Practices and Sectors

• ESG Criteria and Climate Change Regulation
• Financial Services and Investment Funds

Profile

Josefina García Pedroviejo joined Pérez-Llorca in 2022 as a partner in the Financial Services practice and is responsible for overseeing the Fund Formation practice.

Studies:

• 2003 English Law and Legal Methods, University of Cambridge
• 2006 Master’s degree in International Law, Instituto de Estudios Bursátiles
• 1998 Degree in Law, Instituto de Estudios Bursátiles

She speaks Spanish, English and French.

Experience

Josefina has 15 years of professional experience in leading national and international law firms. She specialises in the Financial Services and Fund Formation practices. She has extensive experience in financial regulation and investment funds, advising banks, investment services companies, management companies and all types of national and international financial institutions on financial services authorisation and passporting procedures, investment product creation and marketing, MiFID II, ESG investing, market structure, and matters related to compliance and money laundering.

Academic and Publishing Collaborations

Josefina has contributed to many publications and specialised journals, including:

• “La venta en corto” Article published in the Revista de Derecho del Mercado de Valores: Editorial La Ley. January 2009
• “La ley 5/2009 sobre participaciones significativas” Article published in the Revista de Derecho del Mercado de Valores: Editorial La Ley. February 2010
• “El proceso de reforma del sistema de compensación y liquidación en España” Article published in the Revista de Derecho del Mercado de Valores: Editorial La Ley. February 2011
• “Principales novedades en el régimen jurídico de las instituciones de inversión colectiva” Article published in the journal Actualidad Jurídica Uría Menéndez. November 2011.
• “La Ley de Economía Sostenible” Article published in the journal Actualidad Jurídica Uría Menéndez. June 2012.
• “La actividad transfronteriza en UCITS IV: el pasaporte de las sociedades gestoras” Article published in the Revista de Derecho del Mercado de Valores: Editorial La Ley. February 2012
• “La supervisión de los mercados de valores a nivel europeo” Article published in the Revista de Derecho del Mercado de Valores: Editorial La Ley. February 2013
• “Reforma del Reglamento de planes y fondos de pensiones” Article published in the journal Actualidad Jurídica Uría Menéndez. September 2014.
• “New European legal framework on market abuse” Article published in the journal Actualidad Jurídica Uría Menéndez. September 2014.
• “El nuevo régimen para depositarios en los fondos cerrados: funciones y responsabilidad”. In Revista Española de Capital Riesgo, no. 1, 2015
• “La reforma del Reglamento de Instituciones de Inversión Colectiva: el Real Decreto 83/2015 de 13 de febrero”. In Actualidad Jurídica Uría Menéndez, no. 40, 2015
• “El Reglamento Delegado (EU) 2016/438 sobre las obligaciones de los depositarios” In Actualidad Jurídica Uría Menéndez, no. 40, 2015
• “Circular 1/2017, de 26 de abril, de la Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores, sobre los contratos de liquidez” In Actualidad Jurídica Uría Menéndez, no. 46, 2016

She is a regular contributor to specialised press such as FundsPeople, Estrategias de Inversión and Expansión.

She has extensive teaching experience and has lectured at the Instituto de Estudios Bursatiles, ICADE and the Centro di Studi Bancari (Lugano).

Professional Organisations

The Madrid Bar Association (ICAM).

Recognition

Josefina García Pedroviejo features in various legal directories such as:

• Chambers Global: ‘Banking & Finance: Financial Services Regulation’.
• Chamber Europe: ‘Banking & Finance: Financial Services Regulation’.
• Legal 500 EMEA: ‘Banking and Finance’ (Next Generation Partners).
• Leaders League: ‘Banking & Finance Regulatory Law 2022’.
• Best Lawyers®: ‘Investment Funds’.