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Raquel Garcia Lobato
Senior Associate

Lawyer

Raquel García Lobato

Languages
  • English
  • Spanish
  • French

Raquel García is a Senior Associate of the Financial Regulatory and FinTech & Innovation department at CMS Albiñana & Suárez de Lezo. Prior to joining CMS, she worked in the legal and regulatory practice of one of the Big Four consulting firms.

She is vastly experienced in regulatory, banking and securities market matters, advising mainly credit institutions, investment firms and management companies in proceedings before different supervisory authorities in a diverse range of procedures, such as authorisation, cross-border activity, information requests or inspection and sanctioning proceedings, among others.

She has advised on a wide variety of matters, such as MiFID/MiFIR, CRD/CRR, IFD/IFR, PRIIPs, UCITS, AIFMD or MiCA.

Relevant experience

She is vastly experienced in regulatory, banking and securities market matters, advising mainly credit institutions, investment firms and management companies in proceedings before different supervisory authorities in a diverse range of procedures, such as authorisation, cross-border activity, information requests or inspection and sanctioning proceedings, among others.

She has advised on a wide variety of matters, such as MiFID/MiFIR, CRD/CRR, IFD/IFR, PRIIPs, UCITS, AIFMD or MiCA.

Publications

  • She regularly writes articles on financial regulation for general media and specialised publications.

Education

  • 2021 – CESCOM® Compliance Certification, ASCOM – Asociación Española de Compliance, Madrid (Spain).
  • 2021 – International Certified Compliance Professional, IFCA - International Federation of Compliance Associations, Madrid (Spain).
  • 2016 – Master’s Degree in Access to the Legal Profession, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid (Spain).
  • 2015 – Graduate of Law and Economics, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Madrid (Spain).
  • 2014 – Graduate of Law, Université Paris Nanterre, Paris (France).
Practice Areas

Insights by Raquel

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EBA Issues No-Action Letter on dual licensing of EMT services under MiCA and PSD2

26 Jun 2025 4 min read

EBA Issues No-Action Letter on dual licensing of EMT services under MiCA and PSD2

24 Jun 2025 3 min read

DORA obligations apply to different payment operators and processors in Spain

02 Feb 2024 2 min read
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