Rafael Mínguez
Partner
English
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Specialist in domestic and crossborder transactions, including securitization and NPL portfolio transactions, corporate financing, derivatives, capital markets, financial restructuring of corporate groups and project finance.
Rafael Mínguez joined Cuatrecasas over 20 years ago. Previously, he served in the Senior Corps of State Civil Administrators at the Ministry of Economy and Finance (admitted in 1986), working in the Directorate General of Foreign Transactions and in the Directorate General of the Treasury and Financial Policy, where he was responsible for Spanish financial legislation on capital markets and credit institutions.
He is a member of the Madrid Bar Association and the Portuguese Bar Association, and a member of the editorial boards of the journals Capital Riesgo and IBA Banking.
He lectures at Universidad Carlos III, as well as co-directing its Master for Access to the Practice of Law. He also lectures at CUNEF University College of Financial Studies and several Latin American universities, and is a doctoral thesis advisor in Spanish and Colombian universities.
He is a researcher at the Chair of the Law of Financial Markets of the Universidad CEU San Pablo.
He has written many publications on financial topics and financial regulation, and coordinates publications and books on financial markets and capital markets.
Education
Doctor of Laws, specializing in corporate law (awarded cum laude for thesis)
Universidad de Alcalá de Henares de Madrid, 1994Bachelor of Laws
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 1984
Directory Mentions
Recommended lawyer
Chambers & Partners (Global, Europe and Latin America), Legal 500 (Global and Latin America), Latin Lawyer, Leaders League, Best Lawyers, Global Restructuring Review, IFLR, Expert Guides, Who's Who Legal and European Legal Experts in Banking & Finance, Financial Services, Financial Institutions, Restructuring & Insolvency, Finance & Transactional, Project Finance, Public Finance, Capital Markets, Derivatives, Structured Finance, Securitisation, Energy, Asset Finance and Regulatory (Spain and Latin America)
Lawyer of the Year
Best Lawyers in Asset Finance Law 2020 and Financial Institutions 2023
Publications and News
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February 19, 2024Cuatrecasas–UC3M Chair presents 2023 awards for best end-of-degree projects by law students
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October 8, 2021Elecnor reinforces commitment to sustainability by restructuring sources of financing
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October 1, 2021Cuatrecasas advises COEMAC Group on selling piping production plant
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May 12, 2021Cuatrecasas advises Banco Santander and other financial institutions on novation of ICO financing agreement for Tendam
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December 23, 2020Cuatrecasas advises Elecnor on setting up a 50 million euro securitization fund to develop sustainable energy projects
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November 17, 2020Cuatrecasas advises Banco Sabadell and other banks on financing granted to Elawan Energy for five photovoltaic plants
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October 29, 2020Cuatrecasas advises PSA Financial Services Spain on setting up first Balloon loan securitization in Spain
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June 17, 2020Elecnor launches commercial paper program for €300 million on Spanish Alternative Fixed-Income Market (“MARF”) with Cuatrecasas advisory service
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March 24, 2020We advise SAREB on issuing SAREB 2020-1 senior bonds worth €4.06 billion
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April 1, 2019Spain - Banking Regulation 2019
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January 1, 2018Spain - Banking Regulation 2018