Marcom National Law of Law Gala honors the brilliance of the legal industry in Spain and Latin America

Legal Marcom Awards are back almost four years later and the Wizink Center in Madrid, where a pandemic is involved, welcomed the return of these awards, organized by Gericó Associates.

Participants include Baker McKenzie, Banco Santander, Bullard Falla Ezcurra +, Caixabank, Ceca Magán, Chapman Wilches, Cintra, Cremades & Calvo-Sotelo Abogados, Cuatrecasas, Danone, Deloitte Legal, DLA Piper, Elzaburu, Ferrovial, Garrigues, Grupo Grant Thorn Secuoya, Hogan Lovells, Indra, Iterlegis, IO EPIK, Japan Tobacco International, Linares Abogados, Mahou-San Miguel, Mercedes Benz, OMP Abogados, Ontier, Pérez-Llorca, Pinsent Masons, Repsol, RocaJunyent, Sacyr, Siemens , Signium, Simmons & Simmons, Uber, Velae Legal Group and Wolters Kluwer.

Legal Marcom is “an enriching meeting point for the legal industry. The differentiation of these awards resides in an exceptional jury of chief legal counsel and legal journalists who, through debate, consensus and compromise, examine candidates with absolute independence and determine the winners before a notary public,” says director of Gericó Associates partner Marc Gericó.

Ana Prado, general consultant of Mercedes-Benz Spain and member of the awards jury, underlined the health of the industry and its great initiative, where it was stated that the digitization of processes and new technologies are already a part of the day. until today. “It was very difficult to decide because there are many and very good candidates,” he said.

Fernando Díaz Barco, member of the jury and director of the Sacyr Legal Department, said the Legal Marcom Awards “are already a cornerstone in the legal world”. Regarding the jury’s assessment, he said, “It has been a wonderful experience to have these colleagues with whom we discussed the nominations and to present the awards with the greatest possible honesty. It has been a very enriching experience.”

Prizes awarded in this new edition of Legal Marcom awards 28 awards distributed in 12 categories in Spain and Latin America. Among the awardees urya menendez (The company with the best reputation in Spain), Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU&Uría (Best reputable firm in Latin America), small column, global co-president employment – senior partner of DLA Piper Spain (best reputable lawyer in Spain), Jose Luis Suarez Managing partner of Gómez-Pinzón Abogados (the most reputable lawyer in Latin America), and Jorge BadiaThe CEO of Cuatrecasas, who passed away in July of this year, received a posthumous professional career honor from Cuatrecasas chief executive Rafael Fontana, conferred in his name.

The award ceremony consisted of: two high-level discussion tablesthey attended Constance VergaraPartner of Pérez-Llorca; small columnDLA Piper Spain, global co-head of employment and senior partner; joan rockCEO of RocaJunyent and Pedro Roderomoderated, managing partner of Ontier Marc GericoManaging partner of Gericó Associates, where they discussed “Reputation, risks and keys to growth in commercial law firms”.

next, number of lolasBanco Santander’s corporate legal counsel; Federico Tarin, Repsol’s general counsel; Ana Prado, general counsel of Mercedes-Benz and Fernando Ortega, chief consultant of Siemens; moderated, it will address the topic ‘Keys for hiring firms by general counsel’. Ignacio baoretired president and managing partner of Signium in Spain and Portugal.