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Rafael Fernández
Contact
rfernandez@perezllorca.com
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Profile
Rafael Fernández is a partner of Pérez-Llorca’s Insurance and Reinsurance practice area. Prior to this, Rafael worked in the Insurance and Reinsurance areas in two highly prestigious international firms, in the legal department of the World Bank’s Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency in Washington DC and as Vice President, Legal Counsel at the head office of the reinsurer Swiss Re Europe in Luxembourg.
Studies:
He speaks Spanish and English.
Experience
Rafael has over 15 years of experience providing legal advice to entities from the insurance sector. In the commercial field, Rafael has been involved in a number of the most significant transactions in the Spanish insurance sector, including the sale and purchase of large insurance companies and cross-border portfolio transfers. He also advises insurers and underwriting agencies on underwriting all types of transactional risk insurance, including underwriting W&I insurance in M&A transactions, contingent insurance risks and handling claims related to these types of losses.
Elsewhere, Rafael has provided regulatory advice on insurance distribution, including the design of structures for insurance distribution in Spain, review and adaptation of terms and conditions, aspects related to the governance of (re)insurance entities and assistance in inspection procedures initiated by the DGSFP. In the litigious field, Rafael has taken part in various civil liability claims (D&O, professional, product liability and warranty), major claims, bancassurance alliance ruptures, coverage dispute resolution and recovery actions.
Rafael has also worked as Secretary and Vice-Secretary for insurance entities, both in Spain and Luxembourg, where he ran the secretariat and provided advice related to corporate governance to Boards of Directors and Delegate Committees (including the Audit and Management Committees).
In terms of international experience, Rafael has been part of the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)’s legal team, where he was involved in insurance against political risks and guarantees against losses from non-commercial risks, as well as Vice President, Legal Counsel at the head office of the insurance firm Swiss Re Europe in Luxembourg.
Academic and publishing collaborations
Rafael has been an Adjunct Professor of Law at IE Law School since 2018, where he currently teaches modules on Commercial and Business Law, Manifest and Collateral Insurance in M&A Transactions and General Concepts of Law for the IE Law School Legal Clinic.
Additionally, he has published a large number of articles and works related to the insurance sector, including:
Books he has contributed to:
Professional organisations
The Madrid Bar Association (ICAM).
Senior Vice Chair Officer of the Insurance Committee of the IBA (International Bar Association).
Officer for Institutional Relations and Member of the Board of Directors of the Association of Young Insurance Professionals (AJPS).
The Spanish Branch of the International Association of Insurance Law (SEAIDA).
Member of the Insurance Working Group of the Madrid International Arbitration Centre (CIAM).
Recognition
Awards
Licence no. 88821
The Madrid Bar Association
Licence no. 88821
The Madrid Bar Association
rfernandez@perezllorca.com
T: +34 91 389 01 03
M: +34 645 910 300
Paseo de la Castellana, 50
28046 Madrid
Spain
Profile
Rafael Fernández is a partner of Pérez-Llorca’s Insurance and Reinsurance practice area. Prior to this, Rafael worked in the Insurance and Reinsurance areas in two highly prestigious international firms, in the legal department of the World Bank’s Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency in Washington DC and as Vice President, Legal Counsel at the head office of the reinsurer Swiss Re Europe in Luxembourg.
Studies:
He speaks Spanish and English.
Experience
Rafael has over 15 years of experience providing legal advice to entities from the insurance sector. In the commercial field, Rafael has been involved in a number of the most significant transactions in the Spanish insurance sector, including the sale and purchase of large insurance companies and cross-border portfolio transfers. He also advises insurers and underwriting agencies on underwriting all types of transactional risk insurance, including underwriting W&I insurance in M&A transactions, contingent insurance risks and handling claims related to these types of losses.
Elsewhere, Rafael has provided regulatory advice on insurance distribution, including the design of structures for insurance distribution in Spain, review and adaptation of terms and conditions, aspects related to the governance of (re)insurance entities and assistance in inspection procedures initiated by the DGSFP. In the litigious field, Rafael has taken part in various civil liability claims (D&O, professional, product liability and warranty), major claims, bancassurance alliance ruptures, coverage dispute resolution and recovery actions.
Rafael has also worked as Secretary and Vice-Secretary for insurance entities, both in Spain and Luxembourg, where he ran the secretariat and provided advice related to corporate governance to Boards of Directors and Delegate Committees (including the Audit and Management Committees).
In terms of international experience, Rafael has been part of the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)’s legal team, where he was involved in insurance against political risks and guarantees against losses from non-commercial risks, as well as Vice President, Legal Counsel at the head office of the insurance firm Swiss Re Europe in Luxembourg.
Academic and publishing collaborations
Rafael has been an Adjunct Professor of Law at IE Law School since 2018, where he currently teaches modules on Commercial and Business Law, Manifest and Collateral Insurance in M&A Transactions and General Concepts of Law for the IE Law School Legal Clinic.
Additionally, he has published a large number of articles and works related to the insurance sector, including:
Books he has contributed to:
Professional organisations
The Madrid Bar Association (ICAM).
Senior Vice Chair Officer of the Insurance Committee of the IBA (International Bar Association).
Officer for Institutional Relations and Member of the Board of Directors of the Association of Young Insurance Professionals (AJPS).
The Spanish Branch of the International Association of Insurance Law (SEAIDA).
Member of the Insurance Working Group of the Madrid International Arbitration Centre (CIAM).
Recognition
Awards
rfernandez@perezllorca.com
T: +34 91 389 01 03
M: +34 645 910 300
Paseo de la Castellana, 50
28046 Madrid
Spain