Independent Spanish counsel · Madrid
The Spanish side of your transaction.
Advice in English for international investors, companies and families with assets, operations or a deal in Spain. Structuring, tax, property and cross-border succession — from a practice that does the work itself rather than passing it down a chain.
Where we work
Acquiring a Spanish company, real estate and hotel investment, joint ventures with Spanish partners, and the foreign-investment authorisation regime that applies to non-EU buyers.
Doing business in SpainIncorporating and running a Spanish company, market entry, distribution and agency agreements, employment, shareholder disputes and debt recovery.
Private clients & Spanish assetsCross-border succession, property inherited by foreign heirs, non-resident taxation, and Spanish companies or land held inside international families.
How an engagement runs
Four stages, priced at each one, so you know the cost of the next step before you commit to it.
Scope
A first call on what you are doing, what Spanish law will require, and what it will cost. No charge.
Assess
Legal review of the target, the property or the estate: title, liabilities, tax exposure, authorisations needed.
Structure
How the operation should be held and financed, who signs what, and in which order.
Execute
Contracts, negotiation, notary and registry, and the filings that follow completion.
Field notes
Working notes on Spanish law, written for people dealing with it from outside Spain.
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Distribution or agency? Spanish courts decide, not your contract
Spanish law regulates agency and leaves distribution unregulated, and courts characterise the relationship by how it was performed. Goodwill compensation, notice periods and the five things…
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Inheriting Spanish property: the six-month clock
Spanish inheritance tax is due six months from the date of death, and the extension can only be applied for in the first five. What foreign…
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Does your Spanish acquisition need government approval?
Spain screens some foreign investments before they can complete. A decision tree for buyers: who is caught, which sectors, the five-million-euro exemption, and what the new…
Enquiries
Have a project in Spain?
Tell us what you are considering, who is involved and roughly what it is worth. You will get a straight answer on whether it is something we can take, what it would involve and what it would cost — or a referral if it is not.
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