Role
Carlota is the Legal Practice Manager at NLS Legal, Nottingham Law School's on campus teaching law firm. She has responsibility for leading the effective and efficient delivery of all operational, compliance, regulatory, technical, administrative and purchasing services within NLS Legal. As a member of the School’s Senior Management Team, she works closely with the Executive Dean, Deputy Dean, Head of NLS Legal and Heads of Department to deliver NLS Legal’s strategic plans and objectives. Carlota leads the NLS Legal external engagement strategy, ensuring effective and efficient operational liaison between NLS, NTU and external stakeholders.
Career overview
Carlota has worked at NTU since October 2014, starting as a School Management Support Administrator in NLS, supporting the Deputy Dean and Senior Management Team.
In May 2017, she was seconded to NLS Legal as Enabling Innovation Project Co-ordinator, and in 2019 she was appointed Practice Manager, overseeing the administration and day-to-day running of the firm, including risk, compliance, and stakeholder relationships.
From September 2024 to July 2026, Carlota was Head of School Operations for NLS, with responsibility for overseeing operational and administrative services across the Law School and NLS Legal, and supporting the delivery of the School’s strategic objectives.
Before moving to the UK, she worked in the European Parliament in Brussels for four years as an Accredited Assistant to a Spanish Member of the European Parliament. Her main areas of expertise were European Policies on Culture, Education and Development. She had previously worked for two years in the Regional Office of Madrid in Brussels, for the regional Government of Madrid and the International Relations Office of Universidad Pontificia Comillas de Madrid. In that role, her main tasks included monitoring European policies, providing consultancy on European Affairs, informing about existing European Projects and assisting with calls for proposals, and drafting reports on a wide range of European subjects.
External activity
Alumna of Universidad Pontificia Comillas de Madrid,
Sworn Translator-Interpreter (English to Spanish and Spanish to English).
Publications
Final project of her Master’s Degree on International Relations: “EU outermost regions: their evolution as a consequence of policies applied. Example: the Canary Islands”. Instituto de Estudios Europeos, Universidad San Pablo-CEU, Madrid.