- Practice areas
- Corporate and Commercial Law: Full-service corporate advice, corporate restructurings and governance.
- Cross-Border Transactions: Legal and strategic structuring of complex international transactions.
- Strategic and Economic Consulting: Business feasibility, wealth planning and family office management.
Rafael López-Diéguez Gamoneda
Founder & Managing Partner of RLD
Corporate Lawyer
With over 45 years of experience in business law and strategic consulting, Rafael López-Diéguez Gamoneda is a leading figure in corporate advisory and large-scale wealth and investment management. He currently combines his role as Chairman of a prominent Spanish family office —overseeing a portfolio of more than 30 strategic assets— with the leadership of RLD, the firm he founded and where he serves as Managing Partner.
Throughout his career, he has specialised in structuring and executing complex domestic and cross-border transactions, spanning corporate, financial and legal advisory work. His deep command of Spanish corporate law has established him as a trusted adviser to boards of directors and high-net-worth families, and he serves regularly as Secretary and Member of the Board of Directors of a range of Spanish and international companies.
He also maintains a significant institutional and academic presence, holding a full academic chair and sitting on the advisory boards of Spain’s principal diplomatic institutions.
He practises bilingually in Spanish and English.
- Experience
- Chief Executive Officer of several multinational companies in Spain and abroad.
- Board Member and Company Secretary of numerous Spanish and international companies, overseeing corporate governance and regulatory compliance.
- Chairman, Family Office (Spain).
- Founder and Managing Partner | RLD.
- Education
- MBA | IE Business School, Madrid.
- Law Degree (Licenciado en Derecho) | Universidad San Pablo CEU, Madrid.
- Institutional Positions and Distinctions
- Board Member of the Academia de la Diplomacia del Reino de España.
- Full Member (Académico de Número) and member of the Academic Advisory Board of the Academia de la Diplomacia.Member of the Madrid Bar Association (ICAM).
- Member of the Madrid Bar Association (ICAM).
- Recognitions
2024
Best Lawyers Spain
Corporate and M&A
2023
Best Lawyers Spain
Corporate and M&A
2022
Best Lawyers Spain
Corporate and M&A
2021
Best Lawyers Spain
Corporate and M&A
2020
Best Lawyers Spain
Corporate and M&A