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Gone are the times of the administration by impulses or rutines. The markets change as well as the products, the way of relating to Customers, advisors and suppliers.

The forms of financing change, the business models. And one more piece of that environment is the economic-financial planing and –as it could not be otherwise- the fiscal.

¿Do you have problems with management / financial management? ¿Can not find a financial director? Is your CFO down? Have you left the company and left you bogged down? Or simply, do you want to reduce personnel by hiring services outside the company?

We provide creative ideas and solutions of the up-most legality to help support the future of the business and manage future crises and critical moments which require rapid decision-making.

At LE&A we are a multidisciplinary team with wide experience in:

• Articles of incorporation.
• Preparation of companies before sale.
• Valuation of companies and business entities.
• Purchase and sale of companies.
• Capital increase.
• Restructuration and refinance of debt.
• Viability plans.
• Crisis management.
• Mergers and acquisitions.
• Creditors’ meetings.

We are proud of the more tan 200 bankruptcy, suspensión of payments and creditor insolvency proceeding in which we have intervened, having contributed to signing Creditor Agreements when the conditions of the company allowed its continuity.

Loss of profit, emerging damage, accidents, debt collection, administrator liability, division of estates, liquidation of community property, liquidation of companies, tax offenses, money loundering, shareholder conflicts, these are all cases in which the intervention of an external expert can allow for the quantification of the damage caused or prove the facts that you want to demonstrate.

We have intervened in more tan 60 cases, creating reports in all types of situations and problems, in both civil and criminal cases..

Mediation is a new legal tool for conflict resolution introduced and regulated by the Code of Civil Procedure, a delicate task which not only requires technical expertise, but also in-depth expertise that only many years of work provide, as well as knowledge and understanding of the diverse people and situations which you have to face.

In our position as mediators registered in the Ministry of Justice's Trade Register we are able to intervene in said processes or assess them in regards to a civil, commercial and/or bankruptcy mediation.

As lawyers we can represent you judicially within the process.

Procedures to follow:

• Counselling in the pre-bankruptcy phase.
• Responsibility of administrators.
• Preparation of creditor agreements.
• Advice and counselling of bankruptcy administration.
• Employment regulation reports
• Advice and counselling in the liquidation phase.
• Recognition and execution of judicial resolutions dictated in foreign insolvency proceedings.
• Structuring of active and passive insolvent investments.
• Representation of creditors in insolvency proceedings.

We are proud of the more than 200 bankruptcy, suspension of payments and creditor insolvency proceedings in which we have intervened, having contributed to signing Creditor Agreements when the state of the company allowed for its continuation.

Así mismo en refinaciones de empresas asesorando a sus administradores en el proceso (Avanzit S.A. y Urbas Grupo Financiero S.A. son los casos más relevantes, etc.).

Juridical Administration is a useful tool in cases in which the debtor is the owner of goods, businesses or companies, through which one can recover the demanded debt.

Criminal cases, civil demands, pension defaults, separations and divorces, dissolution of community estate, disability, are just some of the scenarios in which our professionals have intervened and achieved with excellent results.

The liquidation of a company in the midst of a shareholder conflict is a complex task which requires professionals who know how to mediate between the parties involved at the same time as executing the liquidation process.

We have undertaken numerous liquidations of companies under the pressure of corporate conflicts with positive results for the partners.

Optional for any of our document management service: virtual archive of all company documents, (taxes, payroll, social security, deeds, contracts, insurances…) available on our website 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

• Corporate law.
• Commercial Contracts.
• Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) and Due Diligence.
• Competition Law.
• Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsability.

agreement, litigation both before and after all procedures, although the desirable is always avoid them. We have a very extensive experience in procedures of all kinds.

Judicial phase:

• Arbitration.
• Civil Jurisdiction (resolution actions, compliance, payments, evictions, etc.
• Contentious-administrative.
• Mercantile (Bankruptcy laws).
• Industrial/Intellectual Property, Publicity.
• Etc.

Declarative Processes:

• Ordinary Trial.
• Verbal Trial.

Executive Action. Enforcement Order.

• Special processes.
• Payment procedure.
• Exchange Judgment.

• Administrative Contracting.
• Public Tenders.
• Processing of administrative files.
• Government subsidies and aid.

• Review of data transfers and treatment on behalf of theird parties.
• Analysis of the international assignments and data transfers.
• Determination of the security levels of personal data files.
• Review from a legal point of view of the Security Document.
• Declaration of the files before the General Register for Data Protection.
• Drafting of the necessary clauses to comply with the duties of information and consent required by the data protection regulations in the data collection of the interested parties.
• Drafting of the clauses to be included in the treatment contracts on behalf of third parties.
• Declaration before the Spanish Agency for Data Protection of international data transfers and drafting of the relevant clauses in order to comply with the duties of information and consent.
• Preparation of a Manual of Procedures for the exercise of rights of access, rectification, cancellation and opposition by those affected.
• Elaboration of consultations before the Data Protection Agency.
• Preparation of model letters to comply with the rights of access, rectification, cancellation and opposition of the interested parties.
• Review and adaptation to the legality of Web pages in terms of data protection.
• Asesoramiento jurídico en procedimientos administrativos sancionadores y dirección letrada en los procedimientos contenciosos administrativos en materia de protección de datos.

