Natalia López Condado

Natalia is a Partner responsible for the Financial Regulation and Investment Funds area within the financial department of the DLA Piper Spain office.

With over 25 years of professional experience, she specializes in advising financial entities on the regulations affecting their daily activities, including banking, payment services, investment services, and asset management sectors.

In the banking sector, she advises on business models to be implemented in Spain by both Spanish and foreign financial institutions, authorization processes before the Bank of Spain and the CNMV, MiFID and CRD policies, marketing of financial products, and proceedings before the Bank of Spain and  CNMV. She also advises on CRR legal opinions rekated to risk mitigation, payment and electronic money services, deposit-taking, loans in Spain, factoring and leasing.

Natalia has extensive experience in regulatory matters affecting the asset management industry such as: ELTIF, UCITS, AIFMD, PRIIPs, the Cross-Border Distribution of Funds Directive, establishment of investment funds and management companies, master-feeder structures, fund pre-marketing, and support in M&A operations.

Natalia also has extensive experience in anti-money laundering matters and advises on cryptocurrency regulation (MICA, advertising requirements) and ESG compliance.