PAJARES & ASSOCIATES LAWYERS participated in the course “New perspectives defense of public credit in the competition after the recent legislation and case law” that took place in Madrid on 17 and 18 February, giving his paper “Position and participation TGSS during the bankruptcy proceedings from the point of view of the bankrupt “. Download attachment: Bankruptcy […]
March 2015. BWK Partners attorney Lukas Witsenburg has advised Dutch-Spanish software development company Bi4 Group on its successful share issuance to SUBtracers BV in Amsterdam. The new shareholder already was a strategic partner of the group. By raising this new capital financing, Bi4 Group has further solidified its basis for the roll-out of its successful international strategy. Bi4 Group is specialised […]
The MWC is the world’s biggest trade show regarding mobile devices and communications, where the global leading companies show their latest developments. It has been held in Barcelona since 2006 and it is scheduled to continue until 2023. In the 2015 event there were more than 2.000 exhibitors and more than 90.000 visitors from all […]
Franchised & Licensed products and services are specially successful among the middle class citizens: they provide good quality products, services and experiences at a reasonable price. Some emerging countries, with many people reaching the status of middle class every year are avid for new franchised or licensed products and services. On the other hand, becoming […]
IS FRANCHISING OR LICENSING A GOOD BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY IN EMERGING COUNTRIES? Anybody who has been walking along the high streets of any main European or US cities for sure has noticed the big amount of McDonalds, KFC, Starbucks, Zara or Benetton stores, to mention just few examples, but maybe few people has wondered what […]
Conflicts of interest under the new Law 31/2014, which amends the Companies’ Act with the aim of strengthening the corporate governance: Conflicts of interest are regulated under article 190 of the reformed Companies Act. Conflicts of interest were previously restricted to Limited Liability Companies (S.L.) and have now been expanded by the recent reform to […]
The increased Powers of the Shareholders’ Meeting under the new Law 31/2014, which amends the Companies’ Act with the aim of strengthening the corporate governance: The reformed law has extended the competences and involvement of the General Meeting. This change increases the powers of the General Meeting. Namely, it requires its approval for all the […]
Law 31/2014, in force since December 25th, 2014, amends the Spanish Companies Act (Ley de Sociedades de Capital) with the aim of strengthening the policy on Corporate Governance, affects all Spanish companies and it is absolutely relevant for joint ventures or companies with several shareholders, where one or more of them are members of a […]
When buying property in Spain (and in any country, not matter if it is the country where the buyer lives or it is a foreign one) it is imperative to obtain individual legal advice before embarking upon any transaction. We recommend that you do not sign any documents or deliver any amount of money without […]
Contributions from shareholders make up the company’s equity, which acts as a guarantee to creditors, as well as financing assets. Throughout a company’s life, a large number of situations may recommend carrying out a capital increase. Types of capital increase. 1.1. Purpose – Maintenance of legal minimum capital. – Increase of own funds. – Offsetting […]
The lack of dividend distribution is one of the main factors of conflict as it invalidates the main reason why partners decided to invest in the society. Majority partners occasionally take advantage of their position to approve abusive agreements on matters of dividend distribution. As a consequence, it is a common practice among capital societies […]
The free movement of goods and people across the EU does not apply to the purchase of television programmes, films or music. Unsurprisingly, TV broadcasters and film distributors are opposed to removing geo-blocking techniques, which prevent their services from being used on a cross border basis. However, a resolution adopted by the European parliament on […]
