Iberian Lawyer celebrates today its first online Legalday

The Legalday, which verses on business sustainability in this edition, counts on the participation of partners from VdA, Morais Leitão, Eversheds Sutherland Nicea, CMS Rui Pena & Arnaut, PLMJ and DLA Piper and heads of Legal and representatives of prestigious companies as Philip Morris International, Nestlé, Novo Banco, Alitalia, TAP, Pirelli, Indra, Siemens Energy, Unicredit, Coca-Cola, Fresenius Medical Care, Haitong Bank, Ouigo Spain, Grupo Visabeira, Porsche, Elsewedy Electric and Atria Energía

Today, Iberian Lawyer will hold its II edition of the Legalday with a full online programme that will be directed and presented by Aldo Scaringella, Iberian Legal Group & LC Publishing Group founder and managing director, and will consist of several face to face interviews with highly reputed general counsel as Alexandra Reis, Luís Graça and Isabel Fernandes, and of three round tables. Iberian Lawyer chief editor Desiré Vidal and Portugal & LatAm editor Antonio Jiménez Morato will moderate the different sessions.

The first session, that will start at 9:25 am, will cover aspects around the idea of building a culture of sustainability and the 2030 European Agenda Goals, taking into account the COVID-19 frame and how to land.

Today December 3, Iberian Lawyer holds its II edition of the Legalday with an online programme that directs and presents Aldo Scaringella, Iberian Legal Group & LC Publishing Group founder and managing director. It consists of several face-to-face interviews with highly reputed general counsels as Alexandra Reis, Luís Graça and Isabel Fernandes, and of three round tables. Iberian Lawyer chief editor Desiré Vidal and Portugal & LatAm editor Antonio Jiménez Morato moderate the different sessions.

The first session, starting at 9:25 am, covers aspects around the idea of building a culture of sustainability and the 2030 European Agenda Goals, taking into account the COVID-19 frame and how to land these now mandatory rules into the legal world. It counts on the participation of Nestlé´s senior vice-president Ricardo Cortes-Monroy IV; PLMJ managing partner and Banking and Finance and Capital Markets partner Bruno Ferreira; Novo Banco head of legal Patricia Fonseca; DLA Piper Madrid office global Employment co-chair, head of Employment and senior partner Pilar Menor; Alitalia general counsel Paolo Quaini; and TAP general counsel Stéphanie Silva.

At 11:20 am begins session 2, that covers aspects like the digital transformation from a sustainable approach and Data Protection & Cybersecurity in this uncertain scenario of the pandemic crisis. It joins in conversation Siemens Energy general counsel for the Middle East and North East Africa Mohamed Elmogy; CMS Rui Pena & Arnaut IP & TMT & Health and Life Sciences managing associate João Leitão Figueiredo; Iberia at UniCredit head of Legal & Compliance officer Silvia Madrid; Coca-Cola DPO Europe Sandra Mori, Fresenius Medical Care global general counsel & EVP Kees Van Ophem; Haitong Bank global head of Compliance Lara Reis; OUIGO Spain head of Legal Patricia Miranda Villar; and Eversheds Sutherland Nicea M&A practice area, focused in clean energy & sustainability counsel Marta Vizcaíno.

Session 3 starts at 15:00 to debate around renewable energies as a way to make life better and gain sustainability and flexibility, and resources control management as a way to land more sustainable criteria. This table counts on panellists as Morais Leitão M&A and Energy and Natural Resources partner Catarina Brito Ferreira; VdA Energy & Natural Resources head of practice Ana Luís de Sousa; Porsche Ibérica Legal director & Compliance officer Teresa Mínguez; Elsewedy Electric Group Legal director Mahmoud Shaarawy; and Atria Energía general counsel Fernando Vega.

Throughout the day, attendees would make questions to the panellists regarding the topics that shall meetings cover, mainly around business sustainability; its consideration as a real priority after the situation created by the COVID-19 and if what is the “new normal” for GC and Compliance Officers.
On this Legalday, Aldo Scaringella, stated: “The Legalday brings together professionals from the legal in-house and private practice communities. The Legalday aims to reinforce network and exchange thoughts about experiences. That is the spirit of the day, to look in the same direction, to create the highest number of interactions and to foster collaboration among all the professionals, building and sharing knowledge.”

For further information, you can access the Legalday programme here.

If you are interested in participating, you can register here.