Experience
Leticia Fernández Díez is Senior Associate of the Financial Regulation and Collective Investment Schemes (CISs) Practice and joined the firm in 2007.
She specialises in the area of commercial/corporate and regulatory advice, advising numerous regulated entities in incorporation processes, significant changes to their articles of association or business activity, changes in share capital, changes in corporate form and status, mergers and cross-border transactions, among others, and participating in processes for the integration of savings banks through the creation of an Institutional Protection Scheme and their relevant carve-out processes. She has also advised financial institutions in the adaptation of their procedures to the MiFID II Directive, as well as regarding anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing.
She advises listed and non-listed companies in corporate and corporate governance matters, as well as in relation to rules of conduct and regulations governing transparency and market abuse, acting as secretary for various companies. She also forms part of the securitisation team.
Education
- Master’s Degree in Legal Advice (LL.M.) Instituto de Empresa (Madrid), 2005.
- Legal Practice Course at the Universidad Pontificia Comillas of Madrid (ICADE), 2004.
- Degree in Law (Corporate Legal Adviser) from the Universidad Pontificia Comillas of Madrid, 2003.
- Graduate Diploma in Business Studies (Diplomatura de Graduado Superior en Empresariales).
Publications
- Bimonthly publication in the legal journal “La Ley Mercantil” regarding developments, primarily, in the securities market, corporate governance and anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing.
- Contribution to the publication Corporate Governance 2018 (Spain), published physically and online (www.gettingthedealthrough.com) by Law Business Reserarch Ltd (May 2018), and its updates for 2019 and 2020) (currently on the website www.lexology.com/gtdt/workareas/corporate-governance).
- Collaboration with the Spanish Official Gazette in the preparation of the Code of Legal Compliance for Financial Institutions and Code of Corporate Governance (June 2017 and updates 2018 and 2019).
- “Sentencia de la Sala Primera del Tribunal Supremo sobre el sistema de remuneración de los Consejeros Delegados o ejecutivos” (“Judgment of the First Chamber of the Supreme Court on the pay system of Managing Directors or executives”). In: La Ley Mercantil, April 2018.
Affiliations
Madrid Bar Association (Ilustre Colegio de Abogados de Madrid).
Languages
Leticia Fernández
Leticia Fernández
Experience
Leticia Fernández Díez is Senior Associate of the Financial Regulation and Collective Investment Schemes (CISs) Practice and joined the firm in 2007.
She specialises in the area of commercial/corporate and regulatory advice, advising numerous regulated entities in incorporation processes, significant changes to their articles of association or business activity, changes in share capital, changes in corporate form and status, mergers and cross-border transactions, among others, and participating in processes for the integration of savings banks through the creation of an Institutional Protection Scheme and their relevant carve-out processes. She has also advised financial institutions in the adaptation of their procedures to the MiFID II Directive, as well as regarding anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing.
She advises listed and non-listed companies in corporate and corporate governance matters, as well as in relation to rules of conduct and regulations governing transparency and market abuse, acting as secretary for various companies. She also forms part of the securitisation team.
Education
- Master’s Degree in Legal Advice (LL.M.) Instituto de Empresa (Madrid), 2005.
- Legal Practice Course at the Universidad Pontificia Comillas of Madrid (ICADE), 2004.
- Degree in Law (Corporate Legal Adviser) from the Universidad Pontificia Comillas of Madrid, 2003.
- Graduate Diploma in Business Studies (Diplomatura de Graduado Superior en Empresariales).
Publications
- Bimonthly publication in the legal journal “La Ley Mercantil” regarding developments, primarily, in the securities market, corporate governance and anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing.
- Contribution to the publication Corporate Governance 2018 (Spain), published physically and online (www.gettingthedealthrough.com) by Law Business Reserarch Ltd (May 2018), and its updates for 2019 and 2020) (currently on the website www.lexology.com/gtdt/workareas/corporate-governance).
- Collaboration with the Spanish Official Gazette in the preparation of the Code of Legal Compliance for Financial Institutions and Code of Corporate Governance (June 2017 and updates 2018 and 2019).
- “Sentencia de la Sala Primera del Tribunal Supremo sobre el sistema de remuneración de los Consejeros Delegados o ejecutivos” (“Judgment of the First Chamber of the Supreme Court on the pay system of Managing Directors or executives”). In: La Ley Mercantil, April 2018.
Affiliations
Madrid Bar Association (Ilustre Colegio de Abogados de Madrid).