A few years ago, the technology sector set its sights on Malaga as a potential ‘hub’ and its development seems to confirm the first forecasts, given that more and more national and international companies are choosing the Andalusian city as their headquarters for their cybersecurity projects. innovation, artificial intelligence or big data. A ‘pull’ that has led different law firms to make public their interest in betting on this avenue of business, since the new ‘tech’ landings offer opportunities not only in the labor framework, but also on the commercial level.
This is the plan of Ceca Magán Abogados, as confirmed by sources from the firm to La Información. The firm has announced that it will open a second headquarters in Andalusia in the coming months that will join the one in Seville, inaugurated at the beginning of 2022. This step is part of the 2024 business plan, as shared by its director Esteban Ceca, in a meeting held this Monday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the office. The company has set the goal of exceeding the 20 million turnover that it hopes to achieve in 2023 until reaching 25 million, a path that will be boosted by the opening of the Malaga headquarters and another in Galicia.
The plan is to strengthen the commercial area, which the firm is trying to strengthen even though its ‘flagship’ continues to be labor litigation, which now represents 40% of its portfolio. And for this, Malaga is seen as the perfect destination due to its intense business movement, not only of large firms but also of startups. They also recognize that the provincial headquarters usually report great activity in the workplace, although this is not the main objective. . that they pursue with this expansion.
In recent months, there have been announcements from law firms that have bet on Punde Punto of the community governed by Moreno Bonilla, Vencindia, Delvy and Andersen, Delvy and Andersen, while Sargadoy ABOGADOS had already landed before the pandemic with the opening of an office. in September 2019, for which it has offered 65 places. The mayor, Francisco de la Torre, has also advocated to reinforce the model with the creation of new offices, the promotion of training and the development of the municipalities adjacent to the provincial capital, to respond to this ‘tech’ boom.
Malaga, the ‘hub’ of technology
On the business side, momentum seems guaranteed. Vodafone opened the doors of the second headquarters of its R&D center last Friday, an “innovation campus” located in the former Nursing School of the University of Malaga with which they seek to reach the goal of 600 employees (they currently have against 430). The next big event marked on the Malaga calendar is the opening of the Google cybersecurity center scheduled for the second half of the year, according to EFE, after more than half a year of works in what will be its headquarters. The president of Global Affairs of the American technology company made the announcement almost a year ago and it will be the third center of its kind in Europe, with the one in Munich and Dublin.
Banco Santander also presented a center in December to support Santander Corporate & Investment Banking (SCIB), after opening others in Bilbao or Valencia. The entity’s global head of Human Resources, Alexandra Brandao, then defended that its desire was to become the “main employer of technology professionals in the sector”, which is why they announced the incorporation of profiles specialized in big data, networks, the cloud, application interfaces, artificial intelligence, software development or cybersecurity. The Malaga headquarters was opened next to another located in Warsaw and both aspire to transform the financial sector.
The French technology consultancy Capgemini chose Malaga to host two of its centers, the first specialized in Cyberdefense and the second in cloud technology services, just over a year ago. While NNT Data announced two months ago its arrival in the Andalusian city to install a technological hub for the American company Salesforce to lead the work that had already been carried out in Jaén and Seville, although they also hope to incorporate workers in Granada and Al Mería. In March, the Argentine Globant also opened the doors of its second innovation center in Malaga and in January, Oracle did so.