Armando Betancor

Practice Areas

Partner and head of the insolvency and restructuring practice area of the law firm Alas Legal Advisors. With more than 18 years of experience

advising bankruptcy trustees and national and international companies going through restructuring or insolvency proceedings, his capacity to handle

an insolvency proceeding from both perspectives, as bankruptcy trustee and as legal advisor, gives him a wider knowledge and understanding of

the process that most lawyers in the field do not have. Armando Betancor is currently handling approximately 100 proceedings, acting as

bankruptcy trustee, including complex and high-profile cases of national and international relevance. He has extensive experience in litigation and

arbitration.

Career

Founder of Alas Legal Advisors (2009) and Rockmond Litigation Funding Advisors (2017). Previously, Director of the Insolvency and Restructuring Department at Araoz y Rueda Abogados, and

Manager of the PwC office in the Canary Islands.

Professional Memberships

Turnaround Management Association, International Bar Association, Spanish Club of Arbitration, Insole Europe.

Personal

Law degree, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria University. Master’s Degree, Business law, and Urban Planning and Real Estate Law. Lawyers

Management Program of the London School of Economics and IE Law School. Masterclass in Private Equity of the London Business School.

Masters degree in corporate law INESE Foundation.