Another highlight at mavens is the provision of comprehensive advice to national and foreign entities in this type of transaction.

Our services cover the following, amongst others:

• Due diligence prior to acquiring a stake, both from the vendor and purchaser side.
• Drawing up sale books.
• Advice in the acquisition of all types of private companies, under a purchase, through a capital increase, during the entire the process (letters of intent, binding and non-binding offers, private sale and purchase agreements, finalisation in a public deed, post-closing adjustments, asset and liability guarantees).
• Advice in drawing up investment and joint venture agreements.
• Shareholders agreements.
• Merger, spin-off, global assignment of assets and liabilities, both national and cross-border.
• Corporate and group restructuring.
• Financing of acquisitions, advising both purchasers and financing parties.
• Divestment advice.

Contact person: Teresa Martín & Cristina Sánchez

Phone: 639 636 603 & 609 252 811

One of our highlights at  mavens is the provision of comprehensive advice to our clients in their relations with the Administration, participating in all types of administrative processes:

Urban planning licences

• Management and urban planning procedures.
• Sanctioning proceedings.
• Proceedings to restore urban planning legality.
• Expropriation procedures.
• Procedures to award and formalise contracts for the concession of works and public works, public services contracts.
• Proceedings before the Spanish Securities Market Commission (CNMV).
• Proceedings before the Spanish Data Protection Agency.

At mavens we are experts in dispute resolution and participate in arbitral proceedings (both ad hoc and before leading national arbitration courts).
We defend our clients’ interests, advising them as legal counsel, in order to adequately uphold their interests before arbitration courts.

Contact person: Esther Gorjón , Teresa Martín & Irene Muñiz

Telefonos: 674 703 736 , 639 636 603 & 664 496 936

At mavens we provide advice in different deals related to the banking world, such as syndicated banking facilities, structured finance, project finance, asset finance, financing of acquisitions and derivatives, and current financial market regulations.

Furthermore, our advice in financing transactions covers the various stages involved in a project, from drafting and negotiating letters of invitation addressed to financial institutions, to confidentiality agreements, finance term sheets, facility agreements, in rem and personal guarantees, interest rate hedging agreements, etc.

As regards refinancing and restructuring operations, we provide advice in novations, deliveries and assignments in lieu of payment, standstill agreements, debt capitalisation and other related issues.

Contact person: Teresa Martín & Cristina Sánchez

Phone: 639 636 603 & 609 252 811

We review clauses inserted in mortgage loans susceptible of being declared abusive (floor clauses, multi-currency, early maturity, expenses, IRPH, accrued interest,…) and we claim for the damage suffered by the borrower. In addition, we specialize in claiming damages arising from the product placement of all types of banking products such as interest rate swaps, collars, structured deposits, securities, convertible bonds, Banco Popular’s shares or preferential shares.

Contact person: Esther Gorjón  &  Irene Muñiz

Telefonos: 674 703 736  & 664 496 936

Based on our experience, we provide advice in the tax planning of mergers, spin-offs, swap of securities, special non-monetary contributions and national/international acquisitions, seeking the most effective taxation for our clients. We propose how such operations should be designed, prepared, implemented and executed. We complete a tax review on any issues related to the restructuring intended, to include a tax due diligence.

Contact person: Gema de la Calle & Teresa Martín

Phone: 607 323 350 & 639 636 603

At Mavens we advise in restructuring and business reorganisation processes, advising both companies and workers. Specifically, our participation in restructuring procedures, including the following:

• Collective dismissals.
• Temporary employment regulation files.
• Substantial changes in working conditions, and geographical mobility in its collective aspect.

