Santiago Hurtado

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Santiago Hurtado is a partner and Head in Dentons’ Litigation and Dispute Resolution and Restructuring and Insolvency practices in Spain.

He advises boards of directors in insolvency and refinancing situations and financial institutions in bank restructurings and litigation.

He has more than 20 years of experience in litigation and corporate matters related to shareholder disputes, as well as distressed and special situations. He has extensive experience in banking litigation, receivership proceedings, enforcement of bank guarantees, commercial litigation, partnership disputes and unfair competition.

Ranked in Band 1 for Restructuring/Insolvency in Spain by Chambers Europe, he advises both financial institutions and debtors on complex restructuring and insolvency matters, including some of the largest insolvency proceedings ever filed in the Spanish market. His restructuring and insolvency work also includes advising on the sale and purchase of production units, refinancing agreements and approval of refinancing agreements.

A former state attorney for various Spanish government ministries, he served as the President of the Special Commission of the Ministry of Justice for the reform of Bankruptcy Law which created Act 38/2001. As Secretary General of the Ministry of Justice, he also coordinated the reforms of the Arbitration Law of 2011, Revised Text of the Companies Law of 2010 and Civil Procedure Law of 2009 and 2011.