Guillermo Ruiz Medrano

Senior Associate at Cuatrecasas

Speaker

Guillermo Ruiz Medrano is a Senior Associate at Cuatrecasas’ Litigation Finance practice. He has extensive expertise in litigation funding, regularly advising national and international funders on monetizing contingent claims and obtaining legal fees financing without recourse.

He also advises investment funds, banks and other financing entities on national and crossborder restructuring transactions and refinancing, as well as on insolvency and pre-insolvency matters, the enforcement of financing agreements and guarantees subject to Spanish law, as well as in pre-litigation matters. He has also participated in other financing transactions, including bridge and distressed financing options, and direct lending.

He is a member of the International Program for Young Lawyers (PPAI), having worked at the firm’s offices in New York, London, Madrid and Barcelona.

He is the author and co-author of several law review articles and national and international publications covering litigation finance, restructuring, insolvency and the enforcement of financing agreements.

He lectures at several universities and business schools, including ESADE, Universitat Pompeu Fabra and ISDE Law Business School. He is a member of both the Madrid Bar Association and the New York Bar Association.