Publications List

Major modifications to work conditions contract in Spain

The modifications to work conditions contracts in Spain include: significant modifications to the employment contract, required conditions for significant modification to work conditions, types of significant modifications to work conditions, communication of the decision on significant modifications to work conditions, and opportunies available to the employees with regards to individual and collective framework.

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Can a child be disinherited in Spain?

In Spain, it is particularly difficult to disinherit a child because the Spanish Law on Inheritance obliges estates to be divided into three parts. Two thirds belong to the heirs: one third of which would correspond exclusively to the compulsory heirs —in Spanish, this part is called legítima (legitimate); the other third is aimed to improve any of the heirs’ portion as the testator wishes.

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M&A in Spain: Management and control of economic concentration

The management of economic concentration requires a due diligence report. After this, the acquirer prepares a binding offer to the target company which lays down the basics of the concentration contract. The national control of economic concentration aims to obtain the necessary authorisation of the transaction. It achieves this through notification duty, and then a two stage procedural phase.

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The Value of E-mail as Evidence in Spain

Electronic mail has become an indispensable tool in Spain for the exchange of information in our daily lives, both personally and professionally. It is expected to gain legal significance as the Civil Procedure already recognizes its validity of electronic evidence at trial in Spain.

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Protection-Personal-Information

The Telecommunications Law and Protection of Information in Spain

The new General Telecommunications Law 9/2014 updates the current legislation in Spain, which dates from 2003, with two fundamental objectives: to facilitate the deployment of new generation networks and to improve the supply of innovative services to citizens. It also recognizes more effective rights for end users concerning the protection of information.

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