Experience
Ramón joined Ramón y Cajal in September 1999. He is currently Lead Partner of the Litigation Practice and works in different practice areas such as Civil Litigation, Commercial, Arbitration and Insolvency.
He specialises in business restructuring processes, advising large companies and financial institutions in pre-insolvency and insolvency proceedings. He manages insolvency proceedings as lawyer of the insolvent company itself as well as of significant creditors who request the defence of their interests in the proceedings. Some of the most recent proceedings in which he has acted are:
- Counsel to Abengoa, S.A., in the company’s insolvency proceedings conducted before the Commercial Court No. 3 of Seville after the company filed for insolvency in 2021.
- Counsel to a leading company of the food industry, in the insolvency proceedings conducted before the Commercial Court of Las Palmas de Gran Canarias.
- Counsel to financial institutions, in the insolvency proceedings of one of the leading companies in the car park sector.
- Counsel to financial institutions in challenges of refinancing agreements. The last important engagement was for challenging the refinancing agreement of a major company in the hotel and housing sector.
- Insolvency proceedings of a major company in the maritime sector, advising one of the main creditors.
He also acts as lawyer before all national courts of arbitration and before the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), and as arbitrator for the High Council of Chambers of Commerce and in various ad hoc arbitration proceedings.
Since October 2024, he has directed the ICADE-Ramón y Cajal Observatory on Restructuring and Insolvency.
Education
- Degree in Law from the Universidad Complutense of Madrid.
- Master’s Degree in Business Law from the Universidad de Nebrija.
- Various specialist courses in Insolvency Law and Arbitration.
Teaching
Ramón regularly teaches at the Universidad Pontificia de Comillas (ICADE). At such university he gives classes on the Master’s Degree in Business Law and on the Master’s Degree in Admission to the Bar, teaching the subject of Insolvency Law, and is a member of the evaluation panels.
He is a member of the teaching faculty of the I Master’s Degree in Business Restructuring organised by the Madrid Bar Association.
He also gives classes at other universities such as the Universidad Nebrija and the Universidad de Navarra.
Publications
- Comentario al Texto Refundido de la Ley Concursal. Dos Tomos (Notes on the Insolvency Act, as amended. Two Volumes). Editorial Civitas, Thomson Reuters, 2021.
- El acreedor en el derecho concursal y preconcursal a la luz del texto refundido de la Ley Concursal. Cátedra Uría Menéndez-ICADE de regulación de los mercados. (The creditor in insolvency and pre-insolvency law in the light of the Insolvency Act, as amended. Master class Menéndez-ICADE on market regulation.). Editorial Civitas, Thomson Reuters, 2021.
- “Responsabilidad de los administradores en el ámbito concursal. Aproximación a la culpabilidad por retraso en la solicitud” (“Directors’ liability in the area of insolvency. A view of culpability due to late-filing for insolvency”). In: Derecho de la empresa y de los mercados financieros: Ramón y Cajal Abogados. 30 años. Cizur Menor (Navarra): Aranzadi, 2016.
- He has published various articles in the Revista de Derecho Concursal y Paraconcursal (Insolvency and Pre-Insolvency Law Journal) published by La Ley. He also writes opinion articles in online media and in the written press.
Conferences
- Participation as speaker in the workshops organised by FIDE on the preliminary draft of the bill to amend the Insolvency Act, (September to November 2021).
- Speaker in the workshops organised by FIDE on the analysis of the Insolvency Act, as amended (January and February 2021).
- Participation in the presentation of the Code of Good Practice in production unit selling processes organised by the Madrid Bar Association (ICAM).
- Speaker at the II Conference on Insolvency organised by Editorial Lefevbre (2021).
- Speaker at the Legal Forum Week organised by FIDE (2020).
Affiliations
- Foundation for Law and Business Research (Fundación para la Investigación sobre el Derecho y la Empresa-FIDE).
- INSOL EUROPE (transnational insolvency law).
- Spanish Arbitration Club (Club Español de Arbitraje).
