CIVIL LAW
The
firm advises and represents its clients in any type of civil legal
business or civil legal matter in the following areas:
Family Law: separations, divorces and community property
settlements, financial provisions and maintenance, modification
of matrimonial agreements, civil or church annulments of marriage,
people’s marital status, incapacity proceedings with appointment
of guardians, judicial authorisations, filiations and adoptions,
paternal/filial relationships, filiation actions, etc. Church annulments
of marriage based on all kinds of reasons: impediments, defects
of consent (due to incapacity, simulation, lack of knowledge, error,
etc.), church dissolution of the marriage bond, acting, if necessary,
before the Ecclesiastical Courts in Spain and before the Spanish
Rota. Law for de facto couples, “more uxorio” cohabitation
or common-law marriages.
Public
Liability: liability under contract and tort, derived from
traffic accidents, negligence in professionals’ actions, specialization
in medical negligence and accidents in general, etc.
Leases:
these can be urban or country, formalising evictions for non-payment,
occupancy without a lease, breach of contract, etc.
Registered
Property: formalising ownership proceedings for first entry
in the Land Registry of urban and country property, resuming the
chain of title and rectification of the registered area of property,
actions to settle boundaries and actions for recovery of possession
of country property and land management proceedings.
Inheritance
Law: formalising the determination of inheritors, valuations
and settlements, wills, determination of inheritors in an intestate
proceeding, acting as executors / accountants / auditors in all
types of inheritances and defending our clients’ inheritance
interests vis-à-vis other inheritors and beneficiaries, both
in and out of court, probate proceedings, integrated advisory services
on the transfer of the estate after death.
Obligatory
and Contract Law: loans, advisory services on any matter
that involves civil obligations for the client, negotiating on behalf
of our clients, defending their interests and drawing up all kinds
of private contracts, as well as supervision in connection with
leases, sales of property, donations and, in general, any agreement.
At all times we recommend that our clients should seek advice prior
to signing agreements so as to avoid controversies, lawsuits or
unnecessary jurisdictional proceedings. Formalising the drawing
up of all types of contracts, sales, leases, guarantees, provision
or leasing of services, acknowledgements of debts and debt claims,
Associations and Foundations (constitution, modification, dissolution
and winding-up. Assistance and writing of minutes), etc.
Horizontal
Property: claims against defaulting co-owners, contesting
agreements adopted by the community of property owners, claims derived
from illegal or unagreed building work or alterations of common
elements.
Bankruptcy
Law: bankruptcies, meeting of creditors, reduction in the
debt amount or an extension of time for payment, settlements and
out-of-court negotiations, restructuring of companies in financial
difficulty, suspension of payments and other bankruptcy processes.
Company
Law: complete advisory services for all types of companies
and associations, whether Spanish or foreign, company structure
strategies, company constitution, economic interest groups, temporary
joint ventures, monitoring corporate life, attending General Meetings
and writing minutes, mergers, demergers, acquisitions, creating
companies with tax advantages on the Canary Islands and in tax havens.
Participating as non-board member company secretaries and lawyers,
advisers, family protocol and company succession.
Commercial
Contracts: national and international contracts, drawing
up all kinds of contracts, sales contracts, transport, commission
and insurance contracts, bank contracts, mortgages, joint ventures,
franchises, distribution, agency, service agency, construction,
supplies, industry leases and foreign investments. Protocols for
family-run companies.
Transport,
Insurance and Foreign Trade Law: customs, international
transport, imports and exports, international expansion of the company,
international arbitration.
Actions
In and Out of Court.
Law
of Exchange and Mortgage: embargoes, claims for non-payment
(invoices, bills of exchange, cheques and promissory notes), action
of foreclosure and pledging.
Intellectual
and Industrial Property: patents, brands, music publishing,
publicity creation (comprehensive advisory services in implementation
+ project development and promotions).
Acquisitions
Competition
Law
Publicity and
Consumption Law
Law of Financial
Markets
Real Estate,
Building and Engineering Law
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