Carlos Rueda new Senior Partner of Gómez-Acebo & Pombo

The General Meeting of Partners of Gómez-Acebo & Pombo has approved the appointment of Carlos Rueda as new Senior Partner of the firm with effect from 1 January 2024 and for the statutory term of three years.

Carlos Rueda joined the firm in 1992 and was appointed partner of the banking and capital markets area in 2001. He headed the Lisbon office between 2014 and 2015 and was appointed managing partner of the firm for the period 2016-2022. He is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors of Gómez-Acebo & Pombo, a position he will continue to hold after his appointment as Senior Partner.

In the words of Iñigo Erlaiz, current Managing Partner of Gómez-Acebo & Pombo, “representing the Firm’s values and being a benchmark for the group are essential conditions to be a good Senior Partner. Carlos has these qualities and therefore has the necessary authority and recognition to be able to perform this role; a role which, in its internal and external projection, adds a lot of value to a fully institutionalised Firm such as ours”.

For his part, Carlos Rueda said that “it is a great pride and responsibility to assume the position of Senior Partner after all these years at the Firm and to be able to take on and project such a valuable legacy into the future. I am very grateful for the confidence of my partners for this appointment”.

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