Juan Antonio Irala is a Law graduate from Universidad de Navarra, and holds a Master´s degree in Real Estate, Urban Planning, Environment and Smart Cities from ISDE Law & Business School, as well as a Real Estate Investment Management programme from IE Business School.
He started his career at Martínez-Echevarría Abogados in 2015 as a Real Estate lawyer, and later worked in the Real Estate Investment (Capital Markets Division) of Savills Aguirre Newman. He has also been Transactions manager Iberia at Valeo Groupe and Expansion manager at Grupo Moraval, the market leader developer of PBSA in Spain.
In 2020, he joined Panattoni Iberia as Transactions manager for Spain and Portugal, from where he has now been appointed head of Corporate, Legal and Transactions for Spain and Portugal.
Panattoni Iberia is part of Panattoni Europe, market leader in industrial real estate in Europe. Panattoni has already developed 52 million sqm worldwide and 17 million sqm in Europe and is the most active developer in this market segment for 15 years. Its mission is to support local businesses in delivering multifunctional, built-to-suit warehouse projects, acquiring land at the most strategic locations in Spain.