Molina Serrano, Plácido

Director of RAUDA ALSP, a firm integrated into the Cuatrecasas Group.
Working languages: Spanish (native), English and French.
He holds a Law degree from the University of Granada and completed part of his academic training at the Faculty of Law of the University of Poitiers and the Faculty of Business Administration and Management of Paris XII Val-de-Marne University. During his university years, he coordinated the Erasmus programmes of the Faculties of Law and Political Science at the University of Granada. He also gained international professional experience at the Scottish Tourist Board and Falkirk Legal Services.
He began his professional career as a lawyer at Cuatrecasas in 2001, joining the Barcelona office in the Administrative Law department. He subsequently moved to the Madrid office to join the Litigation department and also spent part of his professional career at the Paris office. Specialising in litigation and dispute resolution, he was the driving force behind and Director of Cuatrecasas’ Collection Department, leading judicial and out-of-court proceedings in various areas of private law, particularly real estate, commercial, civil and family law matters.
In July 2018, while continuing to fulfil his responsibilities at Cuatrecasas, he took over as Director of GD Legal, Gesdocument’s legal division specialising in comprehensive legal advice for small and medium-sized enterprises. In this role, he managed multidisciplinary teams in the commercial, tax, employment and litigation areas, coordinating the activities of the Madrid and Barcelona offices.
Since November 2021, he has served as Director of RAUDA ALSP, a Cuatrecasas Group company specialising in the provision of high-value-added legal services. Under his leadership, teams from GD Legal and Cuatrecasas were integrated, consolidating a structure capable of providing specialised support to the Group across all areas of law. He currently leads an international project with a presence in Spain, Portugal, Colombia and Chile. Alongside his professional activity, he has developed an extensive academic and teaching career. He is Director of ISDE’s Master’s Degree in International Law Practice, a programme taught jointly with the Law Degree at the Complutense University of Madrid, as well as Director of the Master’s Degree for Access to the Legal Profession and Court Representation offered by ISDE as an affiliated centre of the UCM. He is also part of the academic management team of several legal education programmes, including the Course for Access to the Legal Profession organised by ISDE in collaboration with Carlos III University of Madrid.
Previously, he served as Director of the ISDE-Economist & Jurist Master’s Degree in Legal Practice, Director of the Legal Spanish Course offered by ISDE together with the Instituto Cervantes, a member of IS