Carolina Vergara
Carolina is a senior associate in the Real Estate practice at Gómez-Acebo & Pombo.
She specialises in real estate and planning law, with over twenty years of experience advising national and international clients on corporate acquisitions and disposals, asset portfolio transactions, leases, construction, development and management contracts. Her career also includes solid experience in the private banking sector and public administration, where she has provided legal advice on planning matters, public procurement and judicial proceedings.
Carolina holds a Law degree from Carlos III University (Spain). She has complemented her academic background with specialised training in planning law, public liability of the administration, real estate management and taxation, delivered by the Madrid Bar Association, the Financial Studies Center (CEF), ADAMS Training Centre, and the Spanish Association of Women Entrepreneurs.
In the private sector, she has advised on the purchase and sale of real estate assets (land, offices, residential, hotels, logistics facilities, student accommodation), leases, turnkey agreements, management and construction contracts, as well as on planning regulations, licensing and due diligence processes.
In the public sector, she has acted as legal counsel in matters relating to the disposal of public assets, public procurement and litigation involving real estate, including possession recovery, illegal occupation, evictions, nullity actions and other related disputes.
She joins Gómez-Acebo & Pombo in 2025.
2001 | Degree in Law from Carlos III University (Spain).
2003 | Deputy Director General of the Settlement Office – Sales Unit at the Institute of Housing, Infrastructure and Defence Equipment.
2007 | Deputy Director General of Property Affairs – Resources and Claims Unit at the Institute of Housing, Infrastructure and Defence Equipment.
2011 | Legal Advisor at the Institute of Housing, Infrastructure and Defence Equipment.
2011 – 2012 | Secretary of State for Telecommunications and the Information Society (Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade).
2015 | Senior associate at a leading national consulting firm.
2025 | Senior associate at a leading international firm.
Member of the Madrid Bar Association.
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