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Mergers and acquisitions

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01 Acquiring companies
02 Mergers in Spain
03 M&A specialists
04 Due diligence
01 — What we do

We run your merger step by step

The structure chosen at the outset determines the tax and the liability at the end.

We run your merger step by step
  1. Choosing the structure

    Buying shares, buying assets or merging: each route carries a different tax bill.

  2. Common draft terms

    Drafting the draft terms, the directors' report and, where the law requires it, the independent expert's report, and filing or publishing the draft terms.

  3. Resolutions of the general meetings

    Notice and approval at each company, with the publicity the law requires.

  4. Creditors' right to object

    Managing the creditors' one-month period and the security they can ask for before the Registry or the court.

  5. Prior authorisations

    Competition, regulated sectors and foreign investment, where the deal needs them.

  6. Integration

    Transfer of contracts, transfer of undertakings and harmonising employment terms.

02 — The service

Are you preparing a merger or an acquisition? We structure it from the outset to avoid delays and unnecessary costs.

Escalera & Tuset · Commercial law · Madrid

At Escalera & Tuset we are specialists in company acquisition processes.
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03 — Common mistakes

We save you the mistakes that delay a deal or make it more expensive

Almost all of them are made in the first few weeks, while there is still room to change the approach.

  1. Choosing the structure out of habit

    Merging, buying shares or buying assets carry very different tax costs and very different risks.

  2. Underestimating the creditors

    They have one month from publication of the draft terms to ask for security: that does not stop the deal, but it can end up in court.

  3. Not reading the key contracts

    Customers, suppliers and lenders can terminate or renegotiate if control changes.

  4. Taking tax neutrality for granted

    The special regime requires a valid commercial reason, which the tax authority reviews.

  5. Forgetting the authorisations

    Competition, regulated sectors or foreign investment rules may require notification before closing.

  6. Integrating the workforce without informing them

    A transfer of undertakings requires the employees or their representatives to be informed.

04 — Questions

What people ask us before they instruct us

In a merger the companies combine into one; in an acquisition one buys control of the other, which continues to exist.

Several months: draft terms, reports, resolutions of the general meetings, the creditors' period, the deed and registration. Prior authorisations can make it longer.

The tax neutrality regime applies, and has to be notified to the tax authority, unless the transaction has no valid commercial reason; in that case it can generate substantial tax.

The resulting company takes over the contracts and their rights are preserved. There is a duty to inform the workforce or their representatives.

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05 — Quote

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06 — In detail

More about mergers and acquisitions

What are company acquisitions?

Acquiring a company means one business buying part of the share capital of another. The aim is to have partial or full control over the first, which keeps its own legal personality.

The Mergers and Acquisitions department at Escalera & Tuset is made up of outstanding commercial law professionals: lawyers who are enthusiastic about this branch of law and who also have successful track records in commercial and legal advisory work. Our firm offers a professional, specialist service, one that lets your company approach any acquisition or merger process with complete confidence. A service that lets you rest easy.

Specifically, our M&A lawyers are established experts in planning every related process: acquisitions, mergers and demergers, for subsidiaries within the same group and for entirely independent companies. We know every last administrative, legal and commercial detail of those transactions. Just get in touch and we will put that knowledge at the service of your company and what it needs.

Company mergers in Spain

Mergers and acquisitions are complex processes from several points of view. There is nothing for you to worry about, however. With the specialists at Escalera & Tuset beside you, you will be able not only to carry out the acquisitions, mergers and demergers involved but also to get the most out of them. In the end, we personally take care of every tax, employment, administrative and competition aspect involved in any of those processes.

That applies whatever kind of company merger you plan to carry out and, above all, whatever the characteristics of the entities involved. Our commercial law department is made up of professionals from various branches, which gives us an overall, cross-cutting view. Are there international companies involved? We advise and bring things into line thanks to our knowledge of foreign jurisdictions.

We also work from every possible angle. We lend our experience and our knowledge to buyers and to sellers alike. Our ability to mediate, and the reconciling of interests we make possible, comes in large part from being multidisciplinary. We know both sides. That has let us take part successfully in a great many corporate transactions of real importance and complexity. We are the lawyers for business owners that you need.

Specialists in company acquisitions

At Escalera & Tuset we are specialists in company acquisition processes. Get in touch and one of the professionals in our commercial law department will speak to you. They will understand your position and what you need better than anyone. We will then arrange a meeting in person, free of charge and with no obligation, where we will go into your case in depth and set out a rough road map. We want you to feel at home from day one. We want you to trust us.

And we want that because we are completely confident we can meet everything you need on company mergers in Spain. We have spent years and years working in this field, which has let us build up far more than mere knowledge. It has given us proven, adaptable know-how that we apply successfully time and again. That is the principle behind Escalera & Tuset: working with the utmost rigour every time we act.

If you need lawyers in Madrid to advise you, Escalera & Tuset is the answer. If you need lawyers who can defend you, Escalera & Tuset is the answer. If you need information, Escalera & Tuset is the answer. We are here purely to help you in the way you need. Get in touch now.

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