The Cuatrecasas team frequently advises insurers, lenders, brokers, manufacturers and credit agencies on regulatory matters, M&A transactions, and disputes within the insurance and reinsurance sectors. Practice lead Ruth Duque focuses on M&A, reinsurance agreements, portfolio transfers, reorganisations and corporate law mandates. Additional names to note include tax specialist Rebeca Rodríguez; Carlos Bonhome, who deals with commercial and regulatory issues affecting banks and insurers; and Celia Zafra, who focuses on insurance and reinsurance distribution regulations.
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Ruth Duque is a Spanish state insurance inspector on leave of absence. She is former deputy director of the Spanish Directorate-General of Insurance and Pension Funds.
Throughout her career, she has worked with important national and international clients on M&A transactions, bancassurance alliances, reinsurance agreements, portfolio assignments, reorganizations and corporate matters of all kinds. In the area of regulatory, she has advised on product design both for life and non-life insurance, contract interpretation, insurance and reinsurance distribution, pension plans and funds, as well as on proceedings with the Spanish Directorate-General of Insurance and Pension Funds.
She also advises insurance and reinsurance companies on insurance claims (P&C, PI, D&O, E&O and cyber insurance), analyzing coverage, and handling recollection and actions of all kinds, in complex matters highly relevant for the sector and for clients.
She is a member of the Professional Association of State Insurance Inspectors. She is registered in the Official Auditors Registry (not practicing) and is a member of the Madrid Bar Association.
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Key clients
- Mapfre
- Occident (Catalana Occidente)
Work highlights
Advising OCCIDENT's shareholder (INOCSA) within the framework of the voluntary public tender offer for the shares it does not currently control.