The Legal 500 2020 highlights Araoz & Rueda in seven areas of practice
The prestigious international legal directory The Legal 500 recognizes Araoz & Rueda as a leading firm in Europe in 2020. The Legal 500 has included Araoz & Rueda as a recommended firm in the following areas of practice: Banking & Finance, Corporate/M&A, Dispute Resolution, Employment, Real Estate and Construction, Projects and Energy and Tax. The […]
The exclusion of operators from public tendering due to infringements of competition law in Spain
The Spanish Law 9/2017 on Public Sector Procurement (“LPSP”) regulates the exclusion of operators from public tendering procedures (article 71 et seq). The LPSP transposes Directive 2014/24/ EU, which sets out on article 57 a number of mandatory and discretionary grounds for excluding an economic operator from public procurement procedures. The Directive considered anticompetitive conduct […]
COVID-19: Additional measures and modifications to RDL 8/2020
1. Introduction On 30 January 2020 the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that COVID-19 involved a public health emergency of international importance. As a result of this crisis being increased, Spain, among other states, has taken certain measures restricting the freedom of movement of their citizens, limiting or restricting the entry of travellers from countries […]
Recoverable paid leave for employees providing non-essential services
As part of the state of alarm decreed by the Spanish government on 14 March 2020 for managing the public health crisis caused by COVID-19, the government has decided to further reduce the mobility of the population by approving Royal Decree Law 10/2020 of March 29, which regulates recoverable paid leave for employees providing non-essential […]
Complementary labour measures to mitigate the effects of COVID-19
On 28 March 2020, the Spanish Government has extended the state of alarm by 15 additional days (until 11 April 2020, inclusive). On the same day, Royal Decree-Law 9/2020, of March 27, 2020, adopting additional measures, in the field of employment, to soften the effects of COVID-19 (“RDL 9/2020”), was published. These new measures are […]
State of alarm and measures relating to nursing homes and social health centres
Download the PDF document here Royal Decree 463/2020 of 14 March, has declared a state of alarm throughout the Spanish territory for the management of the health crisis situation caused by the COVID-19 (“Royal Decree”), and provides a group of measures aimed at protecting the health and safety of citizens and strengthening the public […]
State of alarm and ownership rights
Download the PDF document here Spain is under the alarm state declared by the RD 463/2020, of March 14th. This situation is guaranteed by article 55 of the Constitution and the development provided by the Organic Law 4/1981, of 1 June, together with those of emergency and siege. The current state of alarm is […]
Temporary employment suspension of employment contracts and reduction in working hours
Download the PDF document here Nowadays, many companies are being forced to take/adopt measures to cope with the impact of Covid-19. From an employment-law perspective, among other measures, the vast majority of companies will have no choice but to carry out temporary layoffs based on suspension of employment contracts and reduction in working hours […]
Araoz & Rueda, recognized firm in Chambers Europe 2020
The prestigious Chambers & Partners Europe guide highlights one more year Araoz & Rueda as a leading firm in Europe in 2020. The following partners are recommended: Pedro Rueda (Tier 2) and Alejandro Fernández de Araoz (Corporate/M&A), Rafael Bazán (Tier 2, Banking & Finance), Alejandro Fernández de Araoz (Dispute Resolution), Ainhoa Veiga (Competition/European Law), Alfonso Suárez (Employment), Jesús Conde […]
COVID-19 epidemic: application of force majeure and hardship under Spanish law
1. Context On 30 January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) General Director declared the outbreak of CoViD-19 (also known as Coronavirus), a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). In addition, on 11 March 2020, the WHO has officially declared the Coronavirus a pandemic. Finally, the Spanish Government has declared the official “state of alarm” […]