Maria Rita is a senior associate in the Tax practice at Gómez-Acebo & Pombo.    

She is specialised in Tax Law. 

Maria Rita holds a degree in Law and a master’s degree in Tax Law from University of Lisboa (Portugal). She completed postgraduate studies in Tax Litigation (arbitration and judicial) and in Accounting for Lawyers at University of Lisboa. Maria Rita also completed an intensive course on VAT at University of Lisboa. 

Inês is a senior associate in the Intellectual Property practice at Gómez-Acebo & Pombo. 

Inês is a lawyer with experience in data protection, intellectual property, e-commerce, consumer law, and other areas of digital law, focusing on regulation, specialised litigation, and strategic advisory work for large organisations. 

She holds a Law degree from the University of Lisbon (Portugal) and completed a postgraduate programme in Intellectual Property Law at the same university. In addition, she holds the CIPP/E – IAPP certification. 

Carolina is a senior associate in the Real Estate practice at Gómez-Acebo & Pombo.

She specialises in real estate and planning law, with over twenty years of experience advising national and international clients on corporate acquisitions and disposals, asset portfolio transactions, leases, construction, development and management contracts. Her career also includes solid experience in the private banking sector and public administration, where she has provided legal advice on planning matters, public procurement and judicial proceedings.

Carolina holds a Law degree from Carlos III University (Spain). She has complemented her academic background with specialised training in planning law, public liability of the administration, real estate management and taxation, delivered by the Madrid Bar Association, the Financial Studies Center (CEF), ADAMS Training Centre, and the Spanish Association of Women Entrepreneurs.

In the private sector, she has advised on the purchase and sale of real estate assets (land, offices, residential, hotels, logistics facilities, student accommodation), leases, turnkey agreements, management and construction contracts, as well as on planning regulations, licensing and due diligence processes.

In the public sector, she has acted as legal counsel in matters relating to the disposal of public assets, public procurement and litigation involving real estate, including possession recovery, illegal occupation, evictions, nullity actions and other related disputes.

Patricia is a senior associate in the Corporate and M&A practice at Gómez-Acebo & Pombo.

She is specialised in advising on real estate and construction law. She has advised on numerous purchase processes (asset deals and share deals), involving all types of real estate assets (land under development, residential properties, offices, hotels, student residences, etc.), due diligence, and the drafting and negotiation of all types of contractual documents in this field.

She has solid experience in real estate law applied to the renewable energy sector, as well as in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions within this field. She has been involved in the drafting and negotiation of a wide variety of related contracts and has participated in financing transactions linked to real estate assets and energy projects.

Patricia holds a degree in Law from the Autonomous University of Madrid (Spain).

She regularly lectures on the advanced specialisation course in Real Estate Law at the School of Legal Practice of the Complutense University of Madrid (Spain) and is a guest lecturer at the IE University (Spain).

She has participated in the drafting of a guide on subleasing with the Fernando Pombo Foundation and Cáritas.

Carmen is a senior associate in the Real Estate practice at Gómez-Acebo & Pombo.   

Carmen has provided legal advice for 6 years and a half in the Real Estate department of an international firm, specialized on RE and REF advice to funds, financial entities and companies on a wide range of real estate issues, including finished assets, assets under development, distressed assets and targeted assets. 

She holds a dual degree in Law and Business Administration and a master’s degree in Legal Practice Admission both from the Autonomous University of Madrid (Spain). She also completed the Urban Planning course at the Financial Studies Centre (CEF) in Madrid. 

Experience

2025

Gómez-Acebo & Pombo advises PAI Partners on the sale of Grupo Uvesco (BM Supermercados and Super Amara), 2025 – Gómez-Acebo & Pombo has advised PAI Partners on the sale of Grupo Uvesco (BM Supermercados and Super Amara) to a consortium of Basque investors led by its CEO (Angel Jareño) and also formed by Stellum Capital, Inveready and Indar (Kutxabank), amongst others. GA_P advised PAI at every step of the legal process.

GA_P advises Messi’s Socimi on its agreement with Meliá, 2025 – Gómez-Acebo & Pombo has advised Edificio Rostower (the Socimi owned by Argentine football player Lionel Messi) on the signing of its agreement with Meliá Hotels International for the management of the six hotels operating under the MiM brand.

GA_P advises Helia Renovables II and Plenium on the sale of a renewables portfolio to La Caisse (CDPQ) for €1.1bn, 2025 – Gómez-Acebo & Pombo has advised Helia Renovables II, F.C.R. and Plenium Partners on the sale of a portfolio of 53 operational photovoltaic assets, with a combined capacity of 260 MW, to Canadian investor La Caisse (CDPQ), through its subsidiary Velto Renewables, for approximately €1.1bn.

GA_P advises Venanpri group, parent company of Bellota Herramientas, on the sale of three of its logistics warehouses in the Basque Country, 2025 – Gómez-Acebo & Pombo has advised Venanpri Group, parent company of Bellota Herramientas, a company specialising in the manufacture of tools for agriculture, construction and industry, on the sale of three of its logistics warehouses in the Basque Country.

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