Maria is a Founding Partner at LawNexus. She has over 20 years of experience as a corporate and commercial lawyer, having been involved in both complex and high value local and cross-border M&A and restructuring transactions. Her ability to orchestrate large-scale legal projects, maintain control over all moving parts, and deliver under pressure has made her a go-to counsel for clients navigating major M&A and regulatory matters. A Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional (CCEP-I), Maria also has experience in internal investigations, risk mitigation and other compliance matters. She is a leading expert on data protection and privacy, assisting clients with the implementation of GDPR compliance programs (both on the documentary side, developing and maintaining robust and tailored data protection frameworks, and on the practical side, including by providing trainings tailored to the specifics of the client), as well as with data breaches and data subjects’ various requests.