
When Karin Stakkestad Laastad became legal director for the Norwegian Competition Authority in August 2012, it was on an acting basis to be held until the end of that year....
Legal counsel | J.P. Morgan
J.P. Morgan in Colombia has a local presence through J.P. Morgan Corporación Financiera, a credit institution established in the country since 2006, supervised by the Financial Superintendence of Colombia and...
Legal manager | Emerald Energy Colombia
As the legal manager of the oil exploration company, Emerald Energy Colombia, Maria Fernanda De Salvador, along with her team, handles all the exploration and production contracts to ensure that...
General counsel | Nike Russia
Headed by Maria Appak, Nike’s Russian in-house legal team has impressed nominators with its ‘professionalism, persistence and result-oriented attitude’. Appak, in particular, boasts tremendous expertise and is considered one of...
Legal director | Total E&P Norge
Total E&P Norge was created in 1999 from a merger of Total, Fina and Elf. Today it contributes approximately 12% of Total Group’s entire oil and gas production. Heading a...
General counsel, Nordic and Baltic region | Nokia
When the Finnish giant Nokia acquired French technology company Alcatel-Lucent in 2016 in a deal worth $16.6bn, it made news headlines across the globe. Before the deal was concluded Ellen-Karine...
General counsel | Aker ASA
As the longest serving general counsel at one of Norway’s largest companies in the private sector, Arild Støren Frick, in cooperation with the CEO, the board and the audit committee...
Vice president legal | Ecopetrol
Fernán Ignacio Bejarano Arias has served as vice president of legal affairs at Ecopetrol, Colombia’s largest company, since 2016 after a long in-house career in the energy and financial sectors...
Director - legal representation | ISAGEN
Jario Arias joined ISAGEN in 2015 with an extensive background of in-house counsel experience within the energy and construction sectors and brings this strategic legal acumen to the legal department...
Chief legal officer | ISA
ISA operates across Latin America as a long-term strategic investor in linear infrastructure systems. Not only a major contributor to Colombia’s infrastructure, the company is one of the country largest....
General counsel | SIRO
SIRO, a startup business owned by telecoms giants ESB and Vodafone, aims to bring high speed internet service online across Ireland, especially smaller rural areas and so bridge the ‘digital...
Head of legal department | ING Bank Česká republika
Earning his stripes as an in-house lawyer with Československá obchodní banka (ČSOB) from 2000 until 2002, Pavel Kovářík made the move to ING Bank Česká republika in early 2003, and...
General counsel CEE | BNP Paribas Real Estate
Head of legal at international investment bank BNP Paribas’ Central and Eastern European real estate business is Dariusz Chudy, who, according to a private practice source has ‘an extensive experience...
General counsel | AIG
Distinguished lawyer Marie Griffin leads the legal department at AIG in Ireland, a department which is part of the wider AIG European Legal Group. Prior to her current role, Griffin...
Chief of human resources and legal affairs officer | Esprit Group
With 11 direct reports and a team of roughly 150 reports globally, Dr Marion Welp was promoted from head of law for Europe to global general counsel, merging the previously...
Chief legal officer | SMBC Aviation Capital
Owned by a group of major Japanese financial organisations (Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC), Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Company Limited and Sumitomo Corporation) the scale of SMBC Aviation Capital’s...
Head of legal and regulatory affairs | Ibec
Known as an excellent ‘litigator, lobbyist and lawyer’, Marie Daly joined Ibec (formerly the Federation of Irish Employers) in 1991 as an employment lawyer. When the Federation of Irish Employers...
Head of legal | Topaz Energy
Leading a relatively small but strong team at one of Ireland’s leading forecourt and retail convenience retailing chains, Maria Costello serves as Topaz Energy’s head of legal. Under her leadership...
| Marina Bay Sands
The spectacular Marina Bay Sands resort, one of the most recognisable landmarks in Singapore, retains a highly qualified in-house legal team headed by general counsel Faris Alsagoff. Amongst the 20-person...
| Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering Holdings (MHB)
MHB is a globally trusted heavy engineering and marine solutions provider for a wide range of offshore and onshore facilities and vessels. It has an over 40-year track record of...
| Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) Asia
With an ethos conducive to delivering commercially-driven advice with efficient handling of the company’s legal matters, MIRA Asia’s legal team play an integral role for the world’s largest infrastructure asset...
| BNP Paribas - Southeast Asia
2018 marks BNP Paribas’ 50th anniversary in Singapore, the bank’s regional hub in Southeast Asia. One of the most prominent financial institutions globally, BNP Paribas employs around 2,500 employees in...
Deputy legal manager | Banco Ripley Perú
A banking regulatory specialist with over ten years of experience, César Augusto Saavedra Arias states that he is an ‘expert in interpretation, application and implementation of specialised regulations and their...
Legal counsel (Peru), labour relationship manager and legal SPOC (Energy and Resources – Latin America) | Sodexo
Mariana Olivares currently works as legal counsel for Sodexo Perú, where she also serves as head of the labour relationship department and legal SPOC (single point of contact) for the...
