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Ms. Arpón de Mendívil is a partner with the law firm Gómez-Acebo & Pombo. She leads the Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) Group within the Corporate Department. Her expertise is diverse, with an emphasis on corporate, M&A, joint ventures and the like. During her career she has been involved and continues participating in some of the most relevant and complex cross-border transactions. Almudena has been appointed Secretary General of the International Bar Association for the period 2019-2020. The IBA is the leading worldwide association of the legal sector, with more than 80,000 individual members from top law firms worldwide, and 190 bars spanning across more than 170 jurisdictions. Ms. Arpón de Mendívil has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Spanish satellite company Hispasat and a member of its executive commission and of its appointments and remunerations commission (2013–2018). She is Secretary General of Círculo Fortuny (the Association of Spanish Luxury Brands) and a member of the Executive Board of the European Cultural and Creative Industries Alliance. Ms. Arpón de Mendívil is also a member of the Executive Committee and of the Advisory Board of the Southwestern Institute for International and Comparative Law at the Center for American and International Law. Since the early years of her career, Ms. Arpón de Mendívil has been recognised as a leading practitioner by legal directories. She has also been acknowledged as one of the most influential professional women in Spain (Unedisa, 2018), as well as one of the most inspiring women lawyers (Iberian Lawyer, 2018). Ms. Arpón de Mendívil graduated in Law from the Catholic Institute of Business Administration (1985), obtained a Master’s Degree in Community Law from the College of Europe in Bruges (1986) and a PiL from Harvard Law School (1990). She is the author of several publications, such as International Joint Ventures in Spain (1992), the first Comments to the General Telecommunications Law (1999) and The Secretary to the Board and Directors’ Duties in Spain (2009).