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

Image
Image
Image
Image