Litigation Newsletter July 2014

Article 31 bis of the Spanish Criminal Code which introduced the criminal liability for companies in the Spanish system, is pending to be legally modified, amongst other articles of the said Criminal Code. In this publication we analyse the result of this potential amendment from a practical point of view studying the Neymar´s case in which the FC Barcelona is involved.

Energy

On June 11, 2014, the “RD 413/2014” entered into force regulating the generation of electricity using renewable energy sources, cogeneration and waste, introducing a new regime of rights and obligations and a new methodology for determining the economic regime applicable to facilities using renewable energy sources, cogeneration and waste, both for existing facilities and for new facilities that may be developed in the future.

Corporate and Commercial Newsletter May 2014

Corporate and Commercial Newsletter May 2014: The Newsletter of this month includes an analysis of the Royal Decree 304/2014 approving the Regulation of the Law on Prevention of Money Laundering, which entered into force on 14 May. Moreover, it summarises two Resolutions from the General Directorate of Registries and Notaries about splits up at the SLU and the auditor report as a prerequisite of mergers and split up agreements.

Corporate & Commercial Newsflash - May 2014

On May, the 23 th, the Council of Ministers approved the Draft of the Law ammending the Capital Companies Act in order to improve the corporate governance of the companies. The Draft includes almost all changes proposed by the Commite of Experts on Corporate Governance regarding the management of the companies.