Contact person: Esther Serrano & Teresa Martín

Phones: 627 067 092 & 639 636 603

Our lawyers provide corporate advice at all stages of a company’s life, since its incorporation. These are some of the matters on which we advise:

• Company incorporation.
• By-law amendments.
• Board Secretary Offices.
• General Meetings.
• Corporate restructuring (accordion operations, shareholder contributions to replace losses, etc.).
• Directors’ duties and liability.
• Members or shareholders agreements.
• Capital increases (through monetary and non-monetary contributions, credit setoff, debit to reserves, etc.).
• Capital decreases (return of contributions, to set off losses, to establish reserves, etc.).
• Merger, spin-off, global assignment of assets and liabilities (national and cross-border).
• Company transformation.
• International transfer of a registered address (from abroad to Spain and vice versa).
• Allocation of dividends and reserves in kind.
• Issuance of debt.
• Meeting and Board regulations.
• Good governance codes.
• Assistance in relations with the Spanish Securities Market Commission and other regulatory authorities.
• General and strategic advice to the Board of Directors and its committees.
• Remuneration of directors and senior executives.
• Liquidation and dissolution.
• Formalisation and recording of corporate resolutions.

Contact person: Teresa Martín & Cristina Sánchez

Phone: 639 636 603 & 609 252 811

Our advice in this field covers the following matters, amongst others:

• Control of economic concentrations.
• Joint ventures and distribution agreements.
• Agreements including horizontal and vertical restrictions.
• Procedures related to unfair competition practices and abuse of a dominant position.
• Advice related to the legality of agreements and strategic alliances.
• Infraction procedures before the competition authorities and assistance during authority inspections.
• Drafting of reports and recommendations on the matter.

Contact person: Esther Gorjón & Irene Muñiz

Telefonos: 674 703 736  & 664 496 936

mavens offers long-term experience in providing legal advice in contentious-administrative matters; we have acted as legal counsel in different types of judicial proceedings, at all instances, including the challenge of general provisions.

Of interest is our involvement in matters related to:

• Port concessions.
• Regulated sectors (water, coastline, energy, transportation)

Contact person: Esther Gorjón & Irene Muñiz

Telefonos: 674 703 736  & 664 496 936

We provide advice in compliance with direct and indirect taxation obligations, to include continued advice on the tax implications of day-to-day activity in an enterprise or group, in various business sectors. We also try to optimise taxation and procedures, and the management of any tax risks.

Contact person: Gema de la Calle & Karol Gallardo

Phone: 607 323 350 & 672 399 616

At mavens, our direct handling and awareness of our clients’ business enables us to provide the best defence for their rights and interests.

In addition to acting as Legal Counsel before the Courts of Justice and Arbitral Tribunals, our activity includes the issue of reports and legal opinions on civil and commercial matters. We take part in judicial proceedings related to the following:

• Urban leases and horizontal property.
• General contracting terms.
• Termination and contractual rescission.
• Validity, interpretation and performance of civil and commercial contracts.
• Liability for construction vices.

At present, we act as legal counsel in many judicial proceedings derived from the termination of Agency and Distribution contracts, and proceedings brought against banking institutions as a result of abusive practices (nullity of floor clauses and multicurrency loans, etc.). We belong to the team of Lawyers that advises ASUFIN.

Our multidisciplinary team offers expert advice for companies and individual entrepreneurs, in all types of business and commercial operations, backing up the legal management of their day-to-day activity. We provide our services to both national and international companies.

Our lawyers have long-term experience in negotiating, drawing up and finalising all types of commercial agreements, and designing the necessary devices to resolve any resulting disputes and claims.

• Ordinary, selective and exclusive distribution agreements.
• Agency agreements.
• Transport agreements.
• Franchise agreements.
• Commission agreements.
• Industrial leases.
• Lease of services.
• General contracting terms.
• Participation account agreements.
• e-commerce (disclaimer, electronic contracting terms, etc.).

Contact person: Teresa Martín & Cristina Sánchez

Phone: 639 636 603 & 609 252 811

At mavens , we represent our client in judicial proceedings related to:

• Disputes between shareholders.
• Enforcement of shareholders agreements.
• Liability actions against directors.
• Challenge of corporate resolutions and decisions adopted by the management body.
• Directors’ liability.

