Cuatrecasas‘s financial services regulatory team handles a wide range of mandates for major national and international financial institutions and fintech companies. The practice routinely advises on regulatory compliance, transactional matters, and proceedings before regulatory authorities. The team is led by Fernando Mínguez, who specialises in advising payment service providers, and Ruth Duque, who is well-versed in the regulatory framework governing fund transactions. Miguel Sánchez Monjo regularly advises financial institutions on new product initiatives.
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Key clients

  • Morabanc Grup
  • J.C. Flowers
  • Banco Inversis
  • Dinosaur Inversiones, S.V.
  • Banco De Credito Social Cooperativo (BCC)
  • Binance Spain
  • Edmond de Rothschild
  • Banco Cetelm
  • Banco Pichincha
  • Po Söderberg & Partner AB
  • Banco Primus
  • Advanzia Bank

Work highlights

Advising Banco Cetelem on acquiring a 49% stake in Xfera Consumer Finance EFC and extending trade agreements with the MasOrange Group; and regulatory matters regarding the risk weighting of credit lines granted to vehicle dealers for solvency purposes.
Advising Edmond de Rothschild Suisse on the granting of mortgage loans in Spain.
Advising the investment subsidiary of the Norwegian group DNB on the establishment of a representative office in Madrid.

Lawyers

Leading partners

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Practice head

Fernando Mínguez; Ruth Duque

Other key lawyers

Miguel Sánchez Monjo; Carlota Tojo