Our team is designed to handle the entire range of legal issues relating to advertising, marketing and promotions. We can help major brands, agencies and media companies navigate the constantly changing regulatory landscapes that affect their advertising, marketing and promotional campaigns and/or the production and distribution of advertising content. We provide services in both traditional and digital media channels, encompassing the following areas: creation, production and dissemination of all kinds of advertising, marketing, and promotion material across all media, promotions review, contests (and their applicable terms and conditions or rules) advertising review, loyalty programs, blockchain, gift cards, agency and media agreements, content development, sponsorship, advertising disputes, data collection, charitable and brand integrations.

Our integrated worldwide team of antitrust and competition law professionals assist our clients with risk-based, practical strategies to help meet their commercial goals while protecting and defending their commercial interests. We can help in resolving the most complex problems by  providing a coordinated approach to the increasingly global competitive issues: corporations, global cartel defence, government investigations, investment banks, partnerships, mergers and acquisitions, abuse of dominance, trade associations, information exchanges and competition litigation, judicial reviews and appeals.  We are in constant direct contact with antitrust authorities through the multijurisdictional lawyers and economists in our offices which allows us to advise on the full range of competition issues in all jurisdictions.

Our commercial law specialists provide clients with global, practical and tailor-made solutions to their day-to-day or strategic legal requirements in relation to national and international commercial contracts. Our experience allows us to engage, document and negotiate a deal that meets our clients’ goals while mitigating all existing risks. We advise on the full spectrum of commercial contracts and participate in the preparation