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Elena Ruiz Navarro

Manager - Corporate Advisory

Areas of expertise

M&A advisory Corporate restructuring Strategic planning

Specializations

  • Sell-side mandates
  • Carve-outs
  • Post-merger integration

Education

  • MBA, IE Business School
  • Bachelor in Economics, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Languages

Spanish English

Biography

Elena Ruiz Navarro brings over 10 years of M&A advisory experience and leads BMC’s mid-market transaction mandates. She joined the firm in 2018 from a mid-market investment bank where she executed deals across industrial and consumer sectors, gaining full-cycle exposure from process preparation through to closing and execution of definitive agreements.

At BMC she leads sell-side and buy-side mandates for companies with enterprise values between EUR 10 million and EUR 80 million. Her methodology combines rigorous financial analysis with the ability to manage multiple parallel workstreams under the tight timelines that competitive processes demand: teaser and information memorandum preparation, due diligence coordination, SPA negotiation, and data room management. Across her career she has closed over 25 transactions spanning industrial manufacturing, food and beverage, logistics, and business services.

A defining strength is her ability to keep vendor clients focused and confident during the most pressured moments of a process, maintaining deadline discipline without compromising on work quality. She also leads carve-out projects where BMC advises the selling party, structuring the separation of assets and contracts prior to transfer. Her post-merger integration experience extends the firm’s end-to-end offering on more complex transactions where alignment between Day 1 readiness and long-term value capture is critical.

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Services led

Practice areas where Elena serves as lead advisor or active contributor

EU AI Act Compliance

Full compliance with the EU Artificial Intelligence Act: risk classification, conformity assessments, transparency obligations, and prohibited practice audits.

View service AI Governance

AI governance frameworks, ethics committees, algorithmic auditing, bias detection, and AI system registries for responsible organisations.

View service Data Breach Management

Immediate data breach response: 72-hour AEPD notification, containment, impact assessment, affected individual communication, and post-breach remediation.

View service Cookie Compliance & Digital Consent

Cookie audit, Consent Management Platform implementation, LSSI-CE compliance, and ePrivacy Regulation preparation for websites and digital platforms.

View service Data Protection & Privacy

GDPR and LOPDGDD compliance, outsourced DPO, and comprehensive privacy management for businesses.

View service Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA)

Structured DPIA methodology for high-risk processing: risk identification and mitigation, AEPD prior consultation management, and AI system impact assessments.

View service International Data Transfers

Cross-border data transfer compliance: Standard Contractual Clauses, Transfer Impact Assessments, EU-US Data Privacy Framework, and Binding Corporate Rules for multinational groups.

View service High-Risk AI Systems

AI Act compliance for high-risk AI systems: conformity assessments, technical documentation, CE marking, post-market monitoring, and EU database registration.

View service Outsourced DPO (Data Protection Officer)

Fully outsourced Data Protection Officer service: continuous GDPR compliance, AEPD liaison, supervisory authority management, and annual compliance reviews.

View service Privacy by Design

Article 25 GDPR implementation: privacy by design and by default for digital products, software, apps, and internal processes. Direct integration with product and engineering teams.

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