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Gracia Sainz
Principal Counsel

Gracia Sainz

General Counsel

Languages
  • Spanish
  • English

Gracia Sainz is General Counsel of CMS Albiñana & Suárez de Lezo.

With regards to corporate law, Gracia's experience includes ongoing advice on contractual and corporate governance matters, performing the role of secretary of the board of directors for several companies, as well as advice on acquisitions and the structural modification of enterprises.

Her experience in the banking and finance sector comprises advice on financial transactions of varying nature to both the financial entities and those on the receiving end of such finance. Moreover, she has also advised various financial institutions on regulatory matters and has taken part in numerous merger and acquisition operations of financial institutions. She has been secretary of the board of directors of credit and venture capital entities.

In 2018, she received the InspiraLaw award from Iberian Lawyer, which recognises leading women in the legal sector.

Awards & Recognitions
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  • Quote
    "It’s not only her experience in the market but also that she makes sures he knows all the contracts of the day and what’s happening. I appreciate her knowledge and the effort she makes to stay in contact with everything".
    Chambers & Partners

Relevant experience

  • Gracia has advised leading companies in their sectors in a wide variety of operations. For example, she advised Haitong Bank on the sale of Aernnova and Empark, Banco Sabadell on the placement of a bond issue in the Alternative Fixed-Income Market (MARF) and Novo Banco in different matters relating to the implementation of the resolution applied to BES by the Bank of Portugal. 

Publications

  • Gracia has published a wide variety of articles and works for both specialist and general publications.

Lectures list

  • During her diverse career, Gracia has participated as a speaker in various conferences and events organized by prestigious institutions.

Education

  • 1978 - Graduate of Law, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain).

Further reading

  • Gracia Sainz recibe el premio 'InspiraLAw' de Iberian Lawyer

  • CMS ha asesorado a un accionista de Aernnova Aerospace en la venta de su participación accionarial

Insights by Gracia

Corporate / M&A

09 Feb 2018 1 min read

Banking and Finance Alert | March 2014

25 Mar 2014 4 min read

Refinancing agreements and their protection against claw-back actions after the reform of the Insolvency Law by the Royal Decree-law 4/2014

25 Mar 2014 23 min read

Royal Decree-law 4/2014: Restructuring and Refinancing of Corporate Debt

12 Mar 2014 17 min read
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