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Gamesa, Pfizer, Zurich and Seat recognised
at Iberian Lawyer Gold Awards
ANA Aeroportos de Portugal, JT
International Iberia and Andrade
Gutiérrez among other winners at
Madrid ceremony recognising legal
and compliance professionals
Lawyers and compliance
professionals from Pfizer, Zurich
Insurance and Seat were among
the winners at the recent 2016
Iberian Lawyer Gold Awards.
The Gold Awards recognise
excellence among legal and
compliance professionals
working for Spanish and
Portuguese businesses at
home and abroad or as part
of the Iberian operations of an
international business.
The award ceremony was held
at the Museo Lázaro Galdiano in
Madrid on 20 October. A total of
200 guests were in attendance.
Victory for Pfizer
Pfizer’s Cecilia Álvarez
Rigaudias was winner of the
compliance lawyer of the year
award, whose work creating
an alternative system for
transferring personal data to the
US in light of the European Court
of Justice ruling relating to ‘safe
harbour’, particularly impressed
the judges. Meanwhile, Zurich
Insurance won the compliance
team of the year (Portugal)
award. Judges commended
the Zurich team – led by Nuno
Moraes Bastos – for its work
providing training for the
insurance and finance industry
on regulatory changes such as
Solvency II.
Seat rewarded
The compliance team of the
year award (Spain) went to
Seat, whose team is led by
Sandra Olivera. Meanwhile, JT
International Iberia won the legal
team (Spain) award.
ANA Aeroportos de Portugal
won the legal team (Portugal)
award – judges rewarded the
team - led by Francisco José
Lourenço Sebastian - partly for
its work agreeing out of court
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Andrade Gutiérrez top in Africa
The corporate lawyer of the
year award was won by Azora’s
María Luisa Vara, while Francisco
Javier Ramírez Arbúes of ING
Bank won the TMT lawyer of
the year prize. The projects &
infrastructure lawyer of the year
award went to Javier Cabezudo
Pueyo of Gamesa Corporación
Tecnológica. The global team of
the year (focus Africa) award
was won by Andrade Gutiérrez
Europe, Asia and Africa – the
team was led by Rui Andrade.
The global team of the year
(focus Latin America) award was
won by Iridium Concesiones de
Infraestructuras (ACS Group),
whose team was led by Gabriela
Regojo Balboa. The ceremony was
preceded by Law2Biz, a thinktank discussion involving general
counsel, compliance officers and
leading lawyers from law firms.
Corporate lawyer of the year
Compliance of the year
settlements that mitigated the
company’s global risk exposure
and resulted in savings for the
company of €10.6 million.
María Luisa Vara
Azora
Cecilia Álvarez
Rigaudias
Pfizer
Corporate lawyer of the year finalist
Marjorie Colas
Accor Hoteles España
Marina Paradela
Energy Consultancy
Patricia Afonso Fonseca
Novo Banco
Pablo Pernía
Vidacaixa de Seguros y Reaseguros
Compliance of the year finalist
Berta Balanzategui
General Electric
Juan Ignacio Pardo
Melia Hotels International
Joaquín Calderón
Barclays
María Echeverría-Torres
Nokia
TMT lawyer of the year
Projects & Infrastructure lawyer of the
year
Javier Cabezudo
Pueyo
Gamesa
Corporación
Tecnológica
Francisco Javier
Ramírez Arbúes
ING Bank
TMT lawyer finalist
Alicia Sigüenza Flórez
Google Spain
Cecilia Álvarez Rigaudias
Pfizer
Javier Ramírez Iglesias
Hewlett-Packard
Julia María Morales Valentín
Telefónica
Projects & Infrastructure lawyer of the
year finalist
Clara Inés Cerdán Molina
FerroAtlántica
Javier Gerbolés De Gáldiz
Unión Fenosa Gas
Leandro F. Meneses Obiol
Técnicas Reunidas
Rui Andrade, Andrade Gutiérrez
Europe, Asia and Africa
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