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Socios de RCD

IgnasiCostas

Socio codirector. Responsable del Área de Innovación y Emprendimiento

  • He is a top legal talent who is extremely smart, with great vision and delivery. Chambers and Partners, Private Equity: Venture Capital 2024
  • His expertise goes beyond what we could have asked for. We are very grateful to have him as our lawyer. Chambers and Partners, Private Equity: Venture Capital 2024
  • I think that he has a very strong position in matters related to a start-up. Chambers and Partners, Fintech 2023
  • His commitment has always been exemplary. Chambers and Partners, Private Equity: Venture Capital 2023
  • Commercial vision and solution-oriented approach. Chambers and Partners, Private Equity: Venture Capital 2022
  • Extremely bright lawyer. Chambers and Partners, Life Sciences 2022
  • An extremely bright lawyer and a keen supporter of innovation. Chambers and Partners, Fintech 2022
  • He makes everything easy and quick. Chambers and Partners, Private Equity: Venture Capital 2021
  • His fast pace of working is really appreciated. Chambers and Partners, Private Equity: Venture Capital 2021
  • Something more than a lawyer - he puts himself in your shoes and understands your position. Chambers and Partners, Fintech 2021

Experiencia

Ignasi fue uno de los miembros fundadores, siendo ahora socio codirector de RCD. También es el socio responsable de Relaciones Internacionales y del Área de Innovación y Emprendimiento, que engloba las prácticas de iniciativa emprendedora, venture capital, corporate venturing y spin-offs académicas.

Cuenta con amplia e intensa experiencia en asesoramiento legal a emprendedores e inversores en procesos de negociación y alianzas estratégicas. También ha colaborado con diferentes entidades públicas de investigación y en la creación de empresas basadas en el conocimiento (spin-offs).


OTRA INFORMACIÓN DE INTERÉS

  • Miembro del Consejo del Center on the Legal Profession de la Universidad de Harvard
  • Antiguo CodeX Fellow en la Universidad de Stanford
  • Visiting Scholar en la Facultad de Derecho, Universidad de Columbia
  • Miembro del Comité de Derecho Sanitario y de Ciencias de la Vida de la International Bar Association (IBA)
  • Co-chair del Comité Internacional de Private Equity de la American Bar Association (ABA)
  • Miembro del Consejo de Administración de diferentes empresas de carácter tecnológico
  • Miembro del Consejo Académico de la Universidad Pompeu Fabra (UPF)
  • Designado árbitro por el Tribunal Arbitral de Barcelona (TAB)
  • Autor de diferentes artículos académicos relacionados con sus áreas de práctica y conocimiento
  • Ponente habitual de universidades de todo el país

Formación

  • Licenciado en Derecho, Universidad Pompeu Fabra (UPF)
  • Máster en Derecho (LLM), Universidad de California, Davis
  • Analista financiero (CEFA), Instituto de Estudios Financieros (IEF)
  • Diploma de Estudios Avanzados (DEA) en Derecho Financiero, Universidad de Barcelona (UB)
  • Estudios de posgrado en UC Berkeley, UCLA y Harvard

Premios y reconocimientos

2024
LEGAL 500

  • Commercial, corporate and M&A
  • Healthcare & Life Sciences
  • Private Equity
  • Public Law - Leading individual
  • TMT

    • CHAMBERS AND PARTNERS EUROPE 2024
    • Life Sciences: Regulatory
    • Private Equity: Venture Capital

      • CHAMBERS FINTECH
      • FinTech Legal

        • LEADERS LEAGUE
        • Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals & Biotech: Life Sciences
        • Innovation, Technology & Telecom: Data Protection
        • Innovation, Technology & Telecom: Technology
          • Intellectual Property: Copyright & Design Law, Trademark Litigation and Patent Litigation
          • Private Equity – Advisory

            • BEST LAWYERS
            • Administrative Law
            • Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice
            • Corporate and M&A Law
            • FinTech Practice
            • Health Care Law
            • Information Technology Law
            • Intellectual Property Law Investment
            • Investment Funds
            • Privacy & Data Protection Law
            • Private Equity Law
            • Venture Capital Law

              • IAM PATENT
              • Patent Transactions

                • WHO’S WHO LEGAL
                • Life Sciences: Regulatory
                  • Life Sciences: Transactional

                    • 2023
                    CHAMBERS FINTECH
                    • FinTech Legal

                      • CHAMBERS AND PARTNERS EUROPE 2023
                      • Life Sciences: Regulatory
                      • Private Equity: Venture Capital

                        • LEGAL 500
                        • Commercial, corporate and M&A
                        • Healthcare & Life Sciences
                        • Private Equity
                        • Public Law - Leading individual
                        • TMT

                          • LEADERS LEAGUE
                          • Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals & Biotech: Life Sciences
                          • Innovation, Technology & Telecom: Data Protection
                          • Innovation, Technology & Telecom: Technology
                            • Intellectual Property: Copyright & Design Law, Trademark Litigation and Patent Litigation
                            • Private Equity – Advisory

                              • BEST LAWYERS
                              • Administrative Law
                              • Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice
                              • Corporate and M&A Law
                              • FinTech Practice
                              • Health Care Law
                              • Information Technology Law
                              • Intellectual Property Law
                              • Investment Funds
                              • Privacy & Data Protection Law
                              • Private Equity Law
                              • Venture Capital Law

                                • IAM PATENT
                                • Patent Transactions

                                  • WHO’S WHO LEGAL
                                  • Life Sciences: Regulatory
                                    • Life Sciences: Transactional

                                      • 2022
                                      CHAMBERS FINTECH
                                      • FinTech Legal

