Ainara Rentería

Ainara is a counsel and Head of Automotive and Sustainable Mobility at Gómez-Acebo & Pombo.

She has extensive experience in providing legal advice to multinational companies, recurrently advising different players in the automotive industry, such as major car manufacturers (OEMs), distributors, component manufacturers and large leasing operators, among others. In addition, he has a deep in-house knowledge of the sector that she acquired by leading the legal department of the Spanish subsidiary of a major automotive manufacturing group.

She has led projects related to dealer networks, data protection and privacy and implementation of regulatory compliance programs in the industry, geolocation, WIFI and blockchain in vehicles, carsharing, smart stock systems, digital vehicle sales and strategic contracting in the industry with financial and insurance partners, as well as commercial contracts in general. She masters consumer and user regulation and advertising and has advised leasing operators in their entry into the private party channel.

Ainara is recognised in the prestigious legal directory Legal 500 as one of the leading professionals of the market in Transport and Manufacturing.

She regularly participates in specialised forums in the automotive industry, especially connected and autonomous cars. She has been a regular speaker at the European Automotive and Mobility Conference of the International Bar Association, among others.

She has also published several specialised legal publications.