The Golden Share (or how to guarantee State contro […] The Golden Share (or how to guarantee State control in privatized companies).
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When the State decides to dispose of its shareholdings and leave them – totally or partially – in private hands, there is no guarantee that the services of public interest that these companies offered will be sufficiently protected. For this reason, several of the States that privatized their public companies (energy, gas, telecommunications, electricity, airlines, […]
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In today’s blog post for Devesa & Calvo Abogados Alicante and Valencia, I am going to refer to the “drag along” clause, also known as drag along right. This type of clause is often used in our professional practice to protect those clients who wish to have the possibility of closing a good business deal […]
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Warrants and listed companies. For those new to capital markets, this concept will at least be familiar relating to economic press news about listed companies on markets such as the continuous Spanish Stock Exchange market (Bolsa Española) in Madrid, the Alternative Stock Market (MAB) or EURONEXT in Paris. Indeed, shares or shares portfolios are one […]
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Zombie Companies: Implications of corporate inacti […] Zombie Companies: Implications of corporate inactivity.
It is not unknown that some businessmen have opted over the years to leave their companies “inactive” when, in fact, they should have opted for their dissolution and liquidation before they became the so-called “Zombie Companies”. The purpose of this decision was none other than to avoid considerable dissolution and liquidation costs (basically, the formal […]
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New transparency obligations for investment funds […] New transparency obligations for investment funds in environmental matters.
On the 10th of March it came into force the obligation for investment funds to adapt and update the information in their prospectuses for investors in the sense regulated by EU Regulation 2019/2088 of the Parliament and the Council of the 27th of November 2019. The mentioned EU regulation is directly applicable to all EU […]
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Penalties for non-compliance with obligations rela […] Penalties for non-compliance with obligations relating to the Equality Plan.
Having an approved and implemented equality plan is an obligation from the 7th of March 2021 for companies with between 101 to 150 employees. It should be remembered that this obligation was already binding for companies with more than 150 employees. Now companies with 50 or more employees will also have to comply with it. […]
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As every year, the Directorate – General of the AEAT publishes the general guidelines of the Annual Tax and Customs Control Plan in the BOE (Official Government Gazette), which establishes the criteria where the actions of the tax verification and inspection bodies will be based during each financial year. On Monday the 1st of February, […]
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The new directive that will force SME to implement […] The new directive that will force SME to implement reporting channels.
On the 26/11/2019, the new European directive on the protection for individuals was published, which will make it necessary to reinforce internal control systems to prevent irregularities. The plaintiff’s effective defence, marks the spirit of the regulation which will reinforce compliance in the company. The definitive transposition in Spain of the European Union Directive 2019/1937 […]
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Legal entity administrator. Basic concepts. Legal entity administrator. Basic concepts.
There are many doubts that arise when deciding to appoint a legal entity administrator of another company and, for this reason, the matter should be studied in depth before making decisions. Mainly, administrators (or potential administrators) are usually interested in this option to try to protect themselves regarding the liabilities that may arise from its […]
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Royal Decree Law 19/2018 of the 23th of November 2018 on payment services, in force since the 25th of November 2018, in its Article 45, concerning the payment service provider’s liability in the event of unauthorised payment transactions, states the following in its first point: “… in the event that an unauthorised payment transaction is […]
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