Arbitration

We defend our clients' interests in front of national courts (Arbitration Court of Barcelona, Arbitration Court of Madrid, etc.) and international courts (International Chamber of Commerce, Tribunal Arbitral du Sport, etc.) in many different matters such as disputes arising from company acquisition, construction defects, pharmaceutical licenses or sport-related contracts. In addition to this, several of our lawyers also work as arbitrators in administrative proceedings handled by the aforementioned courts, and also in ad hoc arbitration both in law and equity.

Litigation

We defend our clients' interests in all kinds of procedures (inheritance, family, leasing, breach of contract, non-contractual damage claims, insurance, protection of reputation, debt recovery, etc.) in front of any court in Spain. Our firm is probably most recognised for the practice of this legal area since its foundation.

Corporate Area

We provide advice to our clients in all legal issues regarding their commercial activities, not only in prevention (contract design and negotiation, corporate structure, compliance, corporate governance) but also in litigation, when commercial disputes reach to the courts of justice. Our lawyers in the Corporate Area have wide expertise in Company Law and M&A, Stock Market Law, any kind of commercial agreements (distribution, agency, franchise, joint ventures, sponsorship, etc.), unfair competition and advertising, and also in Commercial Litigation. Several of our lawyers act as secretaries to boards of directors or advisors in companies both inside and outside the stock market. We provide our services to different industries such as pharma & healthcare, food and beverage, textile, sports, tourism and leisure or e-commerce.

Industrial and Intellectual Property

Our firm's prestigious Industrial and Intellectual Property department provides advice to our clients both in non-contentious issues (defence of license IP contracts, know how, software, assignment of technology, trade mark application and other IP rights, domain names, etc.) and in contentious issues: court, civil, criminal and administrative defence of exclusivity rights (patents, trademarks, utility models, industrial models and designs, protected denomination of origin, etc.), customs protection with regards to imports, exports, free clearance, transits, deposits or any other customs-related procedures that involve misappropriation of industrial or intellectual property rights, legal action against unfair competition or unlawful advertising, defence against infringement of industrial property rights, etc.

Tax Law

Our firm provides comprehensive advice in tax planning to natural and legal persons both national and internationally, and regarding their operations, tax returns and self assessments, and the representation of our clients' interests in front of tax authorities and courts of justice. Our lawyers in this area have wide expertise in non-resident taxation and double tax treaty interpretation.

Tax Sports Law

Within our Tax Law department we also provide specific tax advice to sportspeople both national and international (football players, tennis players, drivers, cyclists, golf players, etc.), management of resident and non-resident athletes, tax planning and recurrent advice for entities managing image rights.

Sports Law

Our firm provides legal services to all stakeholders in sports business (clubs, associations, leagues, athletes, agents, etc.) in contractual, federative, regulatory and disciplinary matters (including doping) and also in sport-related Litigation both nationally and internationally. Our lawyers habitually represent our clients in front of institutions like FIFA, the Tribunal Arbitral du Sport (TAS) or other sport courts, and some of them are also arbitrators.

Restructuring and Insolvency. Bankruptcy Law

Our firm's important Restructuring and Insolvency and Bankruptcy Law department provides services such as debt refinancing and restructuring to avoid legal and financial insolvency, planning, comprehensive advice and representation of natural persons and companies in bankruptcy proceedings in front of commercial courts. Our lawyers are experts with a broad knowledge and expertise in company continuation and liquidation, including negotiation of agreements with creditors, drafting of feasibility plans, advice in acquisition or sale of productive units from companies of all economic sectors. We also provide comprehensive defence of shareholders, executive officers and directors’ responsibility in bankruptcy proceedings and also creditors (financial institutions, asset management companies and investment funds), third parties and groups of companies affected by insolvency proceedings.

Labour Law

Our firm provides comprehensive advice in relation with Labour Law both in relation to management and legal support. In connection to management we take care of, among other things, preparation of payrolls, Social Security documents, Social Security registrations, cancellations and amendments (RED System), preparation and processing work contracts and their submission to INEM and processing of sick leaves and discharge forms in front of the INSS or mutual insurance companies. In connection to legal support, we represent our clients' interests in dismissal proceedings (both individual and collective and related to bankruptcy proceedings), claims for payments or rights violations, proceedings before labour authorities, legal proceedings derived from labour accidents and negotiation of collective labour agreements, etc.

