Before starting her new professional career as founder partner of Del Pozo & De la Cuadra, Covadonga was a partner at Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira (the second ranked Spanish law firm in turnover), responsible of the practices of environment and energy law at the office of Madrid. Covadonga advises all environmental and energetic issues. She has a wide experience in all the areas of the environment and the natural resources, as in the main energy sectors: electricity (conventional and renewable), gas, oil, mining (energetic and non-energetic). She provides legal advice to national and international clients in different areas, including the development and implementation of big industrial activities (ie. Exploration and hydrocarbons production projects or the commissioning of industrial plants), M&A operations (purchasing and selling of industries, activities or assets with significant environmental impacts, due diligence processes), litigation processes (sanctions defense, environmental responsibility, etcetera) and in general, advising clients in regulatory compliance from a very proactive perspective (including the environmental corporate compliance processes). During the 15 years of her professional experience, she has advised national and international corporate groups, Ibex businesses, public agencies, and the major financial entities in Spain, among others.