Carlos Gil-Iglesias

Practice Areas

Carlos is the partner and head of the employment team at King & Wood Mallesons' Madrid office. A lawyer with over 25 years of experience, Carlos' expertise includes both contentious and non-contentious aspects of employment and social security law. He provides general strategic advice on all types of human resources matters and has broad experience in employment litigation.

Carlos Gil has a top-notch track record advising on all aspects of employment law focused on top management advice, including company benefits and remuneration plans; top executives’ employment relationships; termination arrangements; restrictive covenants, and corporate transactions.

With unapparelled credentials in the private equity sector, over the last 20 years, Carlos has been advising the top private equity firms in Spain on employment matters. His clients include, among others, Portobello Capital, Magnum Industrial Partners, Asterion Industrial Partners, MCH Private Equity, Abac Capital, Miura Private Equity, Qualitas Equity Funds, Alantra, Meridia Capital, Artá Capital, JB Capital Partners, Plenium Partners, and Nexus Capital.

In addition to the investment funds sector, Carlos’ expertise also covers other economic areas such as financial services, professional services, industrial sector, education, energy, sports and infrastructure. Some examples of these clients are, among others, EDP Energias de Portugal, EDP Renováveis, Galp, PageGroup, Shanghai Electric Power, Merit Automotive Systems, Aciturri Aeronáutica, Alestis Aeroespacial, Inapa Distribución de Papel, IMF Business School, GOAC, Globalvía, Grupo Nicolás Correa, Aurelius Group, ONO, and Key Capital Partners.