RC Law LLP

Corporate / M&A / Finance

Founding Partner

Xavier Ruiz is the founding partner of RC Law LLP, a boutique law firm with offices in New York, Miami, Madrid, Barcelona and Houston. Established in January 2017, RC Law is renowned for its cross-border transactional expertise.

Admitted to practice in both New York and Spain, Mr. Ruiz brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in cross-border corporate and finance transactions involving the United States, Spain, and Latin America. He has served as M&A or finance counsel to major European and Asian corporations, including Sony Corporation, Telefonica, Prosegur, BBVA, Indra, Mapfre, Dragados, Abengoa, Caixabank, ACS, Vantico (Ciba Geigy), Global Critical Logistics, Eurostars, Planeta, Insudpharma, and Wallbox (a NYSE-listed company). He also regularly advises European and Latin American family offices on U.S. transactional and corporate matters.

English, Spanish, and Catalan

Beyond his legal work, Mr. Ruiz is a member of the Board of Directors of the Spain-U.S. Chamber of Commerce in New York, an organization he led as Chairman of the Board of Directors from 2010 to 2014. Further, for over a decade, he has been involved on a pro bono basis with the Vicente Ferrer Foundation USA, supporting its mission to combat poverty in India.

LLM (With Honors), University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California (1986). Fulbright Scholar. Master in International and Comparative Law (Cum Laude), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Free University of Brussels), Brussels, Belgium (1985). Licenciado en Derecho (JD equivalent), University of Barcelona, Spain (1982).

In 2024, King Felipe VI awarded him the Officer’s Cross of the Order of the Civil Merit of the Kingdom of Spain, for his efforts to foster business relationships between the U.S. and Spain. Mr. Ruiz is a dual U.S. and Spanish citizen.