Corporate Governance

The firm’s corporate attorneys bring perspective to senior management, boards, and board committees. They actively counsel on a full range of corporate governance matters and fiduciary duties. We undertake the incorporation of companies and foreign branches, drafting of shareholders' agreements, committee charters, and codes of conduct, and carry out the due diligence in the face of mergers and acquisitions. Furthermore we set up non-profit entities (Esales: Entidades sin Ánimo de Lucro), establish collaboration agreements to leverage synergies, and have hands-on experience on takeover readiness measures, including shareholder proposals and stockholder engagement. Additionally our lawyers handle all aspects related with corporate reorganizations and in order to liquidate and close businesses.

Our corporate law practice attorneys bring practical judgment, a sense of innovation, and a business perspective. We provide legal advice to organizations on critical issues such as meeting requirements related to information disclosure, strategic alliancesJoint Venturesinvestment vehicles, structuring of investment funds, and the settlement of conflicts between partners, amongst others. In addition to counseling on sensitive corporate issues, we also take over routine procedures, such as drafting and negotiating commercial contracts, keeping of meeting minutes and shareholders' books, and undertaking procedures related with the commercial register. Regarding commercial matters, we have experience structuring different sorts of arrangements, such as distribution contracts, commercial agencies, and setting up of franchises.

In order to deal with internal conflicts, crisis situations, investigations, and corporate related litigations, we have a multidisciplinary team that addresses the interests of our clients from a legal and a business perspective. Moreover, we advise companies on potential infringements regarding industrial and intellectual property, consumer rights, and personal data protection.

Corporate governance

and corporate governance-related disclosure requirements

Shareholders' agreements

committee charters, and codes of conduct

Incorporation

of companies and foreign branches

Counsel

in the face of mergers and acquisitions

Drafting

and negotiation of commercial contracts

Procedures

before the commercial register

Advice on potential

infringements and representation in litigation