AREAS OF PRACTICE

MARCELLÁN ABOGADOS PROVIDES LEGAL ADVICE IN BUSINESS LAW.

CORPORATE LAW

Marcellán Abogados advises national and international companies on all legal matters arising during their routine operations, whether they concern the Board of Directors, General Shareholders’ Meetings, or company executives and middle management.

Services include, among others, advising on corporate resolutions and amendments to bylaws, preparing, assisting, and supporting Board of Directors and General Shareholders Meetings.

Providing comprehensive legal advice on Corporate Governance rules, such as Board and Shareholder Regulations, Good Governance Codes, and executive and director compensation.

Our Team also serves as Board Secretaries or legal counsel for companies, providing continuous or ad-hoc assistance.

Additionally, we specialize in resolving conflicts between shareholders or directors, tailoring strategies to protect clients interests.

Marcellán Abogados has extensive experience in drafting family protocols and shareholder agreements, directly engaging in family reflection processes and preparing the contracts and corporate documents necessary for the proper implementation of the agreed-upon protocols. This ensures solutions for the challenges faced by Family Businesses, while enhancing their strengths and mitigating risks.

Our services include dvising governance bodies for both the company and the family (Family Assembly, Family Council).

  • Implementing good corporate governance practices.
  • Supporting succession planning with negotiation and formalization of family protocols.
  • Mediating family conflicts.
  • Undertaking corporate restructurings of family businesses.

Marcellán Abogados has broad experience in advising on mergers, acquisitions, and company sales processes, both nationally and internationally, as well as addressing commercial aspects impacted by such operations.

Our expertise includes advising on mergers, acquisitions, and company sales, both domestically and internationally. Our services in this field include:

  • Structuring and executing share or asset purchases, and shareholder participation agreements.
  • Leveraged buyouts (LBOs) and management-led buyouts (MBOs and MBIs).
  • Drafting shareholder agreements and joint venture contracts.
  • Handling special situations (e.g., distressed assets, insolvencies).
  • Financing acquisitions and advising both buyers and lenders.
  • Conducting Legal Due Diligence processes.

Startups:

Marcellán Abogados offers comprehensive advice to startups and scaleups across all growth stages. Our expertise includes company formation, drafting shareholder agreements, advising on funding rounds, and supporting founders during exit strategies.

Venture Capital:

We guide investors (venture capital funds, private equity, family offices) with tailored legal strategies that maximize opportunities while mitigating risks, covering due diligence, financing rounds, M&A transactions, and divestments.

Marcellán Abogados provides legal advice to its clients for entering into contracts needed within their business activities, including, among others, agency and distribution agreements, construction and delegated promotion contracts, sales agreements, supply agreements, collaboration agreements with suppliers and clients, general sales conditions, and lease agreements.

We ensure contracts are clear, enforceable, and designed for proper performance or resolution.

Marcellán Abogados offers extensive experience in financial restructuring processes, assisting clients throughout the initial phases of analysis and presentation of documentation, as well as during negotiations with financial entities and creditors to secure the necessary agreements for a restructuring plan.

Our team, supports clients through financial restructuring processes, including, analyzing and presenting necessary documentation, negotiating with creditors and financial institutions, representing companies during insolvency proceedings and related disputes.

Additionally, we assist creditors in recovering outstanding debts and handle all necessary legal actions.

Marcellán Abogados provides litigation support and represents clients in civil, commercial, and criminal jurisdictions, as well as in arbitration proceedings, defending their interests.

Among other areas, our team specializes in litigation and arbitration related to corporate disputes (such as challenges to corporate resolutions, actions for director liability, conflicts between partners/shareholders, or the right to information, among others), as well as those related to corporate activities, such as claims for amounts due, actions for contractual and/or tort liability, professional liabilities, construction defects in real estate, general terms and conditions of contracts, banking contracts, or industrial and intellectual property.

Likewise, we have extensive experience defending our clients interests before the Criminal Courts and Tribunals in matters related to economic crimes, such as fraud, misappropriation, mismanagement, asset stripping, disclosure of secrets, and fraudulent insolvency, among others.

Marcellán Abogados advises on the registration and protection of trademarks and signs, licensing agreements for distinctive signs, and other relevant contracts impacting these registrations.

Similarly, our team advises and represents clients in matters related to industrial property disputes before the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), the EUIPO Boards of Appeal, the Court of Justice of the European Union, the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office, the Commercial Courts specialized in trademarks and patents, and the Community Trademark Courts.

Marcellán Abogados provides legal advice and represents clients in competition law cases, including anti-competitive agreements, abuse of dominant position cases, merger control, and state aid matters, before Spanish and European Union authorities and courts.

Marcellán Abogados advises clients on actions involving public administration (local, regional, and national), including areas such as administrative contracting, licenses, and subsidies.

Marcellán Abogados advises its clients on actions to be taken before public administrations (local, regional, and national entities), including, among others, matters related to public procurement, licenses, and subsidies.

Our team’s advisory services include, among others, the following:

  • Administrative contracts.
  • Urban planning law.
  • Claims for the administrative authority’s patrimonial liability.
  • Administrative appeals and contentious-administrative proceedings.

OUR TEAM

MARCELLÁN ABOGADOS IS COMPOSED OF HIGHLY QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS, IN CONTINUOUS TRAINING AND WITH A SOLID EXPERIENCE.

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