                                        • CHAMBERS AND PARTNERS EUROPE 2022
                                        • Life Sciences: Regulatory
                                        • Private Equity: Venture Capital

                                          • LEGAL 500
                                          • Leading Individual: Public Law

                                            • LEADERS LEAGUE
                                            • Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals & Biotech: Life Sciences
                                            • Innovation, Technology & Telecom: Data Protection
                                            • Innovation, Technology & Telecom: Technology
                                              • Intellectual Property: Copyright & Design Law, Trademark Litigation and Patent Litigation
                                              • Private Equity – Advisory

                                                • BEST LAWYERS
                                                • Venture Capital
                                                • Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice
                                                • Investment Funds
                                                • Corporate and M&A
                                                • Information Technology Law
                                                • Private Equity
                                                • FinTech Practice
                                                • Intellectual Property Law
                                                • Privacy & Data Protection Law

                                                  • IAM PATENT
                                                  • Patent Transactions

                                                    • WHO’S WHO LEGAL
                                                    • Life Sciences: Regulatory
                                                      • Life Sciences: Transactional

                                                        • 2021
                                                        CHAMBERS AND PARTNERS EUROPE 2021
                                                        • Life Sciences: Regulatory
                                                        • Private Equity: Venture Capital

                                                          • CHAMBERS FINTECH
                                                          • FinTech Legal

                                                            • LEADERS LEAGUE
                                                            • Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
                                                            • Innovation, Technology & Telecom: Technology and Data Privacy & Cibersecurity
                                                              • Intellectual Property: Copyright & Design Law, Trademark Litigation and Patent Litigation
                                                              • Venture Capital
                                                              • Private Equity Transactions

                                                                • BEST LAWYERS
                                                                • Venture Capital
                                                                • Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice
                                                                • Investment Funds - Lawyer of the year
                                                                • Corporate and M&A
                                                                • Information Technology Law
                                                                • Private Equity
                                                                • FinTech Practice
                                                                • Intellectual Property Law
                                                                • Privacy & Data Protection Law

                                                                  • IAM PATENT
                                                                  • Patent Transactions

                                                                    • WHO’S WHO LEGAL
                                                                    • Life Sciences: Regulatory
                                                                      • Life Sciences: Transactional

                                                                        • 2020
                                                                        CHAMBERS AND PARTNERS EUROPE 2020
                                                                        • Life Sciences: Regulatory
                                                                        • Private Equity: Venture Capital

                                                                          • CHAMBERS FINTECH
                                                                          • FinTech Legal

                                                                            • LEGAL 500
                                                                            • Commercial, corporate and M&A
                                                                            • Health & Life Sciences
                                                                            • Intellectual Property: Trademarks
                                                                            • Private Equity
                                                                            • Public
                                                                            • TMT

                                                                              • LEADERS LEAGUE
                                                                              • Health, Pharma & Biotechnology
                                                                              • Technologies, Internet & Telecommunications
                                                                              • Technologies, Internet & Telecommunications: Technology and Digital Services
                                                                              • Intellectual Property: Trademark Litigation, Trademark & Copyright, Patent Litigation

                                                                                • BEST LAWYERS
                                                                                • Venture Capital
                                                                                • Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice - Abogado del Año
                                                                                • Investment Funds
                                                                                • Corporate and M&A
                                                                                • Information Technology Law
                                                                                • Private Equity
                                                                                • FinTech Practice
                                                                                • Intellectual Property Law

                                                                                  • IAM PATENT
                                                                                  • Patent Transactions

                                                                                    • WHO’S WHO LEGAL
                                                                                    • Life Sciences: Regulatory
                                                                                      • Life Sciences: Transactional

                                                                                        • 2019
                                                                                        EXPANSIÓN 2019
                                                                                      • Seleccionado como uno de los 10 mejores abogados de España

                                                                                        • CHAMBERS AND PARTNERS EUROPE 2019
                                                                                        • Life Sciences: Regulatory
                                                                                        • Private Equity: Venture Capital
                                                                                        • Public Law
                                                                                        • TMT: Information Technology

                                                                                          • LEGAL 500
                                                                                          • Commercial, corporate and M&A
                                                                                          • Health & Life Sciences
                                                                                          • Intellectual Property: Patents, Copyright and Trademarks
                                                                                          • Private Equity
                                                                                          • Public
                                                                                          • TMT

                                                                                            • LEADERS LEAGUE
                                                                                            • Health, Pharma & Biotechnology
                                                                                            • Technologies, Internet & Telecommunications
                                                                                            • Intellectual Property: Trademark Litigation, Trademark & Copyright, Patent Litigation
                                                                                            • Venture Capital Transactions
                                                                                            • Private Equity

                                                                                              • BEST LAWYERS
                                                                                              • Venture Capital
                                                                                              • Biotechnology Law
                                                                                              • Investment Funds
                                                                                              • Corporate and M&A
                                                                                              • Information Technology Law
                                                                                              • Private Equity

                                                                                                • IAM PATENT
                                                                                                • Patent Transactions

                                                                                                  • WHO’S WHO LEGAL
                                                                                                  • Life Sciences: Regulatory

                                                                                                    • 2018
                                                                                                    CHAMBERS AND PARTNERS EUROPE 2018
                                                                                                    • Life Sciences
                                                                                                    • Private Equity
                                                                                                    • Public Law
                                                                                                    • TMT

                                                                                                      • BEST LAWYERS
                                                                                                      • Venture Capital
                                                                                                      • Biotechnology Law
                                                                                                      • Corporate and M&A
                                                                                                      • Investment Funds

                                                                                                        • IAM PATENT
                                                                                                        • Patent Transactions

                                                                                                          • WHO’S WHO LEGAL
                                                                                                          • Life Sciences: Transactional; Regulatory