Legal and integrity manager | ABB
As the legal and integrity manager for the ABB subsidiary in Peru, a position she has been in since April 2013, Yesenia Marina Quiroz Zegarra has been key to multiple...
Director of corporate affairs and general counsel | Belcorp
Maria Lizzy Massa joined multinational beauty products sales business Belcorp in 2002 as a lawyer working out of the company’s Lima headquarters. She has since gained additional responsibilities and currently...
Corporate, external and legal affairs lead - Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay | Microsoft
Hector Figari Costa joined Microsoft in 2013 in the capacity of legal and corporate affairs lead for Peru, and in July 2017 was promoted to his current position, where he...
Legal manager | EsSalud
EsSalud is a decentralised Peruvian public body that provides healthcare services for millions of insured people in the county. A lawyer with a strong ethical streak, María del Carmen Barragán...
General legal director - Mexico and Latin America | Banco Azteca
A versatile in-house legal professional, Jorge Goñi Camarillo’s time as an external counsel has involved supporting the operations of many group companies, showcasing his immense work ethic, attention to detail...
Legal counsel and regional compliance director | Linio
Marianna Elena Del Río Díaz joined Linio, the largest e-commerce platform in Latin America, in 2014 as the legal director for Mexico and regional compliance director. Under her management, Linio’s...
General counsel | Gentera (Banco Compartamos)
Founded in 1990, Gentera (listed in the Mexican Stock Exchange) and its nine subsidiaries (Banco Compartamos, being one of them) represent the largest microfinance service provider in Latin America, leader...
Legal director - Latin America | Vestas
Since April 2015 Mario Barreiro Castellanos has been employed as legal director for Latin America at the largest wind turbine company in the world, Vestas. Now ultimately responsible for corporate,...
General counsel and member of the board of directors | Siemens Greece
German multinational conglomerate Siemens has been active in Greece for nearly 120 years and today continues to offer products, solutions and services that reflect the organisation’s engineering excellence, innovation and...
Head of legal and external affairs | Vodafone
Since her appointment as head of legal and external affairs at Vodafone’s Greek operation, Maria Skagou has made a vital contribution to the company’s “Gigabit” strategy by facilitating the introduction...
Legal director | Navarone
With a legal career in Greece that spans over 20 years, Paris Passias is one of the country’s most respected in-house lawyers. In 2015 Passias joined Greek shipping giant NAVARONE...
Legal and corporate affairs director | Nireus Aquaculture
A long-serving employee of the Nireus group – the world’s leading company in the production and trading of Mediterranean aquaculture species – Maria Labrinou has served the company since 1996,...
Legal, human resources and general affairs manager | LG Electronics Hellas
Fortune Global 500 electronics company LG’s operations in Greece are organised under the LG Electronics Hellas subsidiary, and is responsible for the distribution of LG’s wide range of electronic products...
Legal officer A | Central Bank of Cyprus
Maria Kettirou started her legal career at the Central Bank of Cyprus in 2005 after obtaining an MBA from the Cyprus International Institute of Management. She has been employed as...
Associate general counsel - head of South Zone, EMEA | AIG
Insurance giant AIG’s branch in Greece is ably assisted by the talented and experienced associate general counsel Maria Kazamia, who heads legal support across the company’s South Zone, EMEA region....
Head of legal and compliance | IronFX Global
Loukia Kanarini joined the rapidly growing business of online trading company IronFX Group in 2012, two years after the company was founded. Initially serving as legal advisor and subsequently promoted...
Senior legal advisor | Hermes Airports
Hermes Airports manages and controls Larnaka International Airport and Pafos International Airport under a 25 year Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) concession agreement made with the Republic of Cyprus in 2006. Odysseas Frenaritis...
Legal counsel | ELPEDISON
In July 2013 Marios Andrikopoulos joined ELPEDISON Power and ELPEDISON Energy as legal counsel, subsequent to which the two companies merged in 2015 and formed ELPEDISON, and the company became...
Chief internal legal advisor | Atlantic Insurance
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Legal and compliance affairs director | Merck Sharp & Dohme
US multinational pharmaceutical company Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD) has been present in Portugal for 45 years and today is the country’s market leader. Maria Cristina Ribeiro has worked in...
Legal director | Gestmin
Since first joining holding company Gestmin, which operates in 27 different companies in the energy, industry, cereal logistics and real estate sectors, legal director Ana Maria Ramos’ support has been...
Head of legal | Privalia Group
Assuming the role of head of legal at Privalia Group in November 2017, following a near seven-year tenure at Stock Spirits Group, Margarita Minguez took charge of a team of...
Legal manager | Ascendi Portugal
An insurance specialist for his entire career, Paulo Marinho joined Ascendi Portugal in 2001 and was made legal manager in 2003. Since then, he has been ‘involved in international projects’,...
Head of legal | Ayesa
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Legal director | Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional (LaLiga)
As legal director of LaLiga, the first tier of professional association football in Spain, María José López Lorenzo holds a high-profile role given the global appeal of Spanish football and...
