Specialists in dispute resolution
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The importance of the details in shareholder disputes.
PDF VERSION Shareholder disputes is a complex discipline in which there are many details that can be critical in the resolution of the case. We are going to explain a case in which the key to the conflict resolution was the review of the titles of acquisition of the...
M&A Guide for buying and selling a business in Spain
PDF VERSION Buying or selling a business is a complex transaction that requires dedication and specific knowledge. An M&A deal is structured in various stages, some of which will be carried out in successive order, while others can be done simultaneously in order...
Hidden defects in the purchase of Real Estate in Spain
PDF VERSION After the financial crisis of 2008 the real estate market in Spain dramatically changed. The percentage of newly built properties sold has moved from 44% in 2007 to only 17% in 2022[1]. In other words, in 2007 almost half of the total dwellings sold in...
International debt recovery.
PDF VERSION 1.- Recovery action requested from a spanish company against a foreign company outside the EU. A national company based in Madrid whose corporate purpose is to offer consulting solutions specialized in Retail and F&B (food and beverage sector) requests...
Debt recovery in Spain.
PDF VERSION 1.- Recovery actions requested from a foreign company against a Spanish national company. We were contacted by an insurance company based in Latvia, with subsidiaries all over Europe, and whose corporate purpose is the commercialization of non-life and...
Out-of-court negotiation for the settlement of a compensation for clientele.
PDF VERSION We were contacted by the sole partner and director of an Italian company whose corporate purpose was the intermediation of products aimed at the mass consumer market in Italy and other EU countries. Said client told us that he wanted to terminate the...
The position of the creditor in the new Spanish bankruptcy system
PDF VERSION The 26th of September 2022 the new Spanish Bankruptcy Law will come into force. One of the main aspects of the new regulation is that it grants a new role to creditors within the bankruptcy procedure, which they did not have until now. This article aims to...
Complex shares sale transaction
PDF VERSION Our clients, owners of a successful business in the services sector, received an offer from a large American corporation interested in acquiring their Spanish company. The buyer initially acquired 70% of the shares, allowing the sellers to continue with...
Franchising in Spain with a local partner
PDF VERSION Out of the approximately 1,381 franchise brands operating in Spain, more than 249 come from other countries, most notably France, the United States, Italy and the United Kingdom. This means that about 20% of the franchise brands in Spain are foreign...
Trade secrets violation and breach of the duty of confidentiality in the framework of the acquisition of a hotel complex: commentary on the Court decision of the appeal court of Barcelona n. 853/2022, May 20.
PDF VERSION The Court decision of the Appeal Court of Barcelona n. 853/2022, May 20 solves the appeal against the first instance court decision that resolved the case of trade secrets violation and breach of a confidentiality agreement, in the framework of the...
The assignment of the trademark derived from the sale of the undertaking: On the presumption established in the article 47 of the Spanish trademark law.
PDF Version A trademark is a distinctive sign that belongs to the intangible assets of the undertaking and aims to distinguish the goods and services of one undertaking from those of other undertakings. A trademark as an asset is used in the course of trade and as an...
Distribution and Franchising. New vertical block exemption regulation and guidelines.
PDF VERSION The European Commission has adopted a new Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (“VBER”) which replaces the previous one approved in 2010. The new VBER updates the principles for a general exemption from competition rules for vertical agreements (including...