Team

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Covadonga del Pozo

Managing Partner

covadonga.pozo@dpdc.es

+34 915 757 817

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.

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María Soto Gómez

Senior Associate

maria.soto@dpdc.es

+ 34 910 510 969

Maria Soto holds a double Bachelor`s degree in Law and Business Management (2012) from Universidad Francisco de Vitoria in Madrid. She started her career at the law firm Sánchez Pintado & Núñez and afterwards at Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira where she worked since January 2013 as an associate at the Public law and regulatory markets department of its Madrid office. She worked at DEL POZO & DE LA CUADRA from September 2015 to October 2017, when she joined Banco Sabadell as part of its Legal Department to work in the fields of real estate and urban development as a specialized, Public lawyer. After his subsequent integration into the structure of Solvia Servicios Inmobiliarios at the end of 2018, he rejoined Del Pozo & De la Cuadra in September 2020 taking up again the legal advice in Environmental and Energy Law.

Jorge Álvarez Rodríguez

Associate

jorge.alvarez@dpdc.es

+34 910 510 969

Jorge holds a degree in Law and in Business Administration and Management (2020) from the University of Oviedo and a master’s degree in Environmental Management (2021) from the University of Antonio de Nebrija. He began his career on the environmental law team of Andersen’s public and regulatory law department in Madrid. During this period, he collaborated with the team providing legal advice to national and international clients (among others, companies, associations, and foundations) in the areas of waste, packaging and circular economy, as well as in administrative procedure and other areas of public law. With the aim to focus in the field of environment, energy and natural resources, in June 2022 he joined the team of Del Pozo & De la Cuadra where he participates in all types of projects related to the sector and in the environmental-regulatory advice on the legal framework applicable in Spain and the European Union. Moreover, he intervenes in the defense of the rights and interests of private entities and public administrations in administrative proceedings, including sanctioning procedures and environmental impact assessments.

Enrique Marentes Cuesta

Associate

enrique.marentes@dpdc.es

+34 910 510 969

Enrique holds a degree in Law and International Studies (2021) from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and a Master of Laws (2022) from the same university. After completing his undergraduate internship at Gómez-Acebo & Pombo, he began his professional career in the area of Public Law, Energy and Environment of Herbert Smith Freehills in Madrid. During this period he collaborated providing legal advice of both national and foreign companies in the construction and commissioning of renewable energy facilities, hydrocarbons, carbon capture and storage, environmental liability, waste, mines, as well as in administrative and litigation proceedings. In September 2023 he joined the Del Pozo & De la Cuadra team where he collaborates in legal and regulatory advice on a wide range of matters in the environmental and energy sector.

Isabel Mínguez Echávarri

Assistant

assistant@dpdc.es

+34 910 510 969

Isabel holds a Law Degree (1998) from the University of Valencia and a Master’s Degree in Corporate Legal Consultancy from the Instituto de Empresa in Madrid. She began her professional career in the tax and commercial advisory team for large companies at KPMG Abogados in Valencia. She also worked for more than six years in the Property Registry of Valencia and for two years in the City Council of Valencia coordinating Employment Plans. After several years on leave of absence, in September 2023 she joined the Del Pozo & De la Cuadra team where she assists the team with the organization of the matters of the Lawfirm. He began his professional career at KPMG Abogados in Valencia, in the tax and commercial advisory team for large companies. He also worked for more than six years at the Land Registry of Valencia and for two years at the Valencia City Council coordinating Employment Plans.

After several years on leave of absence, in September 2023 he joined the Del Pozo & De la Cuadra team where he assists the team in the Firm’s matters.