Data update as of 31/12/2025

The Legal Department is responsible for providing legal advice and support for all activities carried out within IIS-FJD that require legal assessment or intervention.

It has the following staff:

  • Director:
    Esperanza Hernando Calvo
  • Legal advisory team:
    David Uría González
    Jaime Alfonso Alfaro
    Fernando Vadillo Domínguez
  • Administrative Assistant:
    Olga Mendizábal Martínez

Location:

It is located in the management corridor of the Fundación Jiménez Díaz University Hospital.


During 2025, the legal advice and support provided to IIS-FJD professionals focused primarily on the following areas:

  • Resolution, by telephone and email, of 67 legal consultations relating to a wide range of matters, including powers of attorney, insurance, investigators, monitors, agreements associated with IIS-FJD activities, and other legal issues.
  • Drafting of 73 legal documents, certificates, accession agreements, meeting minutes and other documentation, together with the corresponding filing and processing when required.
  • Monitoring and follow-up of judicial proceedings and litigation.
  • Management and processing of the incorporation of new members into IIS-FJD.
  • Review and drafting of a total of 304 contracts of various types, including clinical trial agreements, observational study agreements, research project agreements, material transfer agreements, consultancy agreements, teaching agreements, donation agreements, licence agreements, Data Transfer Agreements (DTAs), sponsorship agreements and others.
  • Participation in the negotiation and monitoring of all documentation required for the management of relationships with START, AETHER TECH, and the Ramón Areces Foundation.
  • Participation in the implementation of the internal whistleblowing system and in the development of the FIIS-FJD Code of Ethics. The Department also participated in the establishment of the Compliance Committee, of which the Director of the Legal Department is a member.
  • Legal advice and support in obtaining the licence required for the manufacture of software as a medical device, including the corresponding adaptation of the FIIS-FJD articles of association.