Irene is a partner of Litigation and Arbitration at Gómez-Acebo & Pombo.

She holds a double Law and Business Administrationa from Comillas Pontifical University – ICADE E-3. She specialised in Insolvency law at the Pontifical Comillas University and had an advanced course in Arbitration at the IE Business School.

She has been a lecturer in various insolvency and litigation programmes (Madrid Bar Association, Universidad Carlos III, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Universidad San Pablo CEU) and she currently an officer in the Litigation Committee of the International Bar Association and was awarded the InspiraLaw Top 50 Women award in 2018 by Iberian Lawyer.

She has participated as an author in several specialised legal publications.

Guadalupe is a Tax partner at Gómez-Acebo & Pombo.

She represents high net worth individuals and families, with particular focus on sophisticated tax and estate planning matters and the structuring of cross-border family business affairs. She frequently advises on tax residence matters and assists families and individuals in their relocation to Spain. She has experience with a broad range of international tax and estate planning matters, including the taxation of more complex asset holding structures, such as trusts, private foundations, etc.

She is ranked at the prestigious legal directory, Chambers & Partners in its section dedicated to HNWI- Private Wealth and in Who&Who Legal Private Client, as one of the leading lawyers in this field in Spain. In addition, by peer nomination, she is included in the Private Client Global Elite directory as an outstanding international Private Wealth advisor. Guadalupe is also an academician of the prestigious International Academy of Estate and Trust Law and a member of the Academy’s nominating committee for LATAM.

In recent years, Guadalupe was a professor of International Taxation at ESADE (English section) -2016/2022- and president of the tax section of the International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA) -2020/2022-.

Filipa is a partner of Litigation and Insolvency at Gómez-Acebo & Pombo.

With more than 25 years’ experience in this area of practice, Filipa has a recognised track record in civil, commercial, and corporate litigation, as well as insolvency and restructuring.

Filipa has extensive experience in highly complex cases involving multiple jurisdictions, including Switzerland, Luxembourg, and Brazil. Filipa has been involved in some of the most high-profile restructuring and insolvency cases in recent years.

She has a law degree from the Catholic University of Lisbon and an LLM from the University of Virginia.

Filipa is recognised in the main international legal directories such as Chambers & Partners, Legal 500 and IFLR as a Leading Individual in her field. She has also been recognised in the Shortlisted 2020 – Best in Restructuring & Insolvency – Women in Business Law Awards and in the IFLR 1000 among the Women Leaders 2022.

She is the author of several books and articles in journals of her speciality, including the Código da Insolvência e da Recuperação de Empresas Anotado – Coimbra Editora; and the Portugal Chapter of the “Encyclopedia of International Commercial Litigation” – Wolters Kluwer – Portugal.

Estibaliz is a partner of Corporate and M&A and Head of the Bilbao office at Gómez-Acebo & Pombo.

She has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, corporate law and corporate governance, commercial contracts, corporate conflicts, and restructurings.

She holds a law degree from the University of Deusto (Spain) and obtained the Diploma of Professional Aptitude as a Lawyer issued by the School of Legal Practice of the Bar Association of the Señorío de Vizcaya and the Diploma of Advanced Studies from the University of the Basque Country (Spain), after passing the doctorate courses in Constitutional and European Community Law at the same university.

She is ranked in the prestigious Legal 500 directory, in the Commercial, Corporate and M&A area.

Estibaliz has participated as author and coauthor in several specialised legal publications.cipado como autora y coautora en varias publicaciones jurídicas especializadas.

Areas and sectors in which she collaborates

Agri-food Corporate and M&A Energy Infrastructure

Insurance and Pension Funds Life Sciences and Healthcare Sustainability

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Ana is a partner of Banking and Finance and Head of Financial Regulatory and Insurance at Gómez-Acebo & Pombo. She is a State Insurance Inspector on leave.

She is a member of the Sustainability Committee of the Institute of Accounting and Auditors Oversight (ICAC) and of the Securities Markets Stakeholder Group (SMSG) of the European Securities Markets Authority (ESMA).

She was Vice-Chair of the Spanish National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) from 2016 until 2020. During her mandate as Vice-Chair of the CNMV, she chaired, among other committees, the Financial Reporting Standing Committee of the ESMA as well as its Coordination Network on Sustainability. In addition, Ana was Chair ICAC and Deputy General Director of Accounting Techniques and Standardisation of the same organisation.

She was a Member of the Board of Banco de España of the FROB (Spanish resolution authority for banks and investment firms) and the AMCESFI (Spanish macro prudential authority).

Ana is co-director of the Gómez-Acebo & Pombo/ICADE Chair in Sustainability and Law, as well as author of several specialised legal publications.

Areas and sectors in which she collaborates

Banking and Finance Financial Regulatory Financial Services, Fintech & Insurtech Insurance and Pension Funds

Sustainability

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Ana Luísa Guimarães is a partner of Public Law and Regulated Sectors at Gómez-Acebo & Pombo.

She has extensive experience in administrative, public procurement and regulatory law, with a particular focus on infrastructure projects and regulated sectors such as water, waste, energy and mobility, as well as ESG matters. 

Ana Luísa Guimarães has a law degree from the University of Coimbra. She has a postgraduate degree in Communication Law from the same university and a postgraduate degree in Administrative Litigation from the Catholic University of Lisbon. She has a master’s degree in Public Law from the same Catholic University (2011) and an Executive MBA from AESE Business School/IESE (2018).

Ana Luísa has been recognised over the years by the prestigious legal directories Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 in the areas of Projects and Energy & Natural Resources. 

She is the author of several articles in her areas of specialisation and frequently teaches postgraduate courses at the University of Lisbon.