• Services related to Trademarks.
• Services related to Copyright.
• Patent related services.
• Services concerning industrial design.
• Services for the protection of inventions.

We are the advisors in industrial and intelectual property of first level companies in all sectors of the economic activity, coordinating the protection of their intangible assests throughout the world.

For this purpose, Lamo de Espinosa & Asociados relies on a multidisciplinary team composed of specialists with extensive experience in Criminal Law and other legal branches whose integrated knowledge is essential for the best defense of our client´s interests, satisfaying the global demands derived from the Criminal Law of Business. The members of the Criminal Economic Law and Business Unit team have intervened in numerous proceedings in the National Court, the Supreme Court and, in general, in the courts and tribunals all over Spain.

Among the most relevant practice áreas, it is worth mentioning the advice and defense of the firm before:
• Crimes against the public treasury.
• Corporate offences.
• Punishable insolvences.
• Economic crimes in the public sphere related to the economic activity.
• Crimes against the public treasury.

• Measures and legal opinions on all types of issues related to marriage, its patrimonial issues and filiation.
• Legal proceedings of nullity, separation and divorce.
• Preparation or regulatory agreements and/or negotiation thereof.
• Modification processes of measures and regulatory agreements.
• Precautionary proceedings (preliminary and provisional measures).
• Marriage capitulations (advice and writing).
• All kinds of claims and contestation of filiation.
• Advice and drafting of wills and succession agreements (executors, legacies, substitutions, trusts, legitimate, reserve, disinheritance, reversión,etc.).
• Testamentary nullity proceedings.
• Intestate succession. Acceptance and repudiation of inheritances (Benefit of inventory, etc.)
• Proceedings of judicial división of inheritance.
• Representation in the negotiation and writing of hereditary partition notebooks in all types of hereditary partitions.
• Proceedings of judicial división of inheritance.
• General succession procedures (Challenges of Partitions, etc.)

The forced judicial auctions are held in accordance with the provisions of the Civil Procedure Law.

The Organizations in charge of Public Auctions are:
• Courts.
• Social Security (Executive Recovery Unit).
• Treasury (Tax Agency).
• Councils.
• Provincial Council.
• etc.

The goods capable of aution can be:
• Full ownership: both the property and the use thereof are auctioned.

Our firm provides advice to all parties involved in the crisis process of a society, covering the different situations that may arise from it, including, among others:

• Group restructuring procedures.
• Refinancing of debt of individuals or legal entities.
• Defense of creditors´rights.
• Advice on the responsability of directors and administrators.
• Investments in assets and insolvency liabilities.
• Advice on bankruptcy proceedings.
• Our bankruptcy law team has as its main objective:That a bankruptcy process involves the salvation of the company in crisis. And to do this, all the effort and knowledge is applied.

We offer the following services:
• Real Estate Portfolio.
• Portfolio of investors and promoters.
• Search and localization of all types or real estate assets.
• Advice in the different operational áreas, buys, sale or rent.
  • Negotiations between landowners and buyers/tenants.
  • Drafting of the contract of sale / rental.
  • Tax Advice and Mortages processing.
  • Notarial transactions.
  • Procedures and negotiations with the Public Institutions.
  • Analysis and valuation of assets.
• Analysis and control in the management of your real estate assets.

We are deeply aware of the confidentialy and discretion required in most of the real estate transactions.

• Assistance on negotiation process of all real estate asset types.
• Purchase of real estate assets.
• Sale of real estate assests.
• Asset Management.
• Constitution of a mortage guarantee.
• Advice on processing urban licences.
• Negotiation with Compensation Boards.
• Administrative licences.
• Real Estate Valuations.
• Advice on Insurance.
• Assistance in Notaries.
• Registration in the Land Registry.
• Legal audits.
• Urban audits.
• Environmental audits.
• Advice on maximizing profitability in real estate investment.
• Urban expedients.
• Contracts of purchase - sale.
• Contracts of leases and / or provision of services.

• Leases of all types of real estate.
• Rustic leases or rentals of urban or rustic properties, shareholding.
• The rights of the owner.
• Transfer of business lease.
• The termination of the lease contract.
• The impact of a lease on the income tax return (IRPF)
• The option to allocate a real estate property to the seasonal lease, etc.
• Disposal of the leased property.

We take care of:
• The drafting of the document.
• Carry out the corresponding registration in the legal records.
• Recover all monthly payments.
• Advising in relation to the optimization of the guarantee type and everything related to the subrogation.
• Taking the appropriate measures in the event of breach of contract by the tenant, etc.