Discover the key legal initiatives, developments, and proposals from June 2026 that Spanish legal professionals cannot afford to miss. This monthly roundup covers critical updates across artificial intelligence, defense, competition, sustainability, energy transition, consumer protection, financial services, taxation, and ESG matters.

Linklaters partner Alejandro Ortiz says the explosion of M&A activity in Spain - and the "huge flow of money" coming into the country - means it has been a year of recovery for the economy

Antoni Valverde, head of Allen & Overy's Barcelona office, says volatility in the prices of assets means mid-sized companies in Barcelona - who may not normally succeed in auctions - now have an opportunity to conclude deals.

Increase In M&A Related Work For Employment Lawyers

Pérez-Llorca partner Adriana de Buerba says companies are anxious to ensure that their compliance procedures are compatible with the reformed Spanish Criminal Code, which comes into force on 1 July 2015.

Ángel Pérez López, partner at Uría Menéndez, says the last year saw a large number of corporate finance deals in Spain as well as lot of transactions related to the acquisition of real estate assets.

Corporate partner Pablo García-Nieto highlights the main features of our new guide on the outlook for the global M&A market in 2022.

Inveready is a leading financial services firm offering alternative assets, wealth management and traditional investment funds. Founded in 2008...

La expansión internacional ayuda a las empresas a acceder a nuevos mercados y a aumentar la rentabilidad – pero un aumento de los requisitos regulatorios complejos ha ocasionado...

Leonie Timmers, asociada sénior especializada en ASG e iniciativas de financiación sostenible, analiza en este vídeo, las claves del paquete Omnibus I, que redefine el marco ESG europeo simplificando la CSRD...

On 21 March 2018, the Spanish Ministry of Justice issued Ministerial Order 319/2018 which requires Spanish non-listed companies to disclose their ultimate beneficial owners ("UBO") ...

Spanish law allows the existence of unipersonal companies, which are those that have a sole shareholder.

According to the Order JUS/319/2018 ("Order") that approved the new models for the submission of the annuals accounts in the Commercial Register, Spanish companies are obligated to identify the beneficial owners.

Ignacio Segura, asociado sénior en la práctica de Mercantil y M&A, analiza en este vídeo, hacia dónde se dirige el mercado del M&A en España en 2026, qué está cambiando y qué implicaciones prácticas tiene para empresas...

Since December 8th 2018, the obligation of Franchisors to register and update the information about the franchise network in the Spanish Franchisor's Registry is not in force any more.

The roundtable explored key challenges across the full deal lifecycle, including conducting effective cyber due diligence and assessing targets' incident response capabilities, drafting cyber-specific representations, warranties, and indemnities, managing data breaches discovered between signing and closing, and navigating post-closing integration risks.

When a Managing Director (MD) is appointed onto a Board of Directors, the company is obliged to enter into a contract with him according to article 249.3 of Royal Legislative Decree 1/2010, of July 2,

The Spanish Tax Agency, through its Annual Tax Control Plans, is paying special attention to monitoring the tax risks related to the interposition of companies by private individuals

On July 11 of this year, the Directive (EU) 2019/1151 of the European Parliament and Council on the use of digital tools and processes in company law was published in the Official Journal of the European Union.