Rafael Bazán
Europe Guide 2024
Band 4 : Banking & Finance
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About
Provided by Rafael Bazán
Practice Areas
Rafael has extensive experience in all kinds of national and cross-border transactions involving corporate finance, acquisition finance, asset finance and restructuring of companies in crisis, advising both banks and affected companies in all sectors, with a special focus on the real estate, financial and industrial sectors. In the last five years he has advised both selling banks and investors in transactions involving the acquisition of many of the most significant non-performing loan and asset portfolios in the market. He also has extensive experience in regulatory issues involving supervisory authorities.
Career
Rafael Bazán, partner of the Banking & Finance department of Araoz & Rueda since 2017, joined our firm after four years as a partner in the Banking & Finance department of Baker McKenzie Madrid (2013-2017). Before joining Baker McKenzie, he worked twelve years in the Banking & Finance departments of Alonso Ureba, Bauzá y Asociados and Ramón y Cajal Abogados (the last nine years as a partner). Prior to this, he spent six years working as legal counsel at HSBC Bank plc. (Spain) and Citibank, and was non-director vice-secretary for Iberpay (Sociedad Española de Sistemas de Pago, SA), the managing entity for the National Electronic Clearing System.
Languages Spoken
Spanish and English.
Chambers Review
Europe
Rafael Bazán of Araoz & Rueda is an active banking and finance practitioner who is mandated due to his expertise across various transaction types including debt restructurings and acquisition finance on behalf of both lenders and borrowers.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Rafael Bazán is highly technical and at the same time practical, which allows him to always find a solution that is adapted to the needs of the client."
"Rafael has a great ability to resolve stuck and complex issues. He's organised."
"Rafael Bazán is highly technical and at the same time practical, which allows him to always find a solution that is adapted to the needs of the client."
"Rafael has a great ability to resolve stuck and complex issues. He's organised."
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