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Haya Real Estate appoints Daniel López Sanz as head of its new Recoveries and Debt Services Department


  • The new department will provide support for a new business line offering integrated management of amicable debt recovery procedures
  • Daniel López will head up a specialist team of over 150 people providing services to the different players within the financial sector

Haya Real Estate (“Haya”) – the leading Spanish debt and real estate asset management company – has appointed Daniel López Sanz as head of its new Recoveries and Debt Services Department.

Daniel López will lead this newly created department, overseeing a specialist team of over 150 people from a variety of career backgrounds with extensive experience in managing and recovering unpaid debts both by amicable means and through the courts.

Specifically, the objective of the Recoveries and Debt Services Department is to provide the different players within the financial sector with a specialist integrated debt management service that reflects the new accounting and legal regulatory framework in which they operate and present-day market conditions. The service covers all stages of management and recovery, from classifying and managing performing loans through to anticipating recurring or technical irregularities and achieving a coordinated recovery (whether by amicable means or through the courts) in the event of default, together with collateral management. With its new offering, Haya continues to provide its clients with tailored solutions to give them a competitive edge and help mitigate potential losses.

Daniel López is a graduate in Economics and Law from Carlos III University in Madrid and has extensive experience in debt management and recovery. He began his career with the Banco Español de Crédito, where he set up the first department to offer integrated debt recovery services (amicable settlements, court proceedings and real estate) for portfolios held by international financial institutions. He then spent over 10 years with Aktua Soluciones Financieras (now part of Intrum Group), where he was Regional Client and Sales Director for Spain, Portugal and Latin America and a member of the Spanish and Regional Management Boards.

About Haya Real Estate

Haya is one of the leading company in the management of Non-Performing Loans and Real Estate Owned assets (NPLs and REOs, respectively) in Spain. The company manages assets as well as financial and real estate vehicles for a wide variety of clients, from financial institutions to international investors. In total, Haya is responsible for €26.1 billion of AuMs (Assets under Management) as of June 2022.

Haya offers products and services covering the entire value chain of NPLs and REOs. Its NPL services focus on the management of corporate or individuals’ debt, with a high degree of specialization in the valuation, management and recovery of loans and the conversion of non-performing loans into real estate owned assets. Real estate services are delivered to a portfolio of ~163,000 assets, and they range from asset boarding, property management, maintenance and valuation to its commercialization. Haya's services are fully integrated into the lifecycle of each NPL / REO, and also involve portfolio advisory and underwriting capabilities, rental management, land management, completion of works in progress.

Haya’s main clients include financial institutions such as BBVA, Caixabank, Cajamar, and international investment funds such as Cerberus Capital Management. The company employs ~661 professionals, featuring an extensive sales network that covers the entire Spanish geography. Haya has invested in cutting-edge technology, data analysis and IT tools focused on industrialization, process efficiency and performance delivery which are key to deal with current market environment.

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