Offering a value proposition for advising financial and insurance institutions, based on in-depth knowledge of our clients’ businesses and on the extensive experience of teams exclusively dedicated to the sector.
Thanks to the integration of our corporate and regulatory practices, and our sectoral expertise, our teams offer a differentiated service covering both transactional matters and advice to companies, with particular focus on corporate governance and developing our clients’ business.
We handle all transactions in the financial services and insurance sectors (e.g., acquisition of entities and stake acquisitions, business sales, strategic cooperation agreements, group restructurings, and outsourcing of essential activities) for all types of institutions and financial businesses on the Iberian Peninsula and in all jurisdictions where Cuatrecasas is present: banks and other credit institutions, (regulated and unregulated), insurers and insurance brokers, investment services providers, payment and emoney institutions, crypto-asset service providers, fintech companies, and complementary social welfare institutions.
We advise companies, their partners, shareholders and investors on all aspects of their corporate life and governance system, e.g., board structure and operation, suitability of board members and remuneration, and operation of key functions. We also advise on their core and auxiliary business transactions, as well as on establishing relations with third parties that join the ecosystem of financial and insurance services, e.g., to implement technology intensive models.
We also focus on all aspects of specific regulations—institutional and behavioral—applicable to finance and insurance operators. Our experience covers prudential and solvency rules, transparency and conduct regarding investors, clients, insurers and participants; and distinguishing the rules applicable to local authorities and those applying to transactions under the right of establishment or freedom to provide services.
We represent our clients in all kinds of proceedings before financial regulators: start of activities, license extensions, stake acquisitions, corporate transactions, assessment of the adequacy of their governance system, reporting requirements, inspections and, where appropriate, sanctioning procedures.
It is a very complete team providing quick responses to queries from different specialties.
Legal 500, 2025