Find Lawyers in Barcelona, Spain for Corporate Governance and Compliance Practice
Practice Area Overview
Good corporate governance is reflected in the responsibility of the company, cooperating with both EU and domestic rules in order for companies to observe certain criteria or recommendations.
For instance, in Spain the stock market authority has recently published a practical guide providing a set of criteria and guidelines for companies operating in the market, under clear and quality explanations warning when these companies might be moving away from the above mentioned recommendations.
EU rules require companies to include in its annual report a statement on corporate governance if their shares are publicly traded on a regulated market of any EU Member State.
In practice, the corporate governance statement should include information about the corporate governance system, such as the corporate governance code which is applied by the company, the internal control systems and risk management, the shareholders and their powers, the rights of shareholders, board of directors, management and supervisory bodies and their committees.
This information may be useful for investors and certainly eases any investment decision. It also strengthens the confidence of investors in companies in which they invest, since they can count with a more transparent market, plus it also improves companies’ image.
On the other hand, according to these rules, companies that deviate from the provisions of corporate governance rules will have to explain in their corporate governance statement which parts of the rules have not been accomplished and the reasons for it. On several occasions such non-accomplishment may have also been done consciously, should it allow more efficient management of the company.
Ultimately, all of the abovementioned rules aim to promote a culture of responsibility, trying to make companies make a thorough examination of corporate governance regimes.
In a similar vein are those compliance programs whose approach refers to criminal risk management of the company.
With regards to these, compliance programs involve the establishment of an internal company regulation in order to ensure compliance with the criminal law of each country.
In addition, the integration of these programs provide for the participation of the compliance officer to ensure the proper implementation of the compliance program.
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Address: Torre Realia – Plaza de Europa, 41 – 43 08908 L’Hospitalet de Llobregat (Barcelona) Tel.: +34 93 253 29 22 Email: acasanovas@kpmg.es Blog: www.kpmgcumplimientolegal.es Educational background Law Degree, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (1983-1988). Post-Degree titles in EU Institutions, Commercial & Tax Law in Köln and Lovaine. Master’s Degree in Corporate Secretaryship and Tax Consultancy, Colegio Universitario Abad Oliba, Barcelona (1988-198...
Núria Garcia Puigpelat ngp@avqlegal.com Partner Education: Law degree (2005) by the Universidad Internacional de Catalunya. Erasmus scholarship (2004-05) at the Augsburg Universität Law School (Germany) LL.M Magister Legum (2005-06) by Augsburg University (Germany) Professional experience and expertise: Núria joined the firm in 2007, and her activity is focussed on providing legal advice to national and international companies and commercial law in general. She has experien...
Lucas Palomar is a partner of Cases&Lacambra in Spain. He leads the Corporate & M&A practice group in Spain. He is a lawyer, member of the Barcelona Bar Association and holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration and Management (MBA) from ESADE. With more than 25 years of experience, prior to joining the Firm, Lucas developed his professional career at PWC Tax & Legal Services as the partner responsible for the Transactions group of the Barcelona office.Lucas is a...
Practice Areas Tax. Norma has broad experience advising on cross-border and domestic M&A and real estate transactions, the financing of acquisitions, corporate and financial restructurings and capital markets. She also has extensive experience advising on international tax, tax proceedings and litigation. Career Norma Peña i Bagés joined Pérez-Llorca in March 2017 as a partner of the Tax practice area. She previously worked at various prestigious national and internat...
Eulalia is a lawyer specialising in commercial law, company law, joint ventures, mergers, acquisitions and corporate restructuring. She constantly intervenes in complex commercial operations giving advice ranging from negotiation to legal enforcement and development. In addition, she is an expert in negotiating commercial agreements, especially in the areas of distribution, agency and franchise. She has given advice in numerous real estate operations and has extensive experience in intellectu...
Alejandra Vidal-Quadras Torras avt@avqlegal.com Lawyer Practice areas: Competition and advertising law, Crisis and conflicts, Person, Damages and liability, Legal business and contracts, Company Training: University Master for Access to the Legal Profession from the University Pompeu Fabra – Civil law specialty (2018) Graduate in Law from the University Pompeu Fabra (2017). Professional Experience: I joined the firm in 2019 and my activity is focussed on the areas of litigation and civi...
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