Due diligence is a verification process of possible contingencies and risks of a certain asset or company in operation. Is an essential precaution to avoid the frustration of the investor’s acquisition profitability expectations. In addition, as we know from self-experience at Devesa & Calvo Abogados, sometimes it is the seller himself who previously commissions professionals […]
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After participating in numerous hotel acquisition processes from the point of view of negotiation and operational legal advice, one learns to detect which are the aspects that can potentially entail the greatest legal contingencies in this sector. These are issues that, if are not properly analyzed within the framework of a prior due diligence work, […]
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According to the law the insolvency proceeding request must be accompanied by all the documents deemed necessary to prove the existence of an insolvency state, such as annual accounts, balance sheets, audit report, payment requests, constraints, embargoes, debt certificates from the Treasury and Social Security etc… In addition, the legislative text lists which documents must […]
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The new criminal liability version since the approval of the Organic Law 5/2010 of the 23rd of June, attributes the possibility that the legal person may be charged in accordance with the provisions in Article 31bis of the Criminal Code and consequently may be sentenced under the terms of Articles 33.7 and 66 bis of […]
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It is increasingly common for companies to organize the development of their business activity, through figures known as outsourcing. This term implies a cost reduction and limitation of liability of the “client company”, to which such services are provided, derived from the labour relations with the persons providing those external services from which they benefit, […]
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The only legal provision referring to the U.T.E’s organization mode is the requirement of “Single Manager” figure, which is constituted as the single representative entity of the temporary union and, therefore, will have representation powers in the negotiation and procedure areas. In the applicable legislation, we can find the following references to this figure: “There […]
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