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Jaime Bofill

Partner

CMS Albiñana & Suárez de Lezo
Paseo de Recoletos 7–9
28004 Madrid
Spain
Languages Spanish, English

Jaime Bofill heads the Insurance, Reinsurance & Innovation department at CMS Albiñana & Suárez de Lezo. He specialises in insurance, reinsurance, financial institutions, retail banking, payment services and the emerging areas of Fintech and Insurtech. 

He regularly advises on corporate transactions and insurance and reinsurance distribution, including M&A, the creation of joint ventures and business restructuring in the insurance sector, as well as advice on insurance and reinsurance policy cover. He has designed, coordinated and had a hand in numerous cross-border mergers between European insurers and is a renowned expert in portfolio transfers (at domestic and international level) and the sale and purchase of insurance companies. 

Jaime also specialises in regulatory law and relationships with the Spanish authorities, having been involved in countless complex cases before the Directorate-General for Insurance and Pension Funds. 

He has acquired vast experience in the payment services sector where he has worked for domestic and international enterprises on aspects relating to the Payment Services Directives and their implementation in Spain, not to mention his work on money laundering and its corresponding obligations. He has also previously worked for payment services companies on international matters.

He is ranked in Band 3 for Insurance and Fintech by Chambers & Partners and features as a recommended lawyer by Best Lawyers, Expert Guides and Who's Who Legal. In recent years he has received several Acritas stars as an independently rated lawyer and for his work on regulatory matters.

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“Bofill has innate qualities which help him come up with the best solutions”.
“He is engaged, responsive, and always keeps us in the loop".

Chambers & Partners

“He is really responsive, business-friendly and commercial”.

Chambers FinTech

“Jaime and his team are really involved in payments and insurance and regulation”.
“He has good communication skills to help connect the different actors; Not all lawyers and technical experts have this ability”.

Chambers FinTech

Relevant experience

  • Jaime has advised sector-leading companies on a wide range of matters, including the Spanish FinTech Association (AEFI) on the formation of the sandbox in Spain, an international insurer on one of the first cross-border mergers in Europe involving a Spanish insurance company, several top-tier insurers on disputes and as an intermediary with the Directorate-General for Insurance and Pension Funds on regulatory matters, Fintech enterprises on authorisation processes with the Bank of Spain and several international payment services firms on setting up their businesses in Spain. 
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Publications

  • Jaime often writes articles and pieces on his areas of expertise for both specialist and general media.
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Lectures list

  • Jaime lectures on contractual law and professional civil liability for the Master's Degree in Access to the Legal Profession at Universidad Pontificia Comillas ICADE (Madrid, Spain). What's more, he has also acted as guest speaker at numerous conferences and events throughout his vast career.
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Education

  • 2003 - Master's Degree in Law, Instituto de Empresa, Madrid (Spain).
  • 1998 - Graduate of Law, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona (Spain).
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The implications of the new Spanish Law on Securities Markets and Investment...
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