Monereo Meyer Abogados has added Maite Parejo as a partner to lead the Economic Criminal Law area, thus reinforcing its commitment to advising national and international companies in a context of increasing regulatory, criminal and reputational pressure.
Michael Fries, partner in charge of the Litigation and Arbitration practice, stated that “the addition of Maite as a partner is a strategic step for our White-Collar Crime practice. Her experience in complex litigation, investigations related to transnational crimes, and matters of high reputational sensitivity brings enormous value to our clients.”
For her part, Maite Parejo pointed out that “companies operate today in an environment where a criminal investigation can quickly turn into a reputational crisis. Risk prevention, compliance, and the capacity for legal response have become strategic issues for any company with international operations.”
With this addition, the firm strengthens its capacity to advise on corporate criminal litigation and complex investigations of economic crimes, especially in matters involving transnational issues or with effects in more than one jurisdiction, as well as on compliance and due diligence programs in the area of Human Rights and environmental issues for companies.
Maite Parejo has spent much of her professional career handling highly complex criminal proceedings before the National Court, the Supreme Court, and the Constitutional Court, representing both the defense and the prosecution. Throughout her career, she has been involved in cases related to international corruption and white-collar crime, combining this practice with recognized expertise in Human Rights and International Criminal Law.
Parejo maintains a prominent institutional and academic career. She is currently co-chair of the Human Rights Observatory of the Madrid Bar Association and a member of the Steering Committee of the Second National Human Rights Plan.
With a doctorate in law from the Carlos III University of Madrid and a professor at the International University of La Rioja (UNIR), she earned her law degree from the Faculty of Law at the University of Seville. After completing her degree, she furthered her studies at the Universities of Cambridge and Anglia Polytechnic University, and at the Alliance Française, Cambridge, UK, and obtained her Diploma of Advanced Studies (doctoral thesis) from the Complutense University of Madrid.
The addition comes in a context of increasing pressure on economic crimes and compliance obligations.
