Commercial
Casals Abogados is a law firm with a long-standing commercial tradition that, since its creation, has been advising small and large companies on all matters related to the development of commercial activity.
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Casals Abogados is a law firm with a long-standing commercial tradition that, since its inception, has been advising its clients—small, medium, and large companies—in the course of their business activity. Within this field, we specialise in the following practice areas:
Corporate Law
Contracting
Contract Negotiation in Domestic and International Transactions
Legal Due Diligence of Companies and Business Units
Insolvency Law
The development of these specialisations enables companies to receive ongoing legal advice in their operations—not only on the formal aspects of the company itself, but also throughout its business activity, including the drafting, review, and negotiation of contracts.
We have a multidisciplinary team that allows us to provide a comprehensive advisory service, complementing, in this case, the commercial law area with the accounting and labour departments.
Litigation
Our expert, multidisciplinary team at Casals Abogados provides tailored legal solutions in civil, corporate, and enforcement disputes, representing our clients before courts and in arbitration proceedings with the utmost efficiency.
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This department is made up of a team of highly experienced professionals with excellent and ongoing multidisciplinary academic training in all the areas in which they litigate. This enables us to provide the solution each client needs, according to the demands of the case, by designing in detail and as a team the legal strategy best suited to those needs.
In this regard, the main types of proceedings in which we represent our clients—both before the various courts and through arbitration—include, among others, the following areas:
Liability Actions:
Contractual and non-contractual liability.
Product liability.
Professional liability.
Liability for construction defects and building faults.
Corporate Disputes:
Challenges to corporate resolutions and decisions of the Board of Directors.
Disputes between shareholders.
Actions to enforce shareholders’ agreements.
Liability actions against directors.
Enforcement:
Enforcement in Spain of foreign court and arbitral awards.
Enforcement of all types of personal and real guarantees.
Payment order, summary, and ordinary proceedings for debt recovery.
Bill of exchange, cheque, and promissory note proceedings.
Proceedings for the protection of industrial and intellectual property rights.
Proceedings concerning fundamental rights and inheritance law.
Infringement of rights to honour, privacy, and one’s own image.
Civil
At Casals Abogados, we offer comprehensive and ongoing legal advice, adapting contractual frameworks to each client’s needs. We work across all areas of civil and private law.
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At Casals Abogados, we offer our clients comprehensive and ongoing legal advice to define and establish the most suitable and convenient contractual framework tailored to their needs in all matters relating to civil and private law, particularly including:
Real estate transactions: sales, exchanges, surface rights, mortgages, and other real rights over real estate properties.
Drafting of civil and commercial contracts.
Issues relating to condominium law, homeowners’ associations, and partition of common property.
Matters concerning ownership, possession, transfer, and management of real estate.
Drafting and analysis of general contractual terms and conditions.
Issues and disputes of all kinds related to agency, distribution, concession, and franchise agreements.
Negotiation procedures related to the termination and rescission of contracts of all types and natures.
Proceedings concerning the validity, interpretation, and enforcement of civil and commercial contracts.
Matters related to securing debt payments, guarantees, and provision of surety to fulfil all kinds of obligations.
Out-of-court debt recovery claims and pre-litigation negotiations with insurance companies for coverage of all types of claims.
Tax
In the Tax and Fiscal area, we offer a comprehensive and personalised legal service. Through our Accounting Department, we maintain constant contact with clients to guide their business activity.
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As a multidisciplinary law firm, Tax Law is integrated into all our areas of practice at Casals Abogados. Our goal is to provide highly personalized service, maintaining constant contact with the client to guide them in their business activities from a tax perspective.
This advisory service especially includes the following areas:
Personal Income Tax and Wealth Tax.
Corporate Tax, Value Added Tax (VAT), Inheritance Tax, Withholdings, Transfer Tax and Stamp Duty, Municipal Taxes, and Tax Planning.
We have an Accounting Department that provides these services to our clients.
Labour
At Casals Abogados, we provide legal assistance in Labour Law matters to both employers and employees. We adapt our team to each specific case in order to deliver solutions tailored to our clients’ needs.
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To provide comprehensive advice to our business clients, we have developed the Labour Law Department, which has grown significantly in recent years. We offer our services to both companies and individual employees, providing ongoing legal advice in labour matters and working closely with Human Resources departments. We assist with issues such as workforce restructuring, contractual conditions, executive employment contracts, and other recurring matters that arise daily.
Our goal is to maintain constant contact with clients to resolve issues as quickly and thoroughly as possible, given that this area often requires rapid responses. For individual clients, we provide advice before signing employment contracts, during the negotiation process, and in cases of termination of employment relationships.
We represent both companies and employees before the Labour Courts. Additionally, we have a Payroll and Social Security Management Department.
Real State
At Casals Abogados, we offer a specialized service in Real Estate Law, aimed at both individuals and companies. Our team adapts to the specific characteristics of each case, with the goal of providing effective legal solutions that are tailored to the unique needs of our clients.
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We provide advice on all types of real estate transactions, including sales and purchases, leases, homeowners’ association management, urban planning, and property-related disputes. Our experience allows us to anticipate potential legal risks and ensure legal certainty in every transaction or proceeding.
Banking
Casals Abogados is the only Spanish law firm that is a member of the international 'Banking Litigation Network.' We advise both individuals and companies, nationally and internationally, in defending their interests against banking institutions.
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Casals Abogados is the only Spanish law firm that is a member of the prestigious ‘Banking Litigation Network,’ which is composed of law firms from the European Union, the United States, and Australia. Casals Abogados provides services to both national and international individuals and companies, defending their interests against banking institutions.