Contact person: Esther Gorjón , Teresa Martín & Irene Muñiz

Telefonos: 674 703 736 , 639 636 603 & 664 496 936

mavens has long-term experience in advising and providing legal defence to both individuals and companies and their management teams.

We provide advice in the following fields:

• Legal defence before the courts (both at the examination stage, oral procedure, appeal, reversal, etc.) and before any jurisdictional body (Examining Magistrates Courts, Criminal Courts, Provincial Appellate Courts, Supreme Court or Constitutional Court).
• Official investigations, trying to reduce any risks generated by official investigations (Spanish Tax Authorities (AEAT), employment and environmental authorities, etc.).
• mavens advises companies in their regulatory compliance process, drawing up risk maps and acting as a compliance officer.

Contact person: Esther Gorjón & Irene Muñiz

Telefonos: 674 703 736 & 664 496 936

Following recent regulatory changes, it is now essential to minimise criminal risks and responsibilities within each company. At mavens, we design and implant a complete criminal liability prevention plan, to include the following services:

• Drawing up a risk map.
• Drafting a decision-making protocol.
• Drafting a financial resources management model.
• Designing and implementing an ethical and anonymous whistleblowing channel.
• Establishing a disciplinary sanctioning system.
• Scheduling periodic verification procedures.
• Creating an organic structure to control the system and assign responsibilities.
• Acting as an external Compliance Officer.
• Advising the in-house Compliance Officer.

Contact person: Esther Gorjón & Irene Muñiz

Telefonos: 674 703 736 & 664 496 936

Our lawyers offer knowledge and experience in Cross-Border Mergers, advising and executing the entire procedure, to include:

• A common cross-border merger project.
• Report from the management bodies.

– General Meetings

– Calling

• Corporate resolutions and their formalisation.
• Notifying the workers
• Publication of announcements
• Execution and recording of the relevant public deed.

Contact person: Gema de la Calle & Teresa Martín

Phone: 607 323 350 & 639 636 603

At Mavens, we offer legal advice on labour matters, aimed at covering all the needs arising in the field of labour relations. Specifically, the following aspects should be highlighted:

• Labour contracts and obligations resulting from the employment contract.
• Salary and remuneration systems.
• Working time, working hours, overtime, holidays, work permits and work-life balance.
• Subcontracting of work and services, illegal transfer of employees and succession of companies.
• Hiring through Temporary Employment Agencies.
• Geographical mobility and modification of working conditions
• Dismissal and disciplinary
• Legal labour advice to top management employment.
• Drafting of legal documents related to the initiation, novation, and termination of individual labour relations.
• Drafting of labour agreements, including post-contractual non-competition, exclusivity, and permanence agreements.
• Labour audits and due diligence.

Contact person: Esther Serrano & Teresa Martín

Phones: 627 067 092 & 639 636 603

At mavens we are in charge of enforcing judicial resolutions delivered in court proceedings where we acted as legal counsel, to include the enforcement in Spain of foreign judicial and arbitral resolutions (exequatur).

We are also involved in:

• Monetary and non-monetary enforcements
• Summary orders for payment.
• Collection proceedings.

Contact person: Esther Gorjón & Irene Muñiz

Telefonos: 674 703 736 & 664 496 936

At mavens we offer legal counsel in various matters, to include the following:

• Resolution of disputes with intellectual property management entities.
• Registration and protection of intellectual property.
• Editing and collaboration agreements.
• Agreements on collective works.
• International matters.
• Protection of designs, artistic, literary, scientific and audiovisual creations.
• Preservation of image rights.
• Sponsorship and advertising agreements

Contact person: Esther Gorjón , Teresa Martín & Irene Muñiz

Telefonos: 674 703 736 , 639 636 603 & 664 496 936

At mavens we also advise many start-ups and entrepreneurs who are beginning to launch their business. This include the provision of comprehensive legal advice at the initial stages, determining which structure best suits the project in question, drafting investment agreements, shareholders agreements and means of financing, as well as articulating ways for the shareholders to leave the company or make a divestment.

