People Moves: 22/04/2026

ICYMI - DLA Piper adds Itxaso López as Partner to its Real Estate team; and Shaftesbury Capital taps Rachel Kentleton as Board member

In today’s newsletter, The Energy & Infrastructure Moves substack publication can confirm that according to published reports by Iberian Lawyer DLA Piper has hired Itxaso López as a Partner in its Real Estate department in Madrid. The move, announced on 21 April 2026, adds a practitioner with more than 20 years of experience advising international investors on national and multi-jurisdictional real estate transactions to the firm's Spanish practice. Read more here.

The publication has also learned that Shaftesbury Capital PLC - a real estate investment trust investing in commercial properties in the London West End - has appointed Rachel Kentleton as a Non-Executive Director. Read more here.

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