We are experts in Corporate and SME secured loans, residential mortgages, and Real Estate portfolios, providing end-to-end services. Treating debtors as clients, we facilitate communication and outcomes.
WHO WE ARE
The Servicing platform of Copernicus Group, a trusted Global partner in NPL and Real Estate asset management
WHO WE ARE
Copernicus Servicing is a global, independent non-performing loan and Real Estate asset management platform
We specialize in Corporate and SME secured loans, residential mortgages, and Real Estate portfolios, providing end-to-end services. Our multidisciplinary team optimizes recovery with a focus on transparency, client alignment, and conflict-free operations.
TEAM
The Copernicus Servicing Team
The Copernicus Servicing team is comprised of +300 multidisciplinary professionals with expertise in managing different alternative investments in different jurisdictions.
Founder of Copernicus Group in 2013.
His professional background combines senior leadership roles in global investment banking and capital markets, with deep expertise in financial strategy and corporate governance.
He served as Member of the Board of Citigroup Iberia, Co-Head of Investment Banking and Capital Markets at Citigroup Spain, and Managing Director at Citigroup Spain.
Previously, he was Co-Founder and Managing Director for Spain and Portugal at Salomon Smith Barney, and President & CEO of Nikko Securities SVSA.
Juan joined Copernicus Group in 2013 as Founding Partner and is Managing Director of Copernicus Spain & Perú.
He has held several leadership roles within the company, including Head of Legal, Head of Servicing, and Head of Iberia and Perú.
Juan holds a Law degree and a Master’s degree in Corporate Legal Advice from Universidad Complutense.
With over 20 years of experience in distressed debt and asset management, he previously served as Head of Legal Departments across three regional offices at Banco Popular. Later, he led the bank’s national Legal Department specializing in foreclosures and bankruptcies, managing over 20,000 delinquent mortgages and 10,000 corporate insolvency cases.
Juan personally handled Banco Popular’s 35 largest corporate bankruptcies.
Paul is a Founding Partner and joined Copernicus Group in 2014.
Since then, he has advised on over 200 NPL portfolio transactions across Spain, Portugal, France and Italy, bringing deep expertise in corporate finance, distressed assets, and cross-border advisory.
He has a Bachelor’s degree in Business Studies with First Class Honours and is a qualified Irish Chartered Accountant, with over 25 years of professional experience.
Before joining Copernicus, Paul was Director of Restructuring at KPMG Spain, advising lenders, debtors, and alternative investors. Earlier in his career, he advised private equity and corporate clients on M&A transactions, including some of the largest leveraged buyouts (LBOs) in Spain between 2004 and 2009.
He began his professional career at KPMG Dublin, auditing companies primarily in the technology, media, and telecommunications (TMT) sector from 1997 to 2001.
TIMELINE
A Decade of Growth and Expansion
Copernicus Servicing celebrates more than a decade of growth, having managed over €12 billion in assets and expanding across key European NPL markets, including Italy, Greece, France, and Peru, solidifying its position as a leading servicer.
OUR SERVICES
End-to-end Services
We specialize in the comprehensive management of secured Corporate, SME, and Residential mortgage loan portfolios.
WHY COPERNICUS
The leading independent Corporate and SME focused Servicer in Europe
We offer access to a leading NPL investment and management platform with relevant expertise to capture the NPL opportunity in Europe. Our Pan European presence with headquarters in Madrid and local offices in Italy, Greece and France allows us to select the best opportunities in the market.
OUR APPROACH
360º Management
Our 360º management approach is driven by a multidisciplinary in-house team that works proactively from day one. We focus on delivering innovative solutions and tailored alternatives for complex situations, leveraging four key strategic approaches.
Negotiation
We maintain continuous negotiation and direct contact with debtors to identify and implement both traditional and innovative recovery solutions, supported by an internal team fully dedicated to on-site collections (“Field Collecting”).
Financial Expertise
Rigorous analysis of alternatives with a financial valuation of scenarios to reach agreements.
Judicial Insight
Internal legal team with over +80 lawyers which work from pre-litigation to the final stages of the process (friendly and/or judicial). High capability in extrajudicial agreements.
Specialists in Real Estate
Internal team of over 60 professionals.
Experience managing over 45,000 Real Estate assets.
Experience managing over 45,000 Real Estate assets.
COPERNICUS GROUP
Know More About Us
Copernicus Group offers end-to-end asset and investment management services to investors in performing and non-performing loans, special situations, and Real Estate.
Since 2018 we have been recognised by the Spanish Ministry of Industry as an Innovative SME (only servicer in Spain with such recognition).
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Copernicus Servicing, S.L. is authorized by the Bank of Spain to act as a Real Estate Credit Intermediary in accordance with Law 5/2019 of March 15 on real estate credit agreements, under registration code D719.
The REOGENTO project addresses the creation of an innovative Internal Intelligence System for the mining, management, and exploitation of the company’s internal knowledge related to portfolio valuation and the determination of time-critical strategies.Its main objective is to fundamentally transform daily operations by eliminating inefficiencies and enhancing employees’ ability to make meaningful contributions. The development of this project will be key to optimizing all phases of the company’s workflow, streamlining processes, generating valuable knowledge, and enabling scalability and automation.
