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Jesús Almarcha Jaime
Contact
jalmarcha@perezllorca.com
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Profile
Jesús Almarcha Jaime joined Pérez-Llorca in 2020. Prior to this, Jesús worked as a lawyer at a national firm specialised in financial regulation, the Spanish Association of Insurers and Reinsurers (UNESPA), and another prestigious Spanish firm.
Studies:
- 2015 Master’s degree for Access to the Legal Profession, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM)
- 2014 Degree in Law, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM)
He speaks Spanish and English.
Experience
Jesús Almarcha has over five years of experience providing legal advice to Spanish and international financial institutions, especially in the insurance sector.
Jesús has been involved in some of this sector’s most significant regulatory transactions, such as adapting insurance entities’ business models to the demands of solvency II, advising on the development of the free provision of services and the right of establishment in Spain, the granting of licences to operate in different branches of insurance, the technical analysis of insurance contracts, advice to develop insurance distribution activity, judicial and non-judicial claims due to refusals of coverage, improving insurance entities’ system of governance, and the communication and submission of information to the DGSFP (Spanish Directorate-General for Insurance and Pension Funds).
Jesús has also provided advice on insurance and reinsurance in financing operations and has collaborated on the development of regulatory projects in the insurance sector through the preparation of proposals for modifications and amendments before governmental and political institutions.
Academic and publishing collaborations
Jesús has given classes on Insurance Law at the Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM) and the Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
Additionally, Jesús has had a wide variety of articles and legal papers related to the insurance sector published in the most important legal journals, including:
- “Un nuevo esquema de supervisión en el Anteproyecto de Ley para la transformación del sistema financiero (regulatory sandbox) ”, Diario La Ley núm. 9427, LA LEY, 2019.
- “Aspectos clave en la distribución del seguro de vida unit-linked (Libro blanco de los seguros unit-linked)”, Revista Española de Seguros 176/2018, SEAIDA, 2019.
- “El Anteproyecto de Ley reguladora de los contratos de crédito inmobiliario desde la perspectiva aseguradora”, Boletín Diario de Seguros (BDS), INESE, 2017.
- “La cláusula que aplica un baremo indemnizatorio para el caso de invalidez es limitativa y el asegurado debe aceptarla expresamente también en los seguros colectivos”, Revista Cuadernos Civitas de Jurisprudencia Civil 104/2017, CIVITAS ARANZADI, 2017.
Professional organisations
The Madrid Bar Association (ICAM).
The Spanish Branch of the International Association of Insurance Law (SEAIDA).
Awards
Castilla-La Mancha Bar Association Award for Legal Studies in Private Law with Great Economic and Social Impact (2015).
