Judit Martínez

I am an associate in Bird & Bird's Finance & Financial Regulation department in the Madrid office.

I specialise in providing legal and regulatory advice to financial, payment and e-money institutions, especially FinTechs.

In particular, I have worked on matters related to the implementation of new regulations (especially PSD2, CRD, EMD, MiFID), advice on cross-border activity to national and foreign groups, the incorporation and authorisation of regulated entities, the monitoring of authorisation proceedings before the National Securities Market Commission, the Bank of Spain and the Directorate General of Insurance and Pension Funds, or due diligences processes for financial institutions, among others.

Additionally, I have experience in assisting Compliance departments of entities in the financial sector and in advising on Anti-Money Laundering matters, as well as in advising providers engaged in exchange services between virtual currencies and fiat currencies and custodian wallet providers.

Prior to joining Bird & Bird in 2022, I started my professional career as a lawyer in the Financial Services Area of an international company, specifically in the Financial Regulation Department.