As a lawyer specialized in restructuring and insolvency with more than 19 years of experience, she has taken part in high-profile insolvency proceedings such as Martinsa Fadesa, Reyal Urbis, Blanco and Factoría Naval de Marín. Throughout her career, Cruz has built solid expertise in restructuring processes, insolvency situations, cross-border insolvencies, and special situations. She has extensive experience advising on proceedings involving financially distressed companies (insolvency, restructuring, and related litigation) with implications in capital markets and structured finance. She has participated in restructurings across various sectors such as mining, retail, food industry, transport, and manufacturing, among others, advising debtors, financial institutions, and investors.
Before joining Fieldfisher, she was Head of the Restructuring and Insolvency team at Deloitte. Previously, she served as Director in the Litigation and Insolvency Department at KPMG.
In addition to her work as a lawyer, she has also pursued academic activities and is currently completing her PhD on preventive restructuring frameworks at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. She is also the author of several publications, a speaker at specialized forums, and a member of the faculty of various specialization programs in restructuring.