IT, Media & Telecommunications

We provide advice to our clients in all sorts of legal matters related to information technology, telecommunications, advertising, media, data protection, e-commerce and Computer Law. We design and implement projects related to B2B and B2C businesses, we analyse how our clients comply to current regulations in their websites, e-commerce platforms and data protection, and we represent their interests in front of the courts of justice in issues related to new technologies. We also have a solid expertise in issues related to media rights, mainly sports-related, and in bets and gambling. Our firm has broad experience in providing advice to advertising campaigns and marketing related to complying to rules and regulations.

Competition Law

We provide comprehensive advice in Competition Law both at a national and European level, in different sectors such as food and beverages, media rights, commercial distribution or automotive industry. We represent our clients' interests in front of national and European competition authorities, concerning all proceedings and administrative appeals (inquiries, inspections, offences, precautionary measures, surveillance, appeals, etc.), and in judicial proceedings related to Competition Law. We also provide assistance in design and negotiation of contracts and tender rules that may imply a restriction of competence, and we prepare preliminary reports to the signing of agreements or operations that may potentially conflict with competition rights.

Real Estate and Construction Law

Our firm provides legal advice to national and international clients in connection with all sorts of operations related to the real estate and construction fields, both on a non-contentious level (negotiation of purchase and sale operations, property lease, lease back, granting and modification of encumbrance or contracts for works, etc.) and on a contentious level (proceedings relating construction structural defects or breaches of the terms in a contract for works, etc.).

Civil Law

We provide advice to natural persons, companies and other legal persons in all areas of Civil Law, such as liability and contracts, property, inheritance or family.

Administrative Law

Our firm offers comprehensive services in substantive law and litigation in this area. We provide advice in connection to public contracts, permits, licenses and administrative registration, access to and business development in regulated sectors (water, mines, etc.) or administrative concessions (ports, etc.). We also have wide expertise in connection with Construction Law, and we provide advice to our clients in relation to planning, managing and development of construction, establishment of tourist, commercial and office complexes, special interest buildings and public facilities; designing and submission of urban and territorial planning instruments, designing and submission of urban management instruments, negotiation of urban agreements or in compensation boards and conservation institutions. We also represent our clients' interests in all kinds of administrative and contentious-administrative proceedings.

Criminal Law

We provide advice and represent our clients in all kinds of criminal proceedings before all courts of justice nation-wide. We are specialised in financial crimes, both acting as defence and prosecution in such proceedings.

Transportation, Space and Maritime Law

Our firm provides advice in Transportation, Space and Maritime Law in connection to contracts (construction, purchase and sale, lease or operation of vessels and aircrafts, ground transportation contracts, transportation insurance, contracts for air transportation of people, luggage and freight, contracts for cooperation and collaboration among airlines, etc.), management (authorisations for freight and passenger transport, forwarding, warehouse-distributing agencies, customs legal scope, etc.) and disputes (attachments and execution sale of the vessel, cargo claims, seizure of goods, actions for recovery exercised by insurance companies, freight claims, representation in administrative proceedings, representation in disputes before courts of justice in relation to aviation accidents and incidents, passenger and cargo claims, representation of airlines and providers of airport services in administrative proceedings, inspections and fines, etc.).

Accountancy

Our firm provides comprehensive advice and accountancy services in collaboration with our Tax Department. These services include preparation of company's account books, revision of clients' books, counselling and, where appropriate, preparation and filing of the annual accounts with the Commercial Registry, preparation of accounting costs, organisation and implementation of accounting systems and plans, budgetary accounting and budget drafting.

Immigration

Our firm provides all kinds of services related to immigration: NIE application, submission of residence and work permits and extensions (including “Golden Visa”), family reunification, nationality processing, and defence of our clients in procedures of deportation and other services related to immigration.