ArticleAbusive Clauses In Mortgages - The "Ground Clause"Spanish regulation of mortgages and consumers' rights is under revision.SpainFinance and BankingGiambrone
ArticleLawyers In Spain Set To Advise On Sale Of €73bn Of 'Bad' LoansWith a strong appetite from investors for non-performing loans in Spain – and desire on the part of banks to sell – clients need legal advice on restructuring and acquisitionsSpainFinance and BankingIberian Lawyer
ArticleNew Law On Mortgage LoansLaw 5/2019 enacted on March 15th was published in the B.O.E. on March 16th regulating mortgage loans. It will serve to give greater protection to customers from banks and financial institutions.SpainFinance and BankingMarti & Associats
ArticleConstitutional Protection: Absence Of Judicial Control Of Unfair Clauses That Ignore The Primacy Of European Union LawThe Judgment of the Plenary Session of the Constitutional Court (hereinafter TC) No. 31/2019, of February 28, dictates doctrine on the scope of the right of the respondentSpainGovernment, Public SectorMarti & Associats
ArticleSpain Passes New Securitization ActUntil the approval of Act 5/2015, the regulation of securitization vehicles in Spain was dispersed across various regulations at different levels.SpainFinance and BankingJones Day
ArticleEl Responsable También Puede Instar La Tasación Pericial Contradictoria Para Rebatir La Valoración Contenida En La Deuda PrincipalLos responsables tributarios se ven obligados a pagar las deudas de un tercero y por ello pueden impugnar la procedencia de dicha derivación y ...SpainFinance and BankingPerez Llorca
ArticleEl sujeto pasivo del ajd en los actos de constitución de hipotecas es el deudor hipotecario (y no el acreedor, como se afirmó en la sts de 17 de Octubre de 2018)La determinación del sujeto pasivo del AJD en los supuestos de formalización de hipoteca constituida en garantía de un préstamo ha generado una enorme controversia,SpainFinance and BankingPerez Llorca
ArticleThe Issue Of Preferred Securities In SpainLaw 19/2003, published in the Spanish Official Gazette dated 5<SUP>th</SUP> July 2003, includes in its Third Additional Disposition the normative that, amending Spanish Law 13/1985 on investment coefficients, equity and information obligation of financial intermediaries, rules preferred securities under Spanish legislationSpainInternational LawCuatrecasas
ArticleParticipative Quotas of Spanish Saving Banks: a New Way of FinancingIn Spain, Savings Banks are subject to the same regulatory treatment as other credit companies, insofar as their operations are concerned. However, as for their configuration, Saving Banks present a number of particularities, such as the obligation to allocate a high percentage of the profits they generate to financing social projects (the reason being their status of not-for-profit organizations) and their regional roots. These justify the existence of differences in their legal framework.SpainFinance and BankingCuatrecasas
Article¿Cuál es el rol de un agente de garantías o "collateral agent"?Asimismo pueden conservar las garantías durante el plazo del préstamo.GlobalCorporate/Commercial LawTMF Group BV
ArticleUn apunte sobre la anotación preventiva de embargoLa Dirección General de Seguridad Jurídica y Fe Pública examina si la prórroga de una anotación preventiva de embargo en un procedimiento administrativo de apremio requiere notificación al deudor y demás interesados. El análisis determina el alcance procesal de este trámite registral y su relación con el principio hipotecario de prioridad cuando la titularidad de la finca ha cambiado. SpainReal Estate and ConstructionGómez-Acebo & Pombo
ArticleUrgent Measures To Improve Access To Housing.On December 23, 2019, the Government of the Generalitat de Catalunya approved the Decree Law 17/2019, on urgent measures to improve access to housing, published in the...SpainReal Estate and ConstructionDentons
ArticleAmparo constitucional: Ausencia de control judicial de las cláusulas abusivas que desconoce la primacía del derecho de la Unión EuropeaLa Sentencia del Pleno del Tribunal Constitucional (en adelante TC) nº 31/2019, de 28 de febrero, dicta doctrina sobre el alcance del derecho de la parte ejecutadaEuropean UnionGovernment, Public SectorMarti & Associats
ArticleESMA refuerza la implementación de MiCA: estándares de competencia del personal y advertencia a MaltaLa Autoridad Europea de Valores y Mercados (en inglés, ESMA) ha publicado dos informes decisivos en julio de 2025, para reforzar la implementación del Reglamento...SpainFinance and BankingHerbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP
ArticleRestructuring And Insolvency In SpainWhen the new Insolvency Law came into force on September 1 2004, the framework for resolving business crises in Spain changed significantly – although the most frequently affected stakeholders (debtors, creditors, employees, judges and advisers) may not be fully aware of the magnitude of the change.SpainStrategyJ & A Garrigues