Cristina Vidal > Ramón y Cajal Abogados > Madrid, Spain > Lawyer Profile

Ramón y Cajal Abogados
CALLE ALMAGRO 16-18
28010 MADRID
Spain

Work Department

Capital Markets, Banking & Finance

Position

Partner

Career

Cristina Vidal is a Government Lawyer (Abogado del Estado), currently on leave, an activity which she has performed, among other destinations, before the Spanish National High Court, the Central Contentious-Administrative Courts, as head of the coordination of the AECID project for the creation of the State Legal Service in Uruguay and as Government Lawyer (Abogado del Estado) in the Legal Assistance Agreement entered into with SEIASA del Sur y Este (State-Owned Agricultural Infrastructure Company).

In 2010, she was appointed Director of the Litigation and Disciplinary Department of the CNMV (Spanish Securities Market Commission), where she also occupied the office of 1st Vice-Secretary of the Board. In 2013, she once again took up her work as Government Lawyer (Abogado del Estado) in the Sub-Directorate General of the Litigation Service of the State Legal Service, which she combined with work as Government Lawyer (Abogado del Estado) – Coordinator of the Legal Assistance Agreement with the CNMC (Spanish Market and Competition Commission).

In her latest professional stage she formed part of Barclays Bank, where she held the office of Head of institutional and litigation legal advice.

Cristina Vidal has formed part of the Board of Examiners for entry as Government Lawyer (Abogado del Estado) and the Board of Examiners for entry as Notary Public, as Secretary and Member, respectively.

Languages

English

Memberships

Madrid Bar Association (Colegio de Abogados de Madrid).

Education

  • Government Lawyer (Abogado del Estado), 2002 Currently on leave.
  • Law Degree, Universidad de Valladolid.

Personal

Teaching:

  • Teacher on the Practicum of the ICADE Law School regarding contentious-administrative proceedings, 2009.
  • Courses on aid and subsidies for civil servants of the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation and Development, 2009.
  • Teacher/Coordinator of the course on Legal Assistance given to the Central Government and other Public Authorities, in Montevideo, 2009.
  • External internship tutor of students of the School of Social and Legal Sciences of the Universidad Carlos III of Madrid, 2008-2009.
  • External internship tutor of students of the Law School of the Universidad Autónoma of Madrid, 2008-2009.
  • Training courses for Civil Servants of the Central Government at the Regional Government Offices of Castilla y León, on administrative proceedings, 2003-2005.
  • Teacher on the Master’s Degree in Admission to the Bar of the Centro de Estudios Garrigues.

Lawyer Rankings

Spain > Banking and finance

With the ability to handle a broad range of matters, from syndicated lending to asset-based deals, refinancings and project finance, Ramón y Cajal Abogados houses a banking and finance practice focused on mid-market transactions and financial services regulatory issues. Specialised in structured, corporate, and acquisition finance as well as debt restructuring, Amado Giménez ‘leads a team characterised by its technical depth and its focus on getting the deal done‘. Regulatory work is overseen by Cristina Vidal and Alfonso Fernández-Miranda, both of whom are skilled at assisting financial institutions, investment firms, collective investment schemes and listed companies.