Cross-border inheritances in Catalonia: succession order and the lawful share
4/12/2020 In Spain, the Spanish civil code doesn’t apply in all autonomous regions. There are certain regions that have their own regional legislation. These are…
Cross-border inheritance in Spain (for EU-citizens)
04/12/2020 Many EU-citizens don’t know that, in order to receive an inheritance in Spain, you need to sign a public deed before a Spanish notary. One…
THE SPANISH SECOND CHANCE LAW
Xavier Franquesa Lawyer xf@espadagerlach.com 8 April 2020 Companies and self-employed people are the engine of our economy and society. In these times of uncertainty in…
Spanish citizenship for sephardics or sephardim
Until now, the citizenship was given by a “naturalization letter” (carta de naturaleza), which means, by the goverment resolution, if a number of requests were…
Judicial division of assets in Spain
09/03/2011 We are sometimes faced with situations where we have a shared heritage with others for various reasons, for example, because of buying in common and…
Synthesis of the spanish labour law reform
05/04/2012 The measures taken include: Objective causes dismissal The existence of objective causes to extinguish the employment relationship will be considered in case of concurrence of…
Inheritance and donation taxes to non residents in Spain. Right to claim for a refund.
The Sentence of September 3rd 2014 of the Court of Justice of the European Union, issued in case C-27/2012, forces at least the Spanish nation…
Taxation for residents in spain and for non residents
It has been changed recently the general (from the State)basis of the Income Tax for physical persons residents in Spain, by means of the RD…
Property auctions in Spain online
Is it possible to buy a house in Spain from home? From October 15th, it will be possible. We are not talking about buying through…
Report of the coastal area
Report of the coastal area of Ampuriabrava de Castelló d’Empúries (COSTA BRAVA – CATALONIA – SPAIN) on the 16/08/2016: As you surely remember many moorings…
Recognition and execution of foreign judgments in Spain, specifically regarding civil and commercial matters
The recognition of foreign judgements is under the scope of international law. The sources of International Private Law work in a hierarchical way. Therefore, they…
European Certificate of Succession
In some cases, a person may be a habitual resident in one EU member state to which he isn’t a citizen. Also, he might have…