Commercial law
Companies, shareholders, contracts, data and trade marks. We put you in touch with an English-speaking commercial lawyer who specialises in your business.
Legal form, articles of association and capital: starting well avoids problems with shareholders, banks and the Spanish Tax Agency (Agencia Tributaria).
A clear shareholders' agreement (pacto de socios) decides what happens if someone wants to leave, sell or stops contributing.
Contracts with customers, suppliers or distributors reviewed so that they don't commit you to more than they should.
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Who does what
They don't do the same job, and one doesn't rule out the other: this is what each one handles.
The administrative side
An administrative and accounting agency: it handles the administrative side of the company.
The legal side
Deals with whatever has legal consequences.
Many SMEs combine the two: a gestoría and a business lawyer to consult.
Business lawyer
A commercial lawyer (abogado mercantil) supports companies, shareholders and entrepreneurs from the moment the company is set up until it is sold or wound up. We put you in touch with bar-registered lawyers who specialise in commercial and company law.
A company law lawyer drafts the shareholders’ agreement (pacto de socios), prepares general meetings and resolutions, and advises on disputes: deadlocks, challenges to resolutions or a shareholder leaving. They also inform directors of their duties.
Distribution, agency, franchise, services or confidentiality: reviewing a contract before signing usually works out much cheaper than litigating afterwards. In the sale and purchase of companies, there is also due diligence: the prior review of the company’s legal, contractual and corporate situation.
Every company must comply with the GDPR (data protection lawyer), and your brand, your website or your software are worth protecting (intellectual property lawyer). If you have staff, personnel matters are handled by an employment lawyer.
Choosing between being self-employed (autónomo), a limited company (SL) or a public limited company (SA), drafting the articles of association and deciding on the capital and the management body. Since the Crea y Crece Act (Ley Crea y Crece), an SL can be set up with a capital of €1, although with special rules: we explain it in setting up a company.
How it works
Three steps. You decide at every stage.
A company, a dispute between shareholders or a contract: that's all we need.
A commercial lawyer studies your case and contacts you.
You know the options, risks and quote before you sign anything.
No-obligation enquiry
Company, shareholders, contracts or trade marks: it takes 2 minutes, and a commercial lawyer will contact you.
Frequently asked questions
The gestoría (an administrative and accounting agency) handles the accounts, taxes and paperwork; the commercial lawyer, the legal side: articles of association, shareholders' agreements, contracts, directors' liability and disputes.
No: the public deed (escritura) is signed before a notary and registered at the Companies Registry (Registro Mercantil). But the lawyer adapts the articles of association and the shareholders' agreement to your case; standard templates don't.
A private agreement that supplements the articles of association: how decisions are made, what happens if someone wants to sell or leave, how the shares are valued and how deadlocks are resolved.
In some cases: for damage caused by acts contrary to the law or to the articles of association, or for the company's debts if they do not promote its dissolution when there is a legal ground for it.
It depends on the matter: a fixed fee per transaction or a monthly retainer (iguala) for SMEs. Ask for the quote in writing before starting.
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