Labour Updates 5-2013
CORRIGENDUM TO ROYAL DECREE-LAW 5/2013 ON MEASURES TO ENCOURAGE THE CONTINUITY OF THE WORKING LIFE OF OLDER WORKERS AND TO PROMOTE ACTIVE AGEING
Litigation & Arbitration Updates 2-2013
ORDER HAP/490/2013 OF THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE AND PUBLIC AUTHORITIES, OF MARCH 27, 2013, AMENDING THE FORMS FOR COURT FEES
SOCIMI: A true Spanish REIT!
Spain launched a very particular type of REIT in 2009, the SOCIMI (“Sociedades Cotizadas de Inversión en el Mercado Inmobiliario” or “Listed Corporations for Investment in the Real Estate Market”), with a tax regime that was very different from any…
CNMV approves annual action plan on corporate governance for 2013
The CNMV has released an action plan on corporate governance for 2013, aimed at increasing market transparency, for which changes are charted in the registration system for notifications and their public disclosure.
Order passed on corporate governance rules
Last Saturday, the Official State Gazette published Order ECC/461/2013, of March 20, 2013 determining the content and structure of the annual corporate governance reports, of the annual remuneration reports and of the other disclosure instruments of…
Protection for holders of savings and investment products
Last Saturday, the Official State Gazette published Royal Decree-Law 6/2013, of March 22, 2013, on protection for holders of certain savings and investment products and other financial measures.
Corporate Updates 4-2013
UPDATES CORPORATE 4/2013 ROYAL DECREE-LAW 6/2013, OF MARCH 22, 2013, ON PROTECTION FOR HOLDERS OF CERTAIN SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PRODUCTS AND OTHER FINANCIAL MEASURES
Limitation of liability: a warning from Spain
In a recent decision, a Spanish court held that a ship owner was not entitled to limit its liability with respect to damages caused to adjacent yachts due to a fire spreading on board his yacht while berthed.
Labour Updates 4-2013
ROYAL DECREE-LAW 5/2013, OF MARCH 15, 2013, ON MEASURES TO ENCOURAGE CONTINUITY OF THE WORKING LIFE OF OLDER WORKERS AND PROMOTE ACTIVE AGEING
Royal Decree Law 4/2014 adopting urgent measures on business debt refinancing and restructuring
Today the Official State Gazette published Royal Decree-Law 4/2014 adopting urgent measures on business debt refinancing and restructuring.
Your children are residents. What about you? Take another look at your tax status
The school year in the Balearic Islands starts at the beginning of September each year and ends well into June of the following year. This means that pupils at Spanish schools must spend approximately 9 months of the year in the country, or around…
Circular 2/2013 of the MAB (the Spanish alternative investment market) on the regime applicable to SOCIMIs (listed corporations for investment in the real estate market)
As we reported in our Corporate-Tax Updates 1/2012 publication summarizing the key elements of Law 16/2012, of December 27, 2012 (Tax Measures Law) on the special regime for SOCIMIs aimed at boosting this sector, one of the most important new pieces…