Who are the top female lawyers in Spanish private equity in 2022?

Spain’s female lawyers have undoubtedly come a long way since Ascensión Chirivella became the first female law graduate to practice as a lawyer in the country exactly one hundred years ago. Nevertheless, much work remains to be done. While women now represent the majority of members of the bar in Spain, they still represent only around 5% of the managing partners at firms and suffer from a salary gap of more than 20%.

And not all areas of the legal world have been equally accessible to women. In particular, the M&A, private equity, and venture capital legal sector in Spain has traditionally been dominated by men. Nevertheless, Leaders League has identified several women lawyers who are at the forefront of private equity transactions.

Isabel Rodríguez, King & Wood Mallesons – Ranked Leading in: Best Law Firms - Fund Formation

Partner in KWM’s Madrid office. Isabel specializes in structuring and establishing domestic and international investment funds. She advises private equity managers, financial institutions, pension funds and insurance companies, public institutions, and institutional investors.

María Pilar García Guijarro, Watson Farley & Williams – Ranked Highly Recommended in: Best Law Firms for Private Equity Advisory 

Managing Partner of WFW’s Madrid office. She specializes in the energy and infrastructure sectors in Europe, LATAM and the Middle East, with a special focus on wind and solar sectors. 

Ana Lorenzo, Watson Farley & Williams - Ranked Highly Recommended in: Best Law Firms for Private Equity Advisory 

Partner at WFW´s Madrid office. She regularly advises on corporate transactions, mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments and divestments as well as corporate restructuring, insolvency proceedings.

Graciela Llaneza, Hogan Lovells – Ranked Highly Recommended in Best Law Firms for Private Equity Advisory

Partner and Head of Hogan Lovells' private equity practice in the Madrid office. She specializes in the financial services, consumer, healthcare, and energy sectors advising financial investors in domestic and cross-border transactions for both Spanish and international companies. 

Alejandra Font, Alter Legal – Ranked Excellent in: Best Law Firms - Fund structuring

Partner of Alter Legal’s Madrid office specialized in fund formation for both Spanish and international corporations and regulatory advice to fund managers.

Partner at PWC’s Barcelona office. She specializes in advising on the establishment and structuring of fund management businesses and private funds with extensive experience in local and cross-border mergers and acquisitions.

Click on the links below to access the full rankings:

https://www.leadersleague.com/en/rankings/private-equity-advisory-ranking-2022-law-firm-spain

https://www.leadersleague.com/en/rankings/private-equity-fund-structuring-ranking-2022-law-firm-spain