Corporate governance refers to those practices and processes that direct and control a company. The Spanish Corporate Governance Code provides the framework for attaining a company’s objectives and includes every sphere of its management from a company’s internal controls to its disclosure.
Depuis que l’Espagne est un état membre de l’Union Européenne (EU), une unification de ses lois a provoqué que celles-ci soient similaires aux lois européennes concernant la façon dont les fusions transfrontalières doivent être réglementées. Cependant, il existe quelques différences car l’Espagne a mis en place ses propres lois, qui sont conformes indubitablement aux lois de l’UE, mais elle introduit néanmoins quelques différences.
Whoever wants to invest in Spain can choose between different legal forms, with regard to the legal framework of his or her company formation. Spanish law distinguishes between corporations, partnerships and other legal forms.
Toute personne souhaitant investir en Espagne peut choisir entre différentes formes juridiques en ce qui concerne le cadre légal de la forme de l’entreprise. La législation espagnole établit une distinction entre les sociétés, les partenariats et d’autres formes juridiques.
Before any European Union law reform, it was near to impossible to enforce a judgement from one EU country in another EU country. Now, however, Council Regulation (EC) No. 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgements in civil and commercial matters contains rules on enforcing a judgement in another member State.
Dans de précédents articles, nous avons abordé les différentes manières par lesquelles un chef d’entreprise peut convenir de la résiliation des relations de travail qui l’unissent à ses employés.
Organic Law 5/2010 of 22 June 2010, reforming the Spanish Penal Code, treats legal entities as subjects of law that are likely to commit crimes, on which real criminal sanctions can be imposed.
As noted in our previous articles (links to articles 70 and 71), the imposition of criminal liability on legal entities, as a result of the Spanish Penal Code reform, calls for proper control by the legal representatives of a company.
Competition law in the European Union and competition law in the United States and the United Kingdom appear to have the same, or similar, objectives but are very diverse in the manner in which they deal with the law and issues that arise. The differences arise in matters such as fighting cartels, which is more common than one may think.
On 3 July 2015, the Official Spanish Gazette published Law 15/2015 on Voluntary Jurisdiction. Some part of its clauses came into force on 23 July, while many others will come into effect at a later time.