Contact person: Teresa Martín & Cristina Sánchez

Phone: 639 636 603 & 609 252 811

At mavens we advise clients intending to execute transactions that involve European Union Law or any international regulations, such as:

• Client advice and representation in proceedings related to fundamental freedoms (free movement of merchandise, services, freedom of establishment, free movement of persons and capital).
• Analysis and follow-up on the implications of European legislation and sector policies.
• Client representation and defence in proceedings before the Community Courts, the European Ombudsman and other Community and national institutions and bodies.
• Client representation before the European Commission in proceedings related to anti-dumping measures and anti-evasion procedures.

Contact person: Esther Gorjón , Teresa Martín & Irene Muñiz

Telefonos: 674 703 736 , 639 636 603 & 664 496 936

mavens is aware of how important it is for enterprising families to be able to manage and reach a balance between the emotional, entrepreneurial and equity components involved in any family-run business. This is why we help professionalise family-owned companies, paving the way for the new generation to take over, by providing advice in all fields. Our services include:

• Restructuring of family-owned company groups.
• Advice in internationalisation processes.
• Prevention and resolution of conflicts, through mediation and arbitration.
• Start-up of good corporate governance practices.
• Guidance in preparing future leaders.
• Planning a take-over by the new generation (drafting of wills and succession agreements).
• Advice in family agreements and protocols, during the entire design, negotiation, drafting and implantation process.
• Preparing and drafting pre-nuptial and de facto relationship agreements.
• Corporate matters (secretary offices, management and governance bodies).
• Distribution of estates, both in and out of court.

We ensure that all tax requirements are met in order to treat an enterprise as a “Family-Owned Company”, thereby guaranteeing that our clients are able to enjoy the following benefits:

• Exemption from Wealth Tax.

1. A minimum reduction of 95% in the tax base of Inheritance and Donations Tax.

• Deferring a Donor’s taxation under Personal Income Tax, for donations of companies or stakes in the family business to descendants.

We also provide advice to large equity owners, family-owned companies and their individual owners. We are aware of the significant tax burden inherent to holding a company, which is why we try to provide advice seeking to achieve the best taxation and asset protection. We may also provide advice on the tax management of family offices.

Contact person: Teresa Martín & Cristina Sánchez

Phone: 639 636 603 & 609 252 811

At mavens we provide advice during the entire global assignment procedure of assets and liabilities, to include the following:

• Global assignment project.
• Directors report.
• General Meetings:

– Calling.

– Corporate resolutions and their formalisation.

• Publication of announcements.

Execution and recording of the relevant public deed.

Contact person: Teresa Martín & Cristina Sánchez

Phone: 639 636 603 & 609 252 811

In the context of labour relations, our lawyers also have experience in human resources management. Consequently, our advice in this field covers the following matters, among others:

• Design and implementation of salary systems and policies.
• Codes of conduct and codes of good practice.
• Policies of the use of new technologies and technological medias.
• Policies of teleworking, distance working and control of working hours and times.
• Investigation and instruction of procedures for harassment in the workplace.
• Plans for effective equality between men and women.

Contact person: Esther Serrano & Teresa Martín

Phones: 627 067 092 & 639 636 603

At mavens we offer the best legal services related to the protection and use of intangible assets, advising companies and entrepreneurs both in their day-to-day activity and when protecting any intangible assets and copyright generated from within the company.

• Contracting of contents: editing contracts, phonogram production, audiovisual production, format assignment and acquisition of contents.
• Advice in relation to licences held by intellectual property management entities.
• Legal defence in proceedings related to a breach of industrial and intellectual property rights.
• Advice related to the right to one’s honour, privacy and self-image.
• Trademarks, domain names, commercial names, pen names and corporate image.
• Patents, industrial designs, technology transfer, protection of know-how.
• Industrial property assignment and licence agreements.
• Distribution and franchise agreements.
• Licence of use, technology and software development agreements, confidentiality and technology transfer agreements.

