The Preparatory Phase of the sale of companies. The Preparatory Phase of the sale of companies.
Category: business
When it is decided to enter into negotiations to carry out a sale of a company or part of its shareholding, the preparatory phase (prior to the signing of the sales contract or Shares Purchase Agreement “SPA”) is of great importance, and can frustrate the operation as a whole if it is not given the […]
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In this post from Devesa & Calvo Abogados in Alicante, the key aspects to achieve how to invest successfully in Spain from a tax and legal point of view are analysed. Because, as our experience in advising international investors has shown us, there are many aspects to take into account and many legal disciplines involved. […]
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The Rebus Sic Stantibus clause and rent reduction. […] The Rebus Sic Stantibus clause and rent reduction.
The crisis due to Covid-19 has generated a very important economic problem derived from the drop in turnover, clientele loss, capacity limitations, commercial establishments opening and closure hours’ limitation. Many of the establishments are not owned by the activity holder, they are rented with different contract’s term duration and with an established rent in a […]
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The Golden Share (or how to guarantee State contro […] The Golden Share (or how to guarantee State control in privatized companies).
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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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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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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Tax liability for business succession: a real risk […] Tax liability for business succession: a real risk.
Within the economic circulation, on many occasions investment opportunities come up and offer us either the possibility of acquiring other businesses, or either to acquire functioning businesses or others that have ended their activity, but we think that we can relaunch with another type of management. Usually, the acquiring party prefers to buy the business […]
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Corporate and negotiation conflicts. Three keys fo […] Corporate and negotiation conflicts. Three keys for success.
In over my 15 years of professional practice I have participated as legal advisor in many corporate conflicts. In some cases, as a lawyer of organizations´ administrators and main shareholders and, in other cases, as a legal representative of minority partners, “rebels” with or without cause that try to enforce their rights with different objectives. […]
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Compensation for clients in the agency contract. Compensation for clients in the agency contract.
The article 28 of the agency contract’s Law (Ley de Contrato de Agencia, “LCA”) establishes that “… when the agency contract extinguishes for either a fixed or indeterminate period of time, the agent which has provided new clients to the entrepreneur or that has increased noticeably the operations with the pre-existing clients, will have the […]
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Which claims are paid first in insolvency proceedi […] Which claims are paid first in insolvency proceedings?
When a company is involved in insolvency proceedings, the first task is to classify the creditors’ claims, because it is essential to determine who will recover its claims from the bankrupt company first. Firstly, a distinction is made between the bankruptcy claims (“créditos concursales”) and claims against the estate (“créditos contra la masa”). Bankruptcy claims […]
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