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White Collar Crime in SpainDaniel Jimenez
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Sicily, divorce as contemporary art
Read more: Sicily, divorce as contemporary artJustice has seized the paintings that José María Sicilia exhibited in ARCO for non-payments in his agreement with his ex-partner. There have been many and very famous marriages of artists in the history of art in the last century: there are the cases of Helen Frankentaler and Robert Motherwell, Frida Kahlo and Diego, Rivera, Picasso and…
Member Spotlight – Why boutique is best – Daniel Jimenez Garcia values the personal approach
Read more: Member Spotlight – Why boutique is best – Daniel Jimenez Garcia values the personal approachFor Daniel Jimenez Garcia, the ideal law firm is a small boutique with a large reach. After working for years at Ashurst – the international legal behemoth – Daniel was ready for a radical change. He wanted his own small firm but with an international presence to draw in big clients. As a specialist in…
Pimco goes on the offensive in the Popular case with the Bank of Spain mails
Read more: Pimco goes on the offensive in the Popular case with the Bank of Spain mailsThis article was originally published in the El Confidencial on 21st May 2020. AUTHOR: JORGE ZULOAGA The U.S. fund and others who lost hundreds of millions in Popular believe the Bank case can be repeated with mails like Inspector Casaus. The big international funds try to replicate the strategy of the Bank case in the criminal…
CORONAVIRUS. NOTE ON FORCE MAJEURE AND JUDICIAL MODIFICATION OF CONTRACTS DUE TO CHANGE OF CIRCUMSTANCES IN SPANISH LAW.
Read more: CORONAVIRUS. NOTE ON FORCE MAJEURE AND JUDICIAL MODIFICATION OF CONTRACTS DUE TO CHANGE OF CIRCUMSTANCES IN SPANISH LAW.The declaration of alarm in Spain agreed by the Spanish Government on 14 March 2020 and the limitations on the mobility of persons make it necessary to consider what solutions or mitigating measures are established by Spanish law for the effects that these measures will have on current contracts. In this note we analyse: 1)…
Daniel Jimenez of SLJ Abogados takes part in Negotiating Effective Contracts & Dealing with Disputes
Read more: Daniel Jimenez of SLJ Abogados takes part in Negotiating Effective Contracts & Dealing with DisputesQUESTION ONE – What is your best practice approach when advising General Counsel, to ensure dispute resolution clauses are to their real advantage and do not obstruct enforcement proceedings? In international contracts, it is necessary to involve lawyers from different jurisdictions to understand the pros and cons of litigating in each one of them. In…
Bondholders offer help to Popular criminal investigation
Read more: Bondholders offer help to Popular criminal investigationLONDON, Jan 30 (IFR) – Former junior bondholders in Banco Popular, which was sold to Santander in June for €1 after their liabilities had been converted into equity, have offered to assist a criminal investigation in Spain in a bid to accelerate the proceedings. So far the group of bondholders, which includes Pimco, Anchorage Capital,…
SLJ Abogados incorpora al fiscal Álvaro Sánchez-Pego
Read more: SLJ Abogados incorpora al fiscal Álvaro Sánchez-PegoEl abogado cántabro ha sido miembro de la carrera fiscal hasta 2013, cuando solicitó la excedencia. SLJ Abogados, firma especializada en litigación, ha decidido reforzar su departamento de penal-económico con el fichaje de Álvaro Sánchez-Pego, fiscal en excedencia de la Audiencia Provincial de Cantabria, que llega en calidad de counsel. Se trata de una decisión estratégica…
Update: Recent instruction to SLJ Abogados by HP Indigo B.V.
Read more: Update: Recent instruction to SLJ Abogados by HP Indigo B.V.We have been instructed by HP Indigo B.V. (a subsidiary of HP Inc formerly named Hewlett Packard Inc.), in relation to a dispute with a Spanish distributor.
SLJ Abogados Secure Big Victory for our client Servicios BF against Vodafone Spain
Read more: SLJ Abogados Secure Big Victory for our client Servicios BF against Vodafone SpainWe have obtained a big victory for our client Servicios BF against Vodafone Spain in relation to an agency agreement. The Higher Court of Appeals of Madrid, has awarded Euros 7,600,000 plus interest and costs to our client BF as it has considered that Vodafone termination of the agency agreement signed with our client was…
Third Party Funding: advantages and drawbacks
Read more: Third Party Funding: advantages and drawbacksAs is widely known, third party funding is a practice widely carried on in many European countries and the United States of America. The benefits are so clear that sooner rather than later this method of financing will finish up being taken up in Spain where, until now, its use continues to be rather infrequent.…
SLJ Abogados – Supreme Court Appeal Win for large Spanish hotel/tourist gorups
Read more: SLJ Abogados – Supreme Court Appeal Win for large Spanish hotel/tourist gorupsSLJ Abogados, has recently won a Supreme Court Appeal case on behalf of several of the main hotel and touristic Spanish Groups (Meliá, AC Hotels, Pullmantur, etc). The Supreme Court accepted the appeal in relation to the civil consequences of several very serious crimes committed by the former president of the Spanish Confederation of Business…
The Supreme reopens part of the case against Diaz Ferrán by Marsans
Read more: The Supreme reopens part of the case against Diaz Ferrán by MarsansArticle taken from http://cincodias.com/cincodias/2016/07/04/empresas/1467656090_272279.html By Laura Salces Acebes The Supreme Court has returned to the High Court of the case against Gerardo Díaz Ferrán for bankruptcy Marsans. This week, the Supreme Court upheld the sentence of two years in prison against the president of the CEOE but has ordered the Court to re-sentencing on the direct responsibility…