Mr Joaquín Ruiz Echauri > Pérez-Llorca > Madrid, Spain > Lawyer Profile
Pérez-Llorca Offices

PASEO DE LA CASTELLANA, 50
28046 MADRID
Spain
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Mr Joaquín Ruiz Echauri

Work Department
Insurance & Reinsurance
Position
Joaquín Ruiz Echauri has over 25 years of experience providing corporate, regulatory and litigious advice for the insurance and reinsurance industry. During his career he has worked with major national and international clients on M&A transactions, bancassurance alliances, VIF reinsurance agreements, portfolio transfers and reorganisations and all types of corporate matters. In the area of regulation, he has provided advice on product design, contract interpretation, insurance and reinsurance distribution and pension plans and funds. Likewise, he is a recognised specialist in the litigious field of the insurance sector and matters of product civil liability, where he has managed high-level litigation and arbitration.
Career
Joaquín Ruiz Echauri joined Pérez-Llorca in 2020. Previously, he was the managing partner for the Insurance and Reinsurance practice area at a highly prestigious international firm.
Languages
English, French and Spanish.
Memberships
The Madrid Bar Association (ICAM).
Education
- 1992 Degree in Law, Universidad de Navarra
- 1992 Program of Instruction for Lawyers (P.I.L.), Harvard University
- 1993 Master’s degree in Corporate Law, IE Business School
Lawyer Rankings
Spain > Insurance
(Hall of Fame)The ‘highly reputable’ team at Pérez-Llorca routinely handles a range of corporate, regulatory, and litigation mandates in the insurance and reinsurance space. Joaquín Ruiz Echauri heads up the group; his broad practice covers M&A transactions, bancassurance alliances, portfolio transfers, reorganisations, product design and contracts advice, and litigation. Also noted are ‘reliable insurance regulatory partner’ Rafael Fernández; transactional and regulatory specialist Felipe Vázquez, who joined the firm from Hogan Lovells Spain in June 2024; and Jesús Almarcha, who handles national and international regulatory matters in the insurance sector.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Environment
- EU and competition
- Industry focus: Manufacturing
- Insurance
- Public law
- Venture capital
Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets: Debt
- Capital markets: Equity
- Employment
- Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences
- Private equity
- Projects and energy
- Real estate and construction
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax
- White-collar crime
- Data privacy and data protection
- Financial services regulatory
- Industry focus: TMT
- Intellectual property: Copyright
- Intellectual property: patents
- Transport: Other transport