Publications - Corporate and M&A
COVID-19: What precautions should companies take when processing personal data within an employment context?
Within the context of the global spread of COVID-19 (Coronavirus), companies have discovered a new reality, which also raises questions within the scope of the processing of personal data, in particular the fulfillment of the General Data Protection…
COVID-19: Key new legislation introduced in Royal Decree-Law 11/2020
We analyze the measures introduced by Royal Decree-Law 11/2020, from every angle of business law: corporate/commercial contracts, tax, labor and employment, restructuring and insolvency, procedures and administrative law.
Preserving and increasing liquidity in the time of COVID-19
Over the past weeks, Spanish companies and credit applicants from all industries, both essential and non-essential, have been implementing strategies in order to try, as far as they can in the circumstances, to ensure liquidity and minimize the…
COVID-19: Companies face new employee-related measures, the first tranche of guarantees and the beginning of the personal income tax season, among other news
The toughening of lockdown measures in Spain and resulting closure of all business activities not classed as essential makes it absolutely necessary to keep very much in sight this week the measures approved in the labor and employment field. In the…
COVID-19: Implemented regulatory solutions for the protection of the Portuguese economy
On March 26, 2020, the Portuguese Government approved Decree-Law nº 10-J/2020 (“Moratorium Regime”), putting into practice exceptional measures for protecting families, companies and welfare institutions, in relation to…
COVID-19: Planned changes in Poland legislation - corporate and commercial matters
The Polish government has presented to the lower chamber of the parliament a bill containing a series of legislative solutions intended to complement and extend the provisions of the current “crisis shield” in reaction to the COVID-19…
COVID-19: CNMV and the Spanish Registrars’ Association issue joint statement on financial statements and proposed allocation of profit/loss
In the context of the extraordinary situation stemming from the COVID-19 health crisis, the Spanish Registrars’ Association and the Spanish National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) issued a joint statement on March 26, 2020, in which they…
COVID-19: Recommendations for accessing the financing facilities offered under Royal Decree-Law 8/2020
In this article we offer a few recommendations to assist the self-employed and companies with fulfilling the general requirements laid down by the decision for accessing this new financing, and so speed up application procedures at financial…
COVID-19: Official State Gazette publishes decision defining first tranche of guarantees in Spain
This guarantee facility is to be managed by ICO and will cover new loans and other types of financing provided by financial institutions to companies and the self-employed to soften the economic effects of COVID-19.
This is what the new charter for specialized credit institutions (EFC) and hybrid institutions looks like
The new provisions in Royal Decree 309/2020 deal with the authorization regime, cross-border activity, corporate governance principles and compensation policy and the obligations relating to solvency for specialized credit institutions.
COVID-19: What should companies be aware of in the next few days?
The global health alert triggered by the spread of the new coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2, which causes the disease COVID-19, is creating great challenges for companies. Governments around the world are tackling the situation by approving drastic…
COVID-19: Chinese preferential policies in favor of SMEs
The Chinese central and local government have issued a series of preferential policies in order to ease the burdens of the enterprises in mainland China, in particular, the SMEs, which are affected by the Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia (NCP).