Araoz & Rueda received in Paris the Silver Award as a "Distinguished Spanish Law Firm" of 2008 awarded by the French publication Décideurs Stratégie Finance Droit

13/06/2008

The prestigious French legal publication Décideurs Stratégie Finance Droit announced the winners of the International Legal Awards in an awards ceremony sponsored by the law firms Orrick, Gide Loyrette Nouel, CMS, Jeantet Associés, among others, which took place in Paris last June 12th. The Gold Award for the Best Spanish Law Firm of 2008 was shared by Uría & Menéndez and Cuatrecasas. Congratulations!

These awards recognize the best law firms in several jurisdictions. Prizes were given within the following categories: Americas - 8 prizes; Europe - 8 prizes; Pacific & South Asia - 4 prizes and Middle East & Africa - 2 prizes.

Having competed for the Gold Award with other Spanish nominated law firms (CMS Albiñana & Suárez de Lezo, Cuatrecasas, Garrigues, Gómez-Acebo & Pombo, Uría Menéndez, Pérez-Llorca, Ramón & Cajal and Roca Junyent), Araoz & Rueda received the Silver Award as a "Distinguished Spanish Law Firm" of 2008. Partners Francisco Aldavero and Ainhoa Veiga represented our firm in the event and collected this award.

The jury of the awards was composed of more than 100 senior legal executives, including in-house counsels and senior financial executives of world-renowned companies such as Disney, Philips, L´Oréal and Nestlé.