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We provide legal advice and counsel in procedural and transactional banking law, advising on the judicial and extrajudicial resolution of interbank disputes and in corporate and project finance, with proven experience in transactions supervised by regulators.

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Financial regulation

Corporate transactions, acquisition of significant stakes in regulated listed companies (takeover bids, acquisitions with takeover bid exemptions), management companies, private equity, collective investment, investment services, and credit institutions.
Specific regulation of companies supervised by the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) (listed companies, collective investment management companies, investment services firms, collective investment schemes (SICAVs and investment funds), and venture capital entities (venture capital management companies, venture capital companies, and funds)).
Authorization and registration of regulated entities and activities.
Supervision by the CNMV and the Bank of Spain of listed companies and management firms: sanctioning proceedings, both in the administrative and judicial phases.
Compliance with obligations before securities market and financial entity supervisory bodies and authorities. Processing of applications for expansion of activity programs, modification of fee schedules, and responses to various CNMV requirements.
Assessment and supervision by the CNMV and the Bank of Spain regarding suitability, integrity, knowledge, experience, conflicts of interest, and incompatibilities. Drafting and negotiation of senior management contracts (CEOs and similar roles).
Legal representation and advice in authorization, ongoing supervision, inspection, and sanctioning proceedings before the Bank of Spain, the CNMV, and SEPBLAC.

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Capital markets

Public offering procedures and/or admission or exclusion of securities from trading: debt and equity issues (initial public offerings, public offerings for sale, takeover bids, exempt offerings, listings, capital increases, capital reductions, stock splits, and reverse splits).
Corporate finance: M&A financing, and asset and project finance. Preparation of documentation, both from the perspective of financing and the execution of the project itself.
Preparation of commercial-financial due diligence in the context of corporate restructuring, refinancing, or M&A procedures. Preparation of corresponding legal reports and coordination of technical report preparation.
Drafting and negotiation of banking contracts and guarantees.
Legal representation and advice in corporate banking: factoring, leasing, renting, confirming, and credit card operations.

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Restructuring

Negotiation, restructuring, and refinancing of debt, representing both creditors and debtors.
Negotiation with financial institutions: bridge loans, debt-for-asset swaps, and debt-to-equity conversions.
Design and structuring of intercompany financing.
Corporate and group restructuring.

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Compliance

Ongoing legal support and guidance for compliance departments of asset management firms and investment services companies.
Anti-money laundering, crime prevention, and codes of ethics.

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Banking litigation

Complex judicial proceedings: financial derivatives, interest rate swaps, bonds, and preferred shares.

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