Legal manager | AstraZeneca Produtos Farmacêuticos
In June 2017, Maria João Maia assumed her current position as legal manager at the Portuguese arm of multinational pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, where she is accountable for a complete range...
Iberia legal and tax director | Reckitt Benckiser (RB)
Joining RB over a decade ago in December 2007, Ariadna Grañena was originally in charge of the company’s tax legal and company law matters, but within two years had assumed...
Legal director | Google Spain
María González Ordóñez joined Google in 2008 and, as legal director since 2014, heads and manages legal teams in the UK, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Israel and Sub-Saharan Africa. She gives...
Head of legal | Banco CTT
Part of Portugal’s national postal service CTT, Banco CTT evolved out the parent company’s financial services business. The bank’s recently appointed head of legal Catarina Gonçalves Oliveira has already impressed...
Head of legal and family office director | Grupo Alimentario Citrus
As the leading player in the Spanish food sector, Grupo Alimentario Citrus (GAC) currently has six production plants, ten farms covering 1,800 hectares, owns a ten-hectare seedbed, and employs over...
Executive vice president and group general counsel | Capgemini
Innovative French professional services firm Capgemini is a global leader in consulting, technology services and digital transformation with annual revenues of around €13bn and 200,000 employees worldwide. Executive vice-president and...
| Safaricom
Nairobi-based mobile network operator Safaricom is one of the leading players in the Kenyan economy and has seen consistent growth in profits over the last decade, topping approximately $375m as...
Head legal and compliance and company secretary | Standard Chartered Bank Tanzania
In 2017, UK-based financial services company Standard Chartered Bank celebrated 100 years of operating in Tanzania. Walarick Nittu’s association with the Standard Chartered Bank’s Tanzanian subsidiary began in 2013, when...
Legal counsel and company secretary | ZimPlats
Garikai Bera joined Zimbabwean platinum mining company Zimplats in April 2009, and in his current role assumes an important position in providing comprehensive legal support to the company that grew...
Assistant general counsel | BP Africa
Heading ‘the best in-house legal team in Angola’, Karin Sinniger has been nominated for her outstanding contribution to the jurisdiction. Sinniger has made it a focus to train local lawyers,...
Cheif Legal counsel, private sector operations | African Development Bank
Annemarie Mecca’s deep public finance experience spans energy, infrastructure, financial services and trade. She is particularly known for her work on significant international transactions involving multi-jurisdictional governments and state parties....
Group company secretary and chief legal advisor (legal executive) | Senwes Group
After 13 years at listed agricultural company Senwes, and a past career as a Department of Agriculture economist, Elmarie Joynt has exceptional industry experience. She has received many accolades for...
General counsel | Qatar Cool
Marie-Therese Auger joined Qatar Cool, the leading commercial provider of district cooling services in the country, in 2011 as the company’s first general counsel. This required Auger to develop the...
General legal consultant | Boubyan Bank
At the forefront of the legal financial sector of Kuwait, Dr. Fayez Al Kandari leads the legal department at Boubyan Bank, one of the emerging banks within the country, and...
Partner and Head of Latin America desk | Willkie Farr & Gallagher
Number of years practice: 15 Law school attended: Fordham University School of Law (LLM), Sciences Po Paris/Sorbonne University (Master of Law), Sciences Po Paris (JD) Languages spoken: English, French, Italian,...
Partner | Jones Day
Number of years practice: 23 Law school attended: Universidad Pontificia de Comillas (Spanish law degree), Southern Methodist University (LLM) Languages spoken: English, French, Portuguese (working knowledge) and Spanish (native) Principal...
Head of legal affairs Emily Ennis refers to the ‘massive pace of change’ and rapid global expansion of ARI when discussing its legal team’s growth. The winning of a number of duty free contracts, notably in Oman and Indonesia, has ‘led to the opportunity to help build our team and focus on innovating new processes and technology’, in Ennis’ words. The team has also expanded its risk management role and has played a major part in gearing up other business units for even further expansion. ‘Along with building matrix of risks related to going into new markets’, Ennis explains, ‘we have also been giving guidance and training to business colleagues in terms of compliance, competition law and other legal areas so that they can self-serve on NDAs and other functions’. The team’s work on the opening of major stores in Oman and Saudi Arabia, particularly liaising with external lawyers and taking care of logistics and supply matters, has been among its greatest successes in recent years, as has its entering market in Jakarta for the first time in 2017. As for the future, Ennis reports the team is undertaking a comprehensive review on how to leverage tech within the business, with this looking set to bear fruit in the near future. Anne-Marie Kiernan and Aine Bambrick were given particular praise by Ennis for the integral roles they played in these projects. Kiernan has ‘been instrumental in providing the essential legal support on establishment of our operations in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and in Muscat and has liaised with external lawyers, negotiated the contracts for the fit-out and construction of shops, as well as logistics and supply’. Bambrick, on the other hand, ‘stepped in to manage the due diligence process and navigate the complexities and regulatory hurdles in Indonesia and guide our commercial team through lengthy negotiations to help us enter the market in Jakarta, Indonesia for the first time’.
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Partner; head of projects and infrastructure practice and leader of Latin American transactional group
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