Bird & Bird counsel José Luis Lorente says internet banks and other online financial services platforms face compliance challenges relating to regulation, IT and anti-money laundering, for example.

Key Regulatory Developments In Spain - August 2018

With regard to export finance deals, given that they take place in a global, multijurisdictional framework, English law is the most common governing law in such instances.

Best ever Q1 to Q3 Spanish capital market deal count generating placement, competition, reporting and regulatory work, but how long will the good times last?

Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) is delighted to publish the nineteenth edition of the Spanish Banking Pulse ("The Pulse") Q4 '23. In this edition, we share results...

Spanish regulation of mortgages and consumers' rights is under revision.

Debt funds have entered the small and medium-sized enterprise lending market as they have less restrictive capital requirements than traditional banks .

By virtue of the principle "<I>prior in tempore, potior in iure"</I>, our jurisdiction giver preference over and ranks rights registered in the Land Registry ahead of any incompatible or prejudicial act, whether unfiled or filed afterwards with the Land Registry (Supreme Court judgment of 26 January 2000, among others).

This text outlines the financing structures for capital call facilities in private equity funds in Spain. It is primarily relevant for fund managers, investors, and legal advisors involved in private equity.

They say that there are structural problems in the labour market, specifically too many temporary and short-term contracts, as well as low salaries and low productivity.

Cases relating to sale of bank shares as well as clauses in loan agreements on the rise in Spain, while BES fallout and swap agreement-related disputes increasing in Portugal.

With 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 acquisitions

Secondary transactions in the alternative investment fund sector have matured significantly in recent years...

The Council of Ministers in mid-March sent to the Spanish Parliament the draft law creating the Financial Customer Ombudsman's Authority, a regulation defined by the minister for economy...

Law 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.

Royal Decree-Act 5/2019 covering Spain's Brexit contingency measures, was published on the Spanish Gazette on Friday March 2 (the "Royal Decree-Act").

Legislation has still to be adopted in Spain to implement the EU's second Payment Services Directive (PSD2).

When encountering a reference to the "Big Four" one used undeniably to think of the biggest four accounting firms in the world.

All registered foreign collective investment schemes operating in Spain must appoint a local representative.

Global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal ("A&M") today announced the results of the nineteenth edition of its flagship report "The Pulse of the Spanish Banking Sector."