Areas of practice
Our law firm specializes in the following branches of law

BANKRUPTCY
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Voluntary and obligatory bankruptcy proceedings (natural person or legal person)
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Representation of creditors in bankruptcy proceedings
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Bankruptcy and non-bankruptcy assignments of credit
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Defence against culpability in bankruptcy proceedings
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Bankruptcy incidents (national or international)
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Second chance (www.plataformasegunaoportunidad.com)

COMMERCIAL
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Incorporation of companies
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Changes to by-laws
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Purchase and sale of commercial companies
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Restructuring of companies
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Attendance of board meetings
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Conflicts between partners or shareholders
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Advice for minority shareholders
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Secretaries to boards.
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Challenges to corporate resolutions
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Agency and/or distribution contracts: negotiation, termination and compensation.

CIVIL
Inheritance:
– Wills.
– Declaration of heirs.
– Acceptance and partition of inheritance.
Property:
– Lease agreements for homes and business premises: Formalization, Termination and negotiation during its existence (Rebus sic Stantibus);
– Evictions (for non-payment, termination or unauthorized activity)
– Partition action, delimitation action, property claim action, declaratory action of ownership, use and habitation, usufruct, acquisition of property by usucaption.
– Advice to large property holders; rented social housing issues.
Purchase and sale of property.
– Mortgages: Cancellation or negotiation, claim for costs etc.
Contracts in general
Legal proceedings for damages.
Contractual and extra-contractual claims.

FAMILY AND CAPACITY OF INDIVIDUALS:
Proceedings on the capacity of individuals
– Legal disability y appointment of a guardian.
– Necessary committal.
Family Law
– Provisional measures, preventive and concurrent
– Separations, divorces and annulments.
– Care and custody, food and measures related to minors.
– Modification of measures.
– Settlement of matrimonial property and tenancy by entirety.

CRIMINAL
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Defence of those investigated and accused of crimes.
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Private prosecution on behalf of victims of crimes.
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Defence of commercial companies.
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Computer crime law (hacking).
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Minors.
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Penitentiary Law.
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Corporate criminal law.
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Compliance Officer and crime prevention plans.
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Experts in Fundamental Rights: Main offences in which we provide advice:
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Economic criminal law (fraud, seizure of assets, punishable insolvencies, misappropriation, unfair administration, corporate crimes, tax crime and crimes against Social Security, money laundering)
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Falsification of documents
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Road safety offences (drink driving, driving without a licence)
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Domestic violence
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Crimes against honour (insults and slander)
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Crimes related to public officials (perverting the course of justice, bribery, misappropriation of public funds, influence peddling)
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Crimes against life and physical integrity
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Crimes against natural resources and the environment.

EMPLOYMENT
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Challenge to dismissals of all kinds (objective and disciplinary, violation of fundamental rights)
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Financial claims (wages, salary or collective agreement disputes, etc.)
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Recognition of rights (seniority, category, etc.)
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Processing of Temporary Employment Regulation Schemes (termination, suspension or reduction of working hours)
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Temporary Employment Regulation Schemes due to bankruptcy
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Substantial modification to working conditions
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Request for permanent disability
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Challenges to medical discharge
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Contingency changes
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Retirement, widowhood or orphan benefits.
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Social Security or State Employment Service (SEPE) claims
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Proceedings before the Employment Inspectorate
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Challenges to Notices of Infraction
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Senior management contracts.

TAX
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Assignment of liability to directors for tax and Social Security debts.
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Business succession
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Municipal capital gains claims
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Tax agency inspections and challenges to notices and fines.

GERMAN DESK
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Advice on private international law between Spanish and German-speaking clients (Germany, Austria and Switzerland):
– Commercial and Bankruptcy Law (corporate restructuring and insolvency)
– Civil and procedural lawContact person: Dr. Joaquim Sarrate, LL.M. (Heidelberg)
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