Leaders League Iberian Summit & Awards
2025 Winners
The 2025 Edition awarded a total of 30 categories, including 17 categories for Law Firms, 9 categories for the Best Legal Departments of the region, and 4 special distinction categories, honoring outstanding practitioner in Spain and Portugal.
Discover the winners below:
Law Firms Awards
Banking & Finance
Portugal: Abreu Advogados
Spain: A&O Shearman
Compliance
Portugal: Sérvulo & Associados
Spain: Deloitte Legal
Special Distinction (Spain): Eversheds Sutherland
Data Protection
Portugal: SRS Legal
Special Distinction (Portugal): CCA Law Firm
Spain: Squire Patton Boggs
Diversity & Inclusion
Portugal: Abreu Advogados
Spain: Squire Patton Boggs
Employment
Portugal: SRS Legal
Spain: Sagardoy Abogados
Energy
Portugal: Abreu Advogados
Spain: A&O Shearman
Special Distinction (Spain): Linklaters
Intellectual Property
Spain: Gómez-Acebo & Pombo
Special Distinction (Spain): Elzaburu
International Arbitration
Portugal: Miranda & Associados
Spain: B. Cremades y Asociados
Litigation
Portugal: Abreu Advogados
Spain: Pérez-Llorca
M&A
Portugal: Abreu Advogados
Spain: Gómez-Acebo & Pombo
Private Equity
Portugal: SRS Legal
Special Distinction (Portugal): CCSL Advogados
Spain: A&O Shearman
Real Estate
Portugal: PBBR – Sociedade de Advogados
Special Distinction (Portugal): Abreu Advogados
Spain: Pérez-Llorca
Special Distinction (Spain): Jones Day
Restructuring
Portugal: Sérvulo & Associados
Spain: Gómez-Acebo & Pombo and Pérez-Llorca
Talent Management
Portugal: CCA Law Firm
Spain: Eversheds Sutherland
Tax
Portugal: RFF Lawyers
Spain: Linklaters
Technology
Portugal: CCA Law Firm
Spain: Ecija
Venture Capital
Portugal: CCA Law Firm
Spain: Gómez-Acebo & Pombo
Special Recognition Awards
Best Female Lawyer in Private Equity: Advisory
Portugal: Claudia Cruz Almeida, VdA - Vieira de Almeida
Spain: Teresa Zueco, Squire Patton Boggs
Best Female Lawyer in Private Equity: Fund Formation
Spain: Isabel Rodríguez, Addleshaw Goddard LLP
Portugal 4 under 40 Future Leaders
Alcina De Oliveira Alves, CCA Law Firm
João Lupi, Abreu Advogados
Ricardo Saraiva, Miranda & Associados
Vitor Palmela Fidalgo, Inventa International
Spain 4 under 40 Future Leaders
Luis López Alonso, Gómez-Acebo & Pombo
Marta Lao, Osborne Clarke
Nasif Hamed, Pérez-Llorca
Rocío García, Squire Patton Boggs
Legal Department Awards
Automotive
Spain: Porsche Ibérica
Construction
Portugal: Grupo Casais
Spain: Técnicas Reunidas
Energy
Portugal: Galp
Spain: Iberdrola
Special Distinction (Spain): Moeve
Food & Beverage
Spain: Mahou San Miguel
Special Distinction (Spain): The Heineken Company
Hospitality & Tourism
Portugal: Pestana Hotel Group
Spain: Accor Hotels
M&A
Portugal: Novabase
Spain: Banco Santander
Special Distinction (Spain): Urbaser
Pharma & Healthcare
Spain: Pfizer
Retail & Fashion
Spain: C&A España
TMT
Portugal: Grupo Visabeira
Special Distinction (Portugal): Oracle
Spain: Microsoft




