Pinsent Masons launches a new Madrid office hire
Pinsent Masons is launching a new base in Madrid, with the hire of a team of partners from Spanish firm Ramon & Cajal.
The team joining is led by Diego Lozano. Lozano is a founding partner of the firm and head of its corporate and commercial department. He has held a variety of senior legal roles during his career, including serving in a number of Spanish government ministries, as well as a spell as deputy general counsel of telecoms giant Telefonica.
He is followed to Pinsents by Ramon & Cajal corporate partners Antonio Montero and Inma Castello, and finance partner Idoya Arteagabeitia.
The team launching the new office, which opens this May, is completed by two more partners. The partners include projects and construction lawyer Ricardo Garcia, who is joining from Madrid-based construction multinational OHL, and Spanish-speaking construction lawyer Sofia Parra, who is relocating from the firm’s London base. Parra, who was made up in Pinsents’ latest round of partner promotions, will become a partner on May 1st.
Pinsents senior partner Richard Foley said: “We have found a team in Madrid which not only exudes quality, but also shares our sector-focused vision. In particular, they share our passion for innovating for and with our clients to redefine the landscape for private practice. We are looking forward to bringing a very different type of law firm to Spain.”
The launch marks the latest international expansion for Pinsents, after it moved into Africa this January via a launch in Johannesburg.
Last year the firm opened an energy-focused office in Duesseldorf. Pinsents also appointed an agent to explore property options in Dublin last summer, amid widespread expectations of an imminent launch in Ireland.
Source: Legal Week
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