What are the most significant cases, projects, or transactions that you and your legal team have recently been involved in?

M&A operations and the implementation of a compliance plan across the Group, including matters related to US tariffs.

How do you approach managing legal aspects during periods of instability or crisis to ensure the organisation’s resilience?

By increasing monitoring activities, ensuring flexibility and taking a proactive approach.

General counsel often speak of the need to be strategic to reach the pinnacle of the profession. What does being strategic mean to you?

Staying focused on strategic thinking while delegating execution to the team.

What strategies do you employ to ensure the successful digital transformation of a legal department while maintaining compliance with your country’s data protection laws?

Implementing AI and providing relevant training to the legal team.

Have you had any experiences during your career as a lawyer that stand out as particularly unique or interesting?

Certainly. I have had the opportunity to work for several companies, and unique and special situations have arisen in each of them.

We are currently living through a time of geopolitical change, and the world order that we have come to take for granted for many years is being rewritten. Does this affect your company’s risk profile and, if so, what are you doing to mitigate this?

By increasing monitoring activities, ensuring flexibility and taking a proactive approach.

What do you think are the most important attributes for a modern in-house counsel to possess?

Being a business partner.

How can general counsel foster a corporate culture that supports ESG principles and compliance across all levels of the organisation?

By making an effort to explain the ESG aspects of all the company’s activities.

Based on your experiences in the past year, are there any trends in the legal or business world that you are keeping an eye on that you think other in-house lawyers should be mindful of?

The use of AI.

What do you think is the greatest innovation you have enacted in the past year?

The use of AI.

What is a cause, business or otherwise, that you are passionate about? Why is this?

I have collaborated in defining and implementing business strategies, always striving to be creative. I find this stimulating, and it has renewed my passion for my job.

What have you done to further diversity objectives in your organisation?

Avoiding any prejudice or discrimination when making decisions and selecting collaborators.