Araoz & Rueda partner, Francisco Solchaga, has been recognized as a Client Choice winner in the category of Energy & Natural Resources in the ‘Client Choice Awards 2020’ organised by the International Law Office (ILO), in collaboration with Lexology. These awards recognize those law firms and partners around the world that stand apart for the excellent client care they provide and the quality of their service. Uniquely, law firms and partners can only be nominated by corporate counsel.
Clients are asked to rate individual lawyers and law firms on the following client service criteria: quality of legal advice, commercial awareness, industry knowledge, strategic thinking, billing transparency, tailored fee structures, value for money, responsiveness, effective communication, clarity of documentation, sharing of expertise, appropriate staffing, project management, use of technology, loyalty and ethics. To ensure that the results cannot be influenced, law firms are not informed when this initial round of research is conducted.
According to the publication of the ‘Client Choice Awards 2020’, clients highlight: “Francisco can conduct the full negotiations in a constructive and always supportive, enabling environment.” “He is very commercial, can grasp the important matters of the deal and is very approachable” “He is highly skilled in energy projects” and “Francisco is talented in very tense situations”.
Francisco Solchaga, Araoz & Rueda partner since 2007, is specialized in Energy, advising on numerous projects relating to the promotion and financing of wind and solar plants. He has also extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions and securities markets. “Recommended Individual” in Energy and Corporate/M&A in Chambers & Partners, The EMEA Legal 500 and Best Laywers in all editions since 2008 up to the latest in 2019.