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Directors in a Spanish Limited Liability Company
There are several aspects that must be considered when incorporating a limited liability company in Spain (“Sociedad Limitada”), and one of them is how the company will be managed; how many Directors are needed, who can be a Director, which are the requirements to be...
Unsuccessful precautionary measures in a case of construction
Comes to our law firm for legal advice a promoting company who had concluded a contract for work by which the contractor agreed to restore a building and transform it into nine apartments. As a consequence of some disagreements related to the final price of the...
Non-residents taxation: debt or equity investments in Spain
The tax residence of an investor is key to determining the taxation applicable to its income obtained in Spain. Thus, while investors residing in Spain must pay taxes on the income obtained worldwide - either by personal income tax or by Corporation Tax, depending on...
Setting up a business in Spain
Setting up a business in Spain can be done using a variety of legal forms. Choosing one or another will be very much dependent on the needs and priorities of each investor. In this article we outline the most frequently used legal structures in Spain: Autónomo (Sole...
M&A and Real Estate opportunities in Spain
With the toughest months of the Covid-19 pandemic soon behind and the start of the vaccination campaign approaching, the Spanish economy will be embarking on a new path to return to pre-Covid levels. In this article, we analyze the main effects of the pandemic, how...
Giménez-Salinas, first Spanish member of GBL Alliance
GBL Alliance has selected Giménez-Salinas Abogados as its exclusive partner in Spain The global network of independent law firms, GBL Alliance, has appointed Spanish law firm Giménez-Salinas Abogados as its exclusive member in our country. Giménez-Salinas Abogados...
Assignment of the right to claim under spanish case law
Introduction On 26 September 2002, the Supreme Court defined the assignment of receivables as the “replacement of the creditor with another person respect to the same credit, (and) implies a change of creditor, the new creditor having the same right as the previous...
The firm advice a board of directors.
The firm advises the board of directors of a credit financial institution on the legal challenges of its relationship with the Bank of Spain, consumer regulations and the latest legislative developments that directly affect its business. A partner of the firm is a...
Transaction agreement with a banking institution
We have recently reached a transactional agreement with a bank in a matter of pledged shares by a foreign client. The conflict was that the bank blocked the order of sale of our client's shares because of the pledge, producing a price depression. The agreement has...
Collective of more than 50 affected
The firm has defended for years a group of more than 50 affected by a fraud for fraudulent issuance of mortgage bonds (Caja Hipotecaria de Valores) with the participation of two Notaries. With the objective to recover the investment made in its day, whose amount...
Lawsuit against a promoter
We have recently filed a lawsuit against a promoter, its administrator, and a bank for delays in the delivery of houses. The promoter failed to fulfill its obligation to deposit the advances into a special account and to take a financial guarantee, as required by law....
National and international clients in credit recovery
Since its creation, the firm has advice national and international clients in the recovery of their credits through legal proceedings, both in Spain and abroad. Do not take large debt portfolios, but rather prefer the cases of special complexity.
Nullity of the will
A client asks us to annul the only will her father granted when he had no sufficient cognitive and volitional ability to do so. Once the complaint was filed and before the evidences provided, the other part proposed to reach an agreement by which he accepts the...
Claim of legitimacy
A client who has been unfairly disinherited by his father and without mediate any of the causes established by the Catalunya civil code. By the corresponding judicial action, the heir payed him 100% of the legitimacy that by law corresponds to him.
Child custody
Appeal court judgment revoking the first instance judgment: Our client comes to us in order to appeal a judgment of first instance that established paternal-filial measures. In particular, the sentence attributed the custody of the child to both parents although the...
Modification of divorce and enforcement measures.
We request an amendment of measures regarding a divorce decree obtained a few years earlier. We obtain 30% higher child maintenance than she had previously and in the execution phase we reached an agreement whereby the father paid 90% of the accumulated debt.
Defense of the board of directors in a bankrupt company.
Defense of the board of directors of a bankrupt company before the request of personal liability in the layoff. The result obtained was the rejection of the request of participation of the board of directors in the layoff consulting period.
Defense of 40 workers.
Defense of the board of directors of a bankrupt company before the request of personal liability in the layoff. The result obtained was the rejection of the request of participation of the board of directors in the layoff consulting period.
Transactional agreement representing an important German industrial group.
Negotiation of a transactional agreement representing an important German industrial group with a Spanish subsidiary. An agreement was reached with the general director of the Spanish subsidiary on the indemnification derived from the extinction of his senior...
Ilegal assignment of workers.
Continuous advice on an outsourcing services company in the area of illegal assignment of workers.