Specialist technology and regulatory advice, supported by the commercial expertise and complementary practice areas businesses need.
We advise companies on day-to-day corporate matters, board secretarial services, capital transactions, mergers, demergers and dissolutions. We also assist with shareholder and board disputes.
We draft and negotiate distribution, agency and franchise agreements. Our M&A work covers due diligence, share purchase agreements, shareholders’ agreements and other transaction documents.
We advise telecommunications, media, entertainment and information technology businesses. Our experience covers regulatory obligations, numbering, access and interconnection, enforcement proceedings and dealings with regulators.
In technology and media, we advise on software and database agreements, licensing, development, distribution, service levels, cloud computing and outsourcing, as well as audiovisual contracts, advertising and image rights. Our data protection work includes compliance advice, training and assistance with inspections, enforcement proceedings and judicial appeals.
We prepare applications and submissions to the Bank of Spain and the CNMV, including those for payment and electronic money institutions. We also advise venture capital entities, insurers and overseas financial institutions on their business in Spain.
Our anti-money laundering practice supports financial institutions, gaming businesses, real estate companies and auction houses. We develop procedures, train directors and employees, and conduct compliance reviews and external expert examinations.
We advise international operators on licensing, ongoing operations and their dealings with Spain’s Directorate-General for the Regulation of Gambling (DGOJ). The firm’s experience includes the first licensing round for the Spanish online gaming market.
Our practice also serves software providers, affiliates, certification bodies, payment service providers, media businesses, and advertising and consultancy companies working in the sector.
We advise businesses on disputes arising from their commercial activity, including contractual and corporate matters. Our litigation advice complements our ongoing work in commercial law and regulated sectors.
We also act in administrative litigation, particularly challenges to sanctions imposed by data protection, telecommunications and regional audiovisual authorities. This work brings together our knowledge of the applicable sector rules and the issues raised in proceedings before the courts.
We advise on the tax aspects of commercial transactions, including tax planning for mergers, acquisitions and corporate restructurings. Our work also covers international taxation, complementing the commercial and corporate advice businesses need for their operations.
We assist clients in proceedings before the Spanish Tax Agency, the economic-administrative tribunals and the relevant courts. Our advice covers both dealings with the tax authorities and challenges to their decisions through administrative review and judicial proceedings.
