Fernando Mínguez
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Specialist in banking and finance, particularly in regulation of national and international credit institutions.
Fernando Mínguez focuses his practice on transactional advisory services in the finance and insurance sectors (e.g., stake acquisitions, entity sales, branches of activity and business, strategic agreements and distribution structures). He advises all types of financial institutions, as well as their investors and shareholders, on corporate and institutional matters related to their specific administrative regimes.
A credit and savings institutions inspector at the Bank of Spain currently on leave and a non-practicing auditor, he is also admitted as solicitor in England and Wales. He has been advisor to the International Monetary Fund and the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development, as well as other institutions.
He speaks regularly on business, banking and financial matters at different forums and writes in the financial press. He often publishes law review articles on his areas of specialty.
He lectures on financial regulation and commercial law at several universities.
Education
Certificate of research aptitude for doctoral studies (outstanding)
Spanish National Distance Education University (Civil Law Department), 2009Qualified Lawyers Transfer Test
The College of Law, London, 2009Bachelor of Laws
Spanish National Distance Education University, 2007Master in Account Auditing
Instituto de Censores Jurados de Cuentas de España, Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, Spain, 2001Bachelor of Economics and Business Studies
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 1994
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Publications and News
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February 14, 2025J.C. Flowers & Co. acquires majority shareholding in Heymondo group
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October 31, 2024Archax Group LTD acquires Spanish securities firm King & Shaxson Capital Markets
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October 3, 2024Zolva sells servicer in Spain and Portugal and €6 billion NPL portfolio to Cerberus
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August 6, 2024MoraBanc grows in Spain with acquisition of Banco Europeo de Finanzas
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March 7, 2024Banco Cetelem acquires banking business of Spanish branch of Orange Bank
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December 13, 2023PSN sells AMIC Seguros Generales and expands insurance distribution network with Grupo GES
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September 1, 2023The European non-performing loan market and its policy drivers
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April 21, 2023Banco Inversis buys institutional depositary business of Banque Havilland in Luxembourg
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April 1, 2023The Banking Regulation Review in Spain
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January 20, 2023Spain - Financial Services M&A
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October 18, 2022Ruth Duque: new partner in Cuatrecasas Financial Services and Insurance Group
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July 7, 2022Banco Inversis makes key investment in Adepa Group
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March 25, 2022Spain - Financial Services M&A 2022
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February 24, 2022Bankinter and Liberty Seguros to sell home and auto insurance through joint venture agreement
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September 28, 2021Crèdit Andorrà buys out Vall Banc
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August 6, 2021Unión Financiera Asturiana acquires financial platform Zank Financial
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May 5, 2021Cuatrecasas advises Banco Sabadell on selling car leasing business and forming strategic alliance with ALD Group
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April 6, 2021Cuatrecasas advises Novo Banco on selling subsidiary’s business in Spain to Abanca
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October 14, 2020Cuatrecasas advises Belgravia Capital Shareholders on selling to Singular Bank
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September 29, 2020Cuatrecasas advises Crédit Agricole on selling Bankoa to Abanca
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June 2, 2020Cuatrecasas advises Bankia on transferring its depositary services business to Cecabank
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April 1, 2019Spain - Banking Regulation 2019
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January 1, 2018Spain - Banking Regulation 2018
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November 1, 2017“Bad banks” and their role in the deleveraging process