Contact person: Esther Gorjón & Irene Muñiz

Telefonos: 674 703 736 & 664 496 936

Managing an estate is a complex process which, in addition to taking place at a delicate moment in a person’s life, raises client concerns, as important decisions need to be made, tax obligations fulfilled and different steps completed (“red tape”). We provide continued advice when claiming an estate, given the client’s equity situation, identifying the steps to be followed and necessary measures, in order to reduce the tax load as much as possible and save our clients time. We offer experience in national and international inheritance planning.

Contact person: Gema de la Calle & Teresa Martín

Phone: 607 323 350 & 639 636 603

At mavens we offer experience in advising the parties that may be involved in an insolvency procedure (creditors and bankrupt party). Our advice, along with the tax and commercial teams, covers all group restructuring procedures, debt refinancing, defence of creditors’ rights, liability of the management body, etc.

Insolvency procedures:

• Advice at the pre-insolvency stage.
• Preliminary insolvency (Article 5.bis) of the Insolvency Act).
• Directors’ liability.
• Drawing up a creditors’ arrangement.
• Advice at the liquidation stage.
• Investment structuring in insolvency assets and liabilities.

Protection of credits

• Challenge and acknowledgement of credits (acting as legal counsel in insolvency incidents).
• Defending creditors’ rights.
• Enforcement of guarantees.

Contact person: Esther Gorjón & Irene Muñiz

Telefonos: 674 703 736 & 664 496 936

At mavens our lawyers provide advice and intervene as Legal Counsel in judicial proceedings related to contractual and non-contractual liability, professional liability, etc.

Contact person: Esther Gorjón & Irene Muñiz

Telefonos: 674 703 736 & 664 496 936

At Mavens we believe that good business planning from a human resources perspective contributes to reduce litigation within corporate labour relations. However, when such litigations arise, it is essential to face them from excellence. For this reason, our lawyers have a very high level of experience in all types of procedures:

• Individual processes, of all kinds.
• Dismissals and sanctions.
• Objective dismissals.
• Collective conflicts.
• Mediation and Arbitration before SIMA, National Advisory Commission on Collective Agreements.
• Social Security litigation.
• Intervention before the Labour Inspection
• Extraordinary appeals.
• Administrative and contentious-administrative procedures in labour and Social Security matters.

Contact person: Esther Serrano & Teresa Martín

Phones: 627 067 092 & 639 636 603

mavens is involved in separations and divorces, both amicable and contentious.

mavens ’s involvement ranges from the pre-contentious stage (advising the parties in order to reach an amicable settlement and to sign a non-contentious divorce agreement for validation by the court), and the contentious stage before the Courts.

Contact person: Esther Gorjón & Irene Muñiz

Telefonos: 674 703 736 & 664 496 936

mavens provides advice during the entire company merger and/or absorption procedure, to include:

• Merger project.
• Swap of company shares or participations.
• Directors report.
• Request and coordination, if necessary, of an independent expert report.
• Conflict with the creditors.
• Total and partial absorptions.
• Notifying the workers and suppliers.
• General Meetings:

– Calling.

– Corporate resolutions and their formalisation.

• Corporate or company group restructuring.
• Publication of announcements.
• Execution and recording of the relevant public deed.

Contact person: Gema de la Calle & Teresa Martín

Phone: 607 323 350 & 639 636 603

Our team also has experience in legislation on the Prevention of Money Laundering and loans, to include the following services:

• Drawing up a risk report.
• Designing and implementing a Manual on the Prevention of Money Laundering.
• Know Your Customer policies.
• Appointing members of the Internal Control Body (OCI)
• Advising the OCI on control of any measures.
• External audit on compliance.

Contact person: Esther Gorjón & Silvia Elias

Phones: 674 703 736 & 610 305 323