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Spain breaks with the past after major employment law amends
Effective from 12 February 2012, the new Spanish government passed emergency legislation which constitute "the most significant amendments to employment and labor law in Spain in decades". Baker & McKenzie summarise the key changes and the far-reaching consequences for employers and employees.
Law Firm: Baker & McKenzie | Published: 28 February 2012 | Practice Area: Regulation and Enforcement
Spanish insolvency reform – an update
This briefing from Spanish law firm Garrigues offers a detailed summary of the main new features of the Insolvency Reform's changes and ammendments, as well as an abstract on the reform of the procedural law in its relation to insolvency and credit recovery proceedings.
Law Firm: Garrigues | Published: 15 November 2011 | Practice Area: Regulation and Enforcement
The surprising legal reform that's rewriting Spanish corporate law
This briefing from Garrigues' corporate team discusses the impact of 'Law 25/2011', aimed at reforming the Corporate Enterprises Law in force since 2010. The briefing outlines how the law's far-reaching consequences will affect minority shareholders, obligatory dividend and right of withdrawal.
Law Firm: Garrigues | Published: 21 October 2011 | Practice Area: Corporate Governance
An overview of hotel refinancing in Spain
This briefing from Garrigues underlines the importance of having a solid financial structure that distinguishes between debt types. In doing so, the article outlinines how structural debt can be organized in long-term financial instruments and cash supply in short-term financial instruments.
Law Firm: Garrigues | Published: 21 September 2011 | Practice Area: Corporate Financing
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Controlling public spending and cancelling local authority debts: boosting the Spanish economy
A new law in Spain aims to support mortgagors and control public spending as well as creating new financing mechanisms at central government level to enable local authorities to cancel the debts they owe to companies and independent contractors.
Law Firm: Garrigues | Published: 14 July 2011 | Practice Area: Regulation and Enforcement
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Urgent measures to reform collective bargaining introduced in Spain
Spain has recently updated its workers’ statute with regards to the collective bargaining structure. It has changed the terms and validity of collective labour agreements and the rules on standing to represent employees and negotiate collective labour agreements.
Law Firm: Garrigues | Published: 12 July 2011 | Practice Area: Collective Consultation
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A European dictionary of legal terms – common phrases in key languages
This guide in French from Eversheds provides definitions of key legal phrases used throughout Europe, translated into English, French, German, Spanish and Italian. It aims to help in-house lawyers and company management doing cross-border business understand the broad terms of a contract.
Law Firm: Eversheds | Published: 05 July 2011 | Practice Area: Cross-border: Commercial and International Trade
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Spain moves to end compensation pain
As a consequence of the financial crisis, and particularly the bankruptcy and rescue of major global financial institutions in autumn 2008, there has been growing concern over risk-taking and value creation by executives at financial institutions and their compensation systems.
Law Firm: Garrigues | Published: 29 June 2011 | Practice Area: Regulation and Compliance
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EC losses decision on Spanish public works procurement
The European Commission has failed in its case against Spain in which the Commission claimed that the award of Integrated Action Programmes in Valencia are public works contracts.
Law Firm: Eversheds | Published: 24 June 2011 | Practice Area: Public Procurement
No pain for Spain - positive procurement decision on urban development
The European Commission has failed in its case against Spain which claimed that the award of Integrated Action Programmes (IAPs) in Valencia are public works contracts. Eversheds looks at the impact of this decision.
Law Firm: Eversheds | Published: 10 June 2011 | Practice Area: Public Procurement
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