Leaders League Iberian Summit & Awards

2026 Winners

The 2026 Edition awarded a total of 35 categories, including 17 categories for Law Firms, 12 categories for the Best Legal Departments of the region, and 6 special distinction categories, honoring outstanding practitioner in Spain and Portugal.

Discover the winners below:

Law Firms Awards

Banking & Finance

Portugal: CS'Associados

Spain: A&O Shearman

Compliance

Portugal: MFA Legal

Spain: Eversheds Sutherland 

Data Protection

Portugal: CCA Law Firm

Spain: Squire Patton Boggs

Diversity & Inclusion

Portugal: SRS Legal

Spain: Jones Day

Employment

Portugal: Littler

Spain: Labormatters Abogados 

Special Distinction (Spain): Eversheds Sutherland

Energy

Portugal: Miranda & Associados

Spain: A&O Shearman

 

Intellectual Property

Portugal: Inventa

Spain: Pérez-Llorca

Special Distinction (Spain): Abril Abogados

International Arbitration

Portugal: SRS Legal

Spain: Arias SLP

Special Distinction (Spain): B. Cremades y Asociados

Litigation

Portugal: SRS Legal

Spain: A&O Shearman

M&A

Portugal: Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados

Spain: Gómez-Acebo & Pombo

Private Equity

Portugal: SRS Legal

Spain: A&O Shearman

Real Estate

Portugal: CCA Law Firm

Spain: Pérez-Llorca

Restructuring

Portugal: Sérvulo & Associados

Spain: Gómez-Acebo & Pombo

Talent Management

Portugal: CCA Law Firm

Spain: Eversheds Sutherland

Tax

Portugal: Deloitte Legal Telles

Spain: KPMG Abogados

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: Diana Ribeiro Duarte (Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares Da Silva & Associados)

Spain: Carmen Burgos (Linklaters)
Teresa Zueco (Squire Patton Boggs)

Best Female Lawyer in Private Equity: Fund Formation

Spain: Isabel Rodríguez (Addleshaw Goddard)

Leading with Impact

Level20

Best Law Firm: International Expansion

Pérez-Llorca

Portugal 4 under 40 Future Leaders

Ana Catarina Santos (Sonae)

Jorge Carita Simão (GALP)

Juan Carretero Sánchez (Microsoft)

Natália Galvão Veiga Rebelo (IKEA Portugal)

Spain 4 under 40 Future Leaders

Carmen Herrera (Moeve)

Miguel Romera Marroquín (Vodafone)

Paula Fernández (Pfizer)

Pedro Marques Gaspar (Amadeus)

Legal Department Awards

Automotive

Portugal: Renault Portugal

Spain: Ford España

Compliance

Portugal: Grupo Casais

Spain: Moeve

Construction

Portugal: Mota-Engil Capital

Spain: Abertis Infraestructuras

Energy

Portugal: Endesa

Special Distinction (Portugal): GALP

Spain: Moeve

Food & Beverage

Portugal: Sovena Group

Spain: Grupo Eroski

Hospitality & Tourism

Portugal: Accor Hotels

Spain: Minor Hotels Europe & Americas

Innovation

Spain: Masorange

Litigation

Portugal: GALP

Spain: Iberdrola

M&A

Portugal: Grupo Visabeira

Spain: Urbaser

Pharma & Healthcare

Portugal: Elementis

Spain: GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)

Retail & Fashion

Spain: C&A España

TMT

Portugal: Novabase

Spain: Indra Sistemas

Special Distinction (Spain): Cellnex Telecom