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Practice area · Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Legal

Advice and legal representation in commercial, civil, administrative, criminal and employment law, from preventive counselling to court, arbitration and administrative proceedings.

Commercial

In commercial matters, we assist our clients with all their consultancy, advisory and legal representation needs across every area of commercial law, particularly:

  • Preparing, drafting, negotiating and reviewing all types of commercial contracts.
  • Banking law.
  • Securities, financial and capital markets law.
  • Insurance.
  • Transport law.
  • Maritime law.
  • Negotiable instruments law.
  • Industrial property law.
  • Corporate law.
  • Competition law.
  • Franchising, agency and distribution.
  • International trade.
  • E-commerce.
  • Blockchain.
  • Technology law.
  • Insolvency law (see the specific section).

Our work naturally includes acting as legal counsel in all types of court and arbitration proceedings relating to these matters, negotiating and concluding agreements of every kind, and providing general consultancy and advice.

EGALTIA's commercial practice currently serves clients from virtually every sector of the economy, with a particular focus on tourism and hospitality, renewable energy, industry, leisure and restaurants, agriculture and food, ports, import and export, and transport.

Civil

In civil matters, we assist our clients with all their consultancy, advisory, legal representation and support needs relating to:

  • Preparing, drafting, negotiating and reviewing all types of civil contracts.
  • Urban leases.
  • Family law.
  • Copyright and intellectual property.
  • Construction law.
  • Associations.
  • Civil partnerships (sociedades civiles).
  • Contractual liability.
  • Civil (non-contractual) liability.
  • Road traffic accidents.
  • Property and asset law.
  • Infringement of the rights to honour, personal image and privacy.
  • Fundamental rights.
  • Proceedings concerning legal capacity.
  • Owners' associations (comunidades de propietarios).
  • Claims against banks.
  • Claims against insurers.
  • Evictions.
  • Summary possession proceedings (interdictos).

Administrative

In administrative law, we assist our clients with all their consultancy, advisory, legal representation and support needs relating to:

  • Public procurement.
  • Town planning and the environment.
  • Maritime and port law (maritime registries, port concessions and authorisations, licences to provide port services, etc.).
  • Coastal law.
  • Fisheries law.
  • Customs law.
  • Immigration law.
  • Road traffic law.
  • Civil service.
  • Grants and subsidies.
  • Financial liability of public authorities.
  • Administrative sanctions.
  • Administrative procedures in general.

Our work naturally includes acting as legal counsel in all types of administrative and judicial review (contencioso-administrativo) proceedings relating to these and any other administrative law matters, including the filing of all kinds of appeals.

Criminal

In criminal matters, we advise on and conduct defence work and private prosecutions across all areas of the field, notably:

  • Offences against the person (assault, homicide, murder, gender-based violence, sexual offences, offences against honour such as defamation, etc.).
  • Economic crime (corporate offences, tax fraud, social security fraud, theft, robbery, unlawful occupation of property, fraud, misappropriation, money laundering, intellectual property offences, etc.).
  • Forgery (of private or public documents, and counterfeiting of currency).
  • Offences against workers' rights (imposing unlawful working conditions, illegal trafficking of labour, offences against freedom of association and the right to strike, offences against workers' health and safety).
  • Offences against public health.
  • Planning offences, environmental offences and arson.
  • Road traffic offences.
  • Offences against public administration (malfeasance in public office, bribery, embezzlement, influence peddling).

The regulation of the criminal liability of legal persons deserves particular mention: we specialise in advising on regulatory compliance (criminal compliance). Compliance with internal and external rules, together with codes of conduct and whistleblowing channels, is increasingly linked to, and essential for, protecting an organisation's reputation, becoming a competitive factor rather than merely a legal obligation or a requirement for doing business. Regulators are also paying growing attention to the compliance function and its responsibilities, especially in regulated sectors and entities.

Our professionals work with organisations to identify their regulatory obligations and bring them into line, with the aim of protecting them from the risk of non-compliance and putting efficient procedures in place at a reasonable cost. Our services include, among others:

  • Assistance in implementing crime prevention models (criminal compliance).
  • Setting up the compliance function.
  • Helping to identify compliance obligations and requirements, and assessing exposure to the risk of non-compliance.

Employment

In employment matters, we assist our clients with all their consultancy, advisory, legal representation and support needs relating to:

Employment law advice:

  • Answering queries and providing legal representation, both before SEMAC (the Canary Islands mediation, arbitration and conciliation service) and before the courts, in all types of employment proceedings, such as dismissals, disciplinary sanctions and wage claims.
  • Handling workforce adjustment procedures (Expedientes de Regulación de Empleo) and collective agreements; drafting dismissal and disciplinary letters and notices of changes to working conditions.

Employment contracts and payroll:

  • Advising on and drafting employment contracts, and notifying them to SEPE (the Spanish Public Employment Service).
  • Preparing payslips (monthly pay, arrears, final settlements, etc.).
  • Monthly accounting and cost summaries.
  • Electronic filing of tax forms 111 and 190.
  • Annual certificate of personal income tax (IRPF) withholdings.

Social Security:

  • Social Security contribution returns (TC1 and TC2).
  • Registering and deregistering employees with the General Social Security Treasury (TGSS).
  • Employer certificates (certificados de empresa).
  • Reporting workplace accidents through the Delt@ system.
  • Processing temporary incapacity (sick leave) notifications through the RED system.