Spain

  • Work center or place of work? A difference that marks important legal obligations

    Determining whether a physical space where one or more employees provide services is a work center is crucial because this qualification gives rise to several specific formal obligations, which do not exist if it is not and it is just a mere place of work.
  • Another look at tourism land use: In Andalucía and the Canary Islands

    Growing pressure on the housing market has made regions such as Andalucía and the Canary Islands review their land use rules. This article looks at the latest measures adopted to change from tourism to residential use and vice versa, in an attempt to adapt urban planning to the current needs of society and the market.
  • The hearing procedure is essential when the settlement or penalty proposals are rectified

    According to the case law of the Supreme Court, it is necessary to offer a new hearing when a proposal to impose a penalty is rectified (even to reduce it), so that its omission determines the nullity of everything that has been done. The Audiencia Nacional has already concluded in the same way when it is a question of rectifying a settlement proposal.
  • Garrigues named firm of the year in 1st Economist & Jurist awards

    The accolade acknowledges excellence, innovation and the leadership of professionals that are transforming the legal sector in Spain
  • International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination: an overview of the legislation applicable in Spain

    In the week in which the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is observed, we review the main international, European and Spanish regulations that seek the elimination of racial discrimination in the workplace.
  • Labor and Employment Newsletter - March 2025

    In the Garrigues Labor and Employment Newsletter, we compile the most relevant legal developments in the field of labour law in Spain. 
  • Formalities of Dismissal and Prior Hearing

    A recent Spanish Supreme Court ruling has created a high level of legal uncertainty regarding the prior hearing procedure in disciplinary dismissals, raising numerous legal questions.
  • How to turn the new AI Act into a competitive edge in the tourism industry

    The EU Artificial Intelligence Act brings both a challenge and an opportunity for the tourism and hospitality industry. Companies that understand and adopt these new legal obligations correctly will both avoid legal and economic risks and position themselves as leaders, as well as differentiating themselves to consumers with growing concerns about privacy and the ethics of technology.
  • The DGT stresses the concept of autonomous economic unit in relation to indirect taxation in the hotel sector

    Indirect taxation on the acquisition of hotels in Spain is in a state of considerable legal uncertainty, despite the numerous binding rulings of the Directorate General of Taxes (DGT) which reiterate a solid and long-standing criterion.
  • Tax Newsletter - February 2025

    In the Garrigues Tax Newsletter we compile, month by month, the most relevant developments in this practice area: judgments, rulings, regulations...