Juan Pedro Alcántara holds a long track record as an in-house counsel. He started his career at a law boutique after a preparation period for the Notary Public competition examination, and joined BABCOCK WILCOX-GRUPO SEPI as head of Legal in 2004. In 2006, he joined J. García Carrión to head the company´s Legal department, joining later Vestas´Legal department.
Since 2014, he also serves as Transaction Matters director at Vestas Mediterranean A/S.
After 14 years as a lawyer in Transaction Matters, he has been appointed senior director Legal & Compliance for South Europe, Middle East and Africa.
With more than 29,000 employees, Vestas is an energy industry’s global partner on sustainable energy solutions, designing, manufacturing, installing, and servicing wind turbines across the globe, and with +154 GW of wind turbines in 87 countries. Through its industry-leading smart data capabilities and +132 GW of wind turbines under service, it uses data to interpret, forecast, and exploit wind resources and deliver best-in-class wind power solutions.
Juan Pedro is a Law graduate from Universidad Pontificia Comillas and holds a Master´s degree in Legal advice to companies from IE Law School.