Legal 500 EMEA 2025
The prestigious legal directory Legal 500 has published today the results of its rankings in the Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) 2025 guide, recognizing Araoz & Rueda as one of the leading law firms in Spain. In this edition, we have achieved a remarkable presence with 7 recommended areas and 10 recommended […]
Chambers Europe 2025
The prestigious legal directory Chambers and Partners has just published the results of its rankings in the Chambers Europe 2025 guide, recognizing Araoz & Rueda as one of the leading law firms in Spain. In this edition, we have achieved a remarkable presence with 8 recommended areas, three of which have been ranked at the […]
Spanish Supreme Court has ruled regarding WHT on dividends paid to EU hedge funds
The Spanish Supreme Court has recently ruled regarding withholding tax (“WHT”) on dividends paid by Spanish listed companies to EU hedge funds. These EU hedge funds requested a WHT refund because they had borne a WHT higher than the applicable to comparable Spanish collective investment undertakings. Through these judgements, the Spanish Supreme Court has confirmed […]
Araoz & Rueda, recommended firm in Chambers Europe 2023
The prestigious legal directory Chambers and Partners includes Araoz & Rueda in its Chambers Europe Guide 2023 as one of the leading law firms in Spain, with 6 practice areas and 9 of its partners recommended: Individual recommendations 🔵Pedro Rueda in Corporate/M&A 🔵Francisco Solchaga in Energy/Natural Resources 🔵Rafael Bazán in Banking & Finance 🔵Javier Prieto […]
Which law applies to compensation for post-contractual clientele in the international agency contract?
By means of an international agency contract, one party (the principal) empowers another party (the agent) – the latter as an independent intermediary – to enter into foreign trade transactions on behalf of the principal and on a continuous basis. The termination of agency agreements may give rise, among other consequences, to the emergence of […]
Spanish Supreme Court to rule regarding withholding tax on dividends paid to EU hedge funds
The Spanish Supreme Court has recently admitted a claim regarding withholding tax (“WHT”) on dividends paid by Spanish listed companies to EU hedge funds. These EU hedge funds have requested a WHT refund because they have borne a WHT higher than the one that would have been applicable to comparable Spanish collective investment undertakings. In […]
The new Spanish Startups Law: Special reference to stock options, carried interest and digital nomads regime
In Spain, an incipient ecosystem of emerging companies has developed for the last years driven by the success of digital companies born from small innovative projects, by the access to a vast knowledge and data on the Internet and advances in scientific and technical fields. This new economy is an important lever for growth and […]
Urgent energy measures in response to the conflict in Ukraine: keys to RDL 6/2022
Measures in the field of energy introduced by Royal Decree-Law 6/2022 of 29 march adopting urgent measures within the framework of the national response plan to the economic and social consequences of the war in Ukraine (“RDL 6/2022”). 📄 Download PDF Francisco Solchaga | Partner Laura Vintanel | Partner
Extension of economic measures to support economic recovery: keys of the RDL 27/2021
The impact of the health and economic crisis resulting from COVID-19 has led to the approval, since March 2020, of various economic measures aimed at protecting the productive fabric, employment and household income, in particular through various instruments to support the liquidity and solvency of companies and the self-employed. In particular, in this context, the […]
Code of Good Practices for debt renegotiation with public guarantee (aval público)
On 13 March 2021, Royal Decree-Law 5/2021, of 12 March, on extraordinary measures to support business solvency to tackle COVID-19 pandemic (the “RDL 5/2021”), was published in the Spanish Official Gazette (Boletín Oficial del Estado). Measures to support business solvency approved during the last year and, in particular, those envisaged in RDL 5/2021 for an […]