In the field of Banking Law, Casals Abogados has extensive experience in handling cases involving clients affected or harmed by abusive clauses, contracts, and malpractice by banking institutions.
Nullification of floor clauses.
Suspension of foreclosures and mortgage executions.
Minority shareholder actions.
Preferred shares.
Subordinated convertible bond obligations.
Swaps or financial derivatives.
Multi-currency mortgages, nullification of the multi-currency option.
Transactions requesting debt settlement in lieu of payment due to default or mortgage execution.
Opposition to evictions or forced removals.
Compensation claims for liability in the management of investment funds.
Insolvency
We provide advice in situations of insolvency, assisting in debt restructuring or asset liquidation. We safeguard our clients’ interests and facilitate the continuity of their business activity. Our experience includes insolvency proceedings, financial negotiations, and viability plans.
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At Casals Abogados, we offer specialised advice in insolvency law, supporting companies and self-employed individuals facing financial distress. Our goal is to protect our clients’ interests by seeking solutions that enable debt restructuring, business continuity, or, where appropriate, an orderly liquidation of assets.
We have extensive experience in preparing and managing insolvency proceedings, negotiating with creditors, and developing viability plans.
We act with agility and a strategic approach to maximize recovery options and minimize legal and economic impact. We provide a preventive and solution-oriented approach to business crises, ensuring legal certainty at every stage of the process.
Administrative & Urban Planning
We have extensive experience in Public Law, defending our clients against the Administration and in sanctioning proceedings, as well as in urban planning and development projects.
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Our Public Law Department has extensive experience defending our clients before local, regional, and national administrations, with strong ties to the Environmental and Energy sectors.
We advise our clients on administrative claims and sanctioning proceedings, defending their interests before the courts at all levels. Closely linked to Public Law is land development, an area we have actively expanded by offering services in Urban Planning. We collaborate with architects and engineers in drafting Urban Development Plans and provide legal support to Compensation Boards during the implementation of development projects.
Sports
Casals Abogados provides comprehensive legal advice in Sports Law to clubs, federations, and athletes, covering areas such as tax, labour, administrative, and commercial law, with a particular focus on the nautical and sailing sectors.
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Since its inception, Casals Abogados has been connected to the world of sports, with some of its lawyers serving as directors and advisors to federations and clubs, as well as members of sports tribunals. The firm provides legal advice to clubs, athletes, federations, and leagues in all legal matters, both consultative and litigative, before ordinary courts and arbitration panels. Casals offers this advice by integrating various legal fields, including tax, labour, administrative, and commercial law.
Within Sports Law, we highlight our advisory services to Nautical Clubs, which we approach not only from a purely sports perspective but also within the framework of Administrative Law. Our extensive knowledge of a sport like sailing enables us to understand the needs of clubs in carrying out their functions, both sporting and social.
Family & Inheritance
Since the firm’s foundation, we have been advising private clients on personal matters such as family and inheritance law, offering a personal and approachable service.
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Family Law
Casals Abogados has a Family Law Department with extensive experience in this area, especially in matters such as:
Advice in separation and divorce proceedings.
Requests for and adoption of provisional measures in such procedures.
Modification proceedings of separation and divorce rulings.
Enforcement of judgments for claims related to unpaid child support, breaches of visitation rights, etc.
Proceedings concerning disputes over parental authority.
Advice on conflicts related to common-law partnerships.
Incapacities and measures for control and restriction of legal capacity (guardianships and conservatorships).
Inheritance Law
At Casals Abogados, we provide a wide range of legal services and advice related to both testate and intestate inheritance. Our main challenge is to effectively resolve the complex issues arising in succession matters, particularly those involving the transmission of family businesses mortis causa.
Advice and planning of legal and tax aspects of inheritance, including drafting wills and testamentary dispositions.
Planning generational change in business ownership.
Establishment of family protocols.
Challenges to notarised wills and inheritance claims of all kinds.
Determination and integration of the estate, contesting testamentary dispositions, and estate division.
Assistance with all procedures for notarial acceptance of inheritance, transfer and registration of real estate, and settlement of Inheritance Tax.
Compliance
We assist companies in implementing compliance programmes to prevent legal and reputational risks. We design policies, codes of conduct, and control systems tailored to each organisation, ensuring adherence to legal requirements and ethical principles.
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At Casals Abogados, we offer specialised legal advice in compliance, helping companies prevent legal risks, sanctions, and reputational damage. We implement compliance programmes tailored to each organisation, designing internal policies, codes of conduct, and effective control systems.
Our goal is to ensure that companies act in accordance with current regulations and business ethics principles, reducing their exposure to legal liability. We also develop crime prevention models aligned with the Criminal Code, which are essential to limit or avoid corporate criminal liability.
Having a solid compliance plan not only provides legal protection but also enhances corporate reputation and builds trust among clients, investors, and strategic partners.
Telecomunications
We advise companies in the sector on regulatory compliance, licences, and relations with regulatory bodies. We ensure legal security in a technological environment, assisting in contracts, network deployment, data protection, and regulatory disputes.
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At Casals Abogados, we provide specialised legal advice to companies in the telecommunications sector, ensuring regulatory compliance, legal certainty, and strong relationships with key regulatory bodies.
We assist with obtaining licences, drafting and reviewing technology contracts, interconnection and collaboration agreements, as well as processes related to network deployment and digital infrastructure. Our services also cover personal data protection, a crucial aspect in today’s technological environment.
Additionally, we represent our clients in administrative proceedings and regulatory disputes, defending their interests before entities such as the CNMC and regional authorities. We have an in-depth understanding of the sector’s legal framework and offer practical legal solutions tailored to the ever-evolving telecommunications and digital services landscape.
