The board of directors of non-listed companies in Spain
PDF VERSION 1.- Introduction The managing body of a company can adopt different forms: a sole director; various members acting jointly and severally, or jointly; or a Board of Directors. The managing body of a company, no matter which of the aforementioned...
Business litigation in Spain
PDF VERSION 1.- Introduction: The Spanish Court System The Spanish Court System is divided into five different jurisdictions classified by subject: civil, criminal, administrative, labour and military. Each of the jurisdictions has its own substantive law and...
The position of the minority shareholder in a subsidiary in Spain
Some foreign companies with a subsidiary in Spain usually ask about their position as shareholders of less than 50% of the shares of a Limited Liability Company (S.L.), in Spain, when there is a conflict between partners. Some of them even appoint us as legal...
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...
Interprovider business group of Mercadona, S.A.
Our law firm has successfully advised on the sale of a business group in the bottled mineral water sector to an interprovider of Mercadona, S.A., Bebidas Naturales, S.A., a company belonging to the group Importaco, S.A. Our client was going to have a turnover of more...
Advice on the separation of an important consultant
As an example, we can mention a recent advice on the separation of an important Project Management Consultant, 50% owned by two family members who were also joint administrators in two independent companies, thus avoiding the judicial dissolution of the company and...
We advise Business Angels and Venture Capital companies
We advise Business Angels and venture capital companies in the recovery of credits and in the liability claims of start up managers, in those cases in which there is negligence in the performance of the managers, due to asset flight, business succession, abandonment...
Corporate conflicts in important family businesses
We have participated in the defense of numerous corporate conflicts in important family businesses. These conflicts are characterized by their high emotional content, demanding, in addition to a studied legal strategy, an important didactic work to the client, to try...
Deviation of client portfolio by a family business administrator. Precautionary measure of substitution of the administrator by a judicial administrator.
A minority partner of a family business group, consisting of a service and equity firms, suspected that his brother, who is a majority partner and de facto sole administrator, was diverting all turnover, clients and workers to another of his ownership. In this way,...