Corporate Law and Commercial Contracts

We provide comprehensive advice on corporate law matters to listed and unlisted companies from the very outset, on their incorporation and up to the extinguishment of their legal personality, providing recurring advice and assistance and seeking solutions to any legal needs that may arise in their day-to-day operations.

Our advice includes professional support in tasks such as the formation of companies; the reform and update of bylaws and internal regulations; capital increases and reductions; analysis of the legal issues relating to the transferability of shares or interests; and, in general, support for, or direct performance of, company secretary duties for boards of directors and other corporate governing bodies.

Our expertise also extends to negotiating shareholder agreements; legal or contractual issues relating to the composition and appointment of the managing bodies; dividend policies; remuneration systems for directors and senior managers; transfer abroad of the registered office; changes in corporate form; participation in national and international business restructuring processes (mergers, spin-offs, global transfers of assets and liabilities); the issue of bonds and debentures; and the negotiation of deadlock resolution clauses and clauses defending the interests of the company, its shareholders or directors in situations of potential corporate conflict.

The corporate/commercial practice, given its multidisciplinary approach, is highly specialized in providing clients with global, practical and tailor-made solutions to their day-to-day or strategic legal requirements in relation to national and international commercial contracts.

We participate in the preparation, negotiation, analysis and interpretation of business contracts, irrespective of the area of activity or their legal nature, terms and conditions, endeavoring at all times to simplify the inherent complexity of commercial transactions, taking care of the client beyond the commercial transactions themselves, at each stage of their business activities.

We specialize in advising enterprises, particularly national and international listed companies, financial institutions and other agents acting in the securities markets (and other companies operating in regulated industries) on rules of good governance and on their adaptation to and compliance with the codes and recommendations made in this area. We have a dedicated service line for this area. For more information see the Corporate Governance & Corporate Social Responsibility industry group.