About

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Pérez-Llorca’s Insurance and Reinsurance practice is characterised by its complete knowledge of the sector. The specific expertise of this practice area, alongside the firm’s exceptional abilities in fields required for the insurance industry, such as Tax, Employment, Data Protection/Privacy, Infrastructure, Competition and many more, mean that our team is a solid and comprehensive multidisciplinary solution for companies.

Our Insurance and Reinsurance team provides advice in three fields that are critical for the sector:

  • The Corporate and M&A sector: we have a wide understanding as well as portfolio transfers, VIF transactions, banking-insurance and distribution agreements, cross-border mergers and insurance group reorganisations.
  • The Regulation sector: the team boasts ample experience both in the operation and governance of Companies and mediators, as well as in their relationships with the Administration, authorisations and all types of proceedings. Our advice includes representation before inspections, drawing up and configuring new insurance products and solutions, insurtech, and creation of industry-optimal insurance distribution channels.
  • The Litigation sector: we advise on everything related to total or partial refusal of cover, such as the handling of complex or mass claims, complex discussions regarding the scope and delimitation of cover, reinsurance conflicts and all of the implications of sector-specific claims.

Chambers Review

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Insurance - Spain

2
Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Pérez-Llorca's team assists insurance and reinsurance companies with a range of matters including M&A, regulations and contentious matters. The law firm often advises on insurance product design and distribution, as well as counseling insurers on tax, employment, data protection and infrastructure matters.

Work Highlights

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  • Pérez-Llorca advised VidaCaixa on the EUR170 million portfolio transfer of its life insurance business in Sa Nostra to Medvida Partners.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Joaquín Ruiz Echauri
Joaquín Ruiz Echauri
Head of Insurance
Star Individuals
Stellar practitioner Joaquín Ruiz Echauri is one of the best-regarded names in the Spanish insurance sector and assists with complex issues involving regulatory matters, corporate restructuring, formation of joint ventures and civil liability disputes. He is highly equipped to handle bancassurance mandates.

We place our total trust in Joaquín's insurance advice.

Joaquín is very well known and respected in the insurance market and has built a great insurance practice at Pérez-Llorca.

He is excellent in the regulatory field.

Joaquín is an eminence in the sector and a guarantee for us.

Joaquín is an excellent professional and a sectoral reference.

Felipe Vázquez
4
Felipe Vázquez
4
Band 4

Felipe Vázquez assists with the law firm's key insurance mandates, including M&A transactions in the sector as well as bancassurance alliances.

Felipe covers the full range of legal expertise in the insurance sector at a very high level.

I would definitely work with Felipe again and I highly recommend him.

He goes above and beyond by preparing a highly detailed memo on the transaction that is impeccable and exceptionally clear.

Working with Felipe is a great experience due to his exceptional skills and dedication.

Rafael Fernández
U
Rafael Fernández
U
Up and Coming

Rafael Fernández is experienced assisting a well-recognised roster of international insurance companies with distribution agreements, sale of business and equity transactions.

Rafael is an extraordinary lawyer, with a great balance between the technical part and the vision of the business as a whole.

It is a pleasure working with Rafael as he is a very reliable source of legal support.

For me, Rafael represents the new generation of top-tier insurance lawyers. He has a passion for his work and the insurance sector and his way of giving advice is very practical, simple and direct.

Rafael is an exceptional support. He goes above and beyond.

Rafael is a professional dedicated to his clients, who is always available and able to find solutions to problems.

Jesús Almarcha
Jesús Almarcha
Associates to watch

Jesús Almarcha brings experience in insurance and reinsurance, advising companies in both Spain and further afield, as well as financial sector institutions. He specialises in the sale and transfer of business, as well as in mergers.

He is a very detail-oriented insurance practitioner.

Ranked Lawyers at
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Joaquín Ruiz Echauri
Joaquín Ruiz Echauri
Head of Insurance
Star Individuals
Felipe Vázquez
4
Felipe Vázquez
4
Band 4
Rafael Fernández
U
Rafael Fernández
U
Up and Coming
Jesús Almarcha
Jesús Almarcha
Associates to watch

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