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Raising capital is one of the most challenging tasks startups face. Moreover, although raising investment can be the boost needed to scale a business, the process of raising funds is full of obstacles, and there are certain mistakes that can be very costly, both for companies with little experience in the market and for those […]

On 22 August, Organic Law 2/2024 on Equal Representation and Balanced Presence of Women and Men (the ‘Law’) came into force, which is a further step in the quest for gender equality in Spain. This law not only transposes the European Directive 2022/2381 on gender parity on boards of directors, but its scope is more […]

In the business landscape, mergers and acquisitions are common strategies to drive growth, consolidate markets or improve the competitiveness of a company or group of companies. In particular, when these transactions involve companies in the transport sector, legal and operational challenges arise that must be managed with precision to avoid business disruptions. One of the […]

An alleged ‘error’ in the wording of the so-called Parity Law, which has recently come into force and which would affect the protection against dismissal of staff in certain situations, including those who have requested or enjoy an adaptation of the working day in order to exercise the right to reconcile work and family life, […]

Spain is an increasingly attractive country, whether for strategic or commercial considerations or, directly, for the quality of life it offers, which in turn attracts the establishment and location of foreign individuals with large estates, both within and outside our territory. However, often, due to a lack of knowledge of the applicable regulations, significant risks […]

Nowadays it is quite common for companies not only to pay monetary remuneration for the work of their employees, but also to pay for these services by offering their employees payments in kind, some of the most common being: the assignment of the use of a house or a vehicle, the contracting of medical insurance, […]

What is a statutory auditor Statutory auditors are professionals who are responsible for reviewing and verifying the annual accounts, and other financial statements or accounting documents, prepared by companies and other institutions in accordance with the regulatory framework. Their ultimate purpose is to issue a report indicating whether the annual accounts are true and fair […]

In the context of a globalised economic system in which commercial relations between companies from different countries are a fact of life, the question arises as to how this will affect their taxation. Specifically, if a company incorporated in Spain supplies goods or services to companies not established in Spain for which it obtains income […]

Nowadays, many companies need financing to realise their projects or to accelerate their growth and, to do so, they turn to alternative financing, which is a departure from traditional bank financing, under which companies incur debt to banks that provide the necessary funds to meet such business challenges. In this article, we look at the […]

Within the Spanish legal system, legal entities are regulated and governed by two main bodies; (i) the General Meeting and; (ii) the Administrative Body, the latter being in charge of the management and representation of the Company. Thus, Royal Legislative Decree 1/2010, of 2 July, which approves the revised text of the Corporate Enterprises Act […]