Languages
Ramón Fernández-Aceytuno
Experience
Ramón joined Ramón y Cajal in September 1999. He is currently Lead Partner of the Litigation Practice and works in different practice areas such as Civil Litigation, Commercial, Arbitration and Insolvency.
He specialises in business restructuring processes, advising large companies and financial institutions in pre-insolvency and insolvency proceedings. He manages insolvency proceedings as lawyer of the insolvent company itself as well as of significant creditors who request the defence of their interests in the proceedings. Some of the most recent proceedings in which he has acted are:
- Counsel to Abengoa, S.A., in the company’s insolvency proceedings conducted before the Commercial Court No. 3 of Seville after the company filed for insolvency in 2021.
- Counsel to a leading company of the food industry, in the insolvency proceedings conducted before the Commercial Court of Las Palmas de Gran Canarias.
- Counsel to financial institutions, in the insolvency proceedings of one of the leading companies in the car park sector.
- Counsel to financial institutions in challenges of refinancing agreements. The last important engagement was for challenging the refinancing agreement of a major company in the hotel and housing sector.
- Insolvency proceedings of a major company in the maritime sector, advising one of the main creditors.
He also acts as lawyer before all national courts of arbitration and before the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), and as arbitrator for the High Council of Chambers of Commerce and in various ad hoc arbitration proceedings.
Since October 2024, he has directed the ICADE-Ramón y Cajal Observatory on Restructuring and Insolvency.
Education
- Degree in Law from the Universidad Complutense of Madrid.
- Master’s Degree in Business Law from the Universidad de Nebrija.
- Various specialist courses in Insolvency Law and Arbitration.
Teaching
Ramón regularly teaches at the Universidad Pontificia de Comillas (ICADE). At such university he gives classes on the Master’s Degree in Business Law and on the Master’s Degree in Admission to the Bar, teaching the subject of Insolvency Law, and is a member of the evaluation panels.
He is a member of the teaching faculty of the I Master’s Degree in Business Restructuring organised by the Madrid Bar Association.
He also gives classes at other universities such as the Universidad Nebrija and the Universidad de Navarra.
Publications
- Comentario al Texto Refundido de la Ley Concursal. Dos Tomos (Notes on the Insolvency Act, as amended. Two Volumes). Editorial Civitas, Thomson Reuters, 2021.
- El acreedor en el derecho concursal y preconcursal a la luz del texto refundido de la Ley Concursal. Cátedra Uría Menéndez-ICADE de regulación de los mercados. (The creditor in insolvency and pre-insolvency law in the light of the Insolvency Act, as amended. Master class Menéndez-ICADE on market regulation.). Editorial Civitas, Thomson Reuters, 2021.
- “Responsabilidad de los administradores en el ámbito concursal. Aproximación a la culpabilidad por retraso en la solicitud” (“Directors’ liability in the area of insolvency. A view of culpability due to late-filing for insolvency”). In: Derecho de la empresa y de los mercados financieros: Ramón y Cajal Abogados. 30 años. Cizur Menor (Navarra): Aranzadi, 2016.
- He has published various articles in the Revista de Derecho Concursal y Paraconcursal (Insolvency and Pre-Insolvency Law Journal) published by La Ley. He also writes opinion articles in online media and in the written press.
Conferences
- Participation as speaker in the workshops organised by FIDE on the preliminary draft of the bill to amend the Insolvency Act, (September to November 2021).
- Speaker in the workshops organised by FIDE on the analysis of the Insolvency Act, as amended (January and February 2021).
- Participation in the presentation of the Code of Good Practice in production unit selling processes organised by the Madrid Bar Association (ICAM).
- Speaker at the II Conference on Insolvency organised by Editorial Lefevbre (2021).
- Speaker at the Legal Forum Week organised by FIDE (2020).
Affiliations
- Foundation for Law and Business Research (Fundación para la Investigación sobre el Derecho y la Empresa-FIDE).
- INSOL EUROPE (transnational insolvency law).
- Spanish Arbitration Club (Club Español de Arbitraje).