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Xavier Ruiz is founding partner of RC Law LLP and is renowned for his extensive experience in cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint venture and private equity matters across the US, Spain and Latin America. Ruiz has counselled many key clients in the hospitality, electronics and telecommunications industries, alongside notable experience representing family-owned businesses across an array of industries.
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Work Department
Corporate / M&A / Finance
Position
Founding Partner
Career
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.
Languages
English, Spanish, and Catalan
Memberships
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.
Education
- 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).
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Key clients
- Global Critical Logistics- Rock-it Cargo Global Via Publica (Global Media) Hispanogroup Hotsusa Group- Eurostars Gestamp Indra Sistemas QBeast Spradling International Inc. Acciona Caixabank Chopard Desigual Planeta Tubacex Insud Pharma IRIS Ventures Europlastry
Work highlights
Acted as US counsel for Chemo Project (InsudPharma- Spain) and Becaril (Laboratorio Elea- Argentina), as anchor investors in the private placement of $130 million in US SEC-registered Procaps Group, S.A. The deal involved restructuring the company's debts negotiating shareholder agreements and subscription of notes and warrants.