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Socios de RCD

IgnasiCostas

Socio codirector. Responsable del Área de Innovación y Emprendimiento

  • Ignasi is one of the most intelligent and sharp people I know. He has a solution for everything. Chambers & Partners, Fintech 2026
  • I appreciate Ignasi's recommendations and advice. Chambers & Partners, Fintech 2026
  • Ignasi Costas is a visionary. He has spectacular knowledge of both business and legal matters and the ability to provide unparalleled strategic legal advice. Chambers & Partners, Fintech 2025
  • Ignasi has a great strategic vision in matters. Chambers & Partners, Life Sciences 2025
  • Ignasi Costas is an exceptional lawyer. His involvement is extraordinary. Chambers & Partners, Private Equity: Venture Capital 2025
  • Ignasi has great knowledge of the business world and his intelligence and insight allows him to offer comprehensive legal advice. Chambers & Partners, Fintech 2025
  • 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

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
  • 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
  • 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

    2026
    EL CONFIDENCIAL 2026

    • Seleccionado como uno de los mejores abogados de España

      • CHAMBERS AND PARTNERS EUROPE 2026
      • Life Sciences: Transactional
      • Private Equity: Venture Capital

        • CHAMBERS FINTECH
        • FinTech Legal

          • LEADERS LEAGUE
          • Private Equity
          • Venture Capital
          • Fund Structuring

            • 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
            • Leveraged Buyouts Practice
            • Privacy & Data Protection Law
            • Private Equity Law
            • Venture Capital Law

              • 2025
              CHAMBERS AND PARTNERS EUROPE 2025
              • Life Sciences: Transactional
              • 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: Patent Litigation
                    • Private Equity – Advisory
                    • Funds

                      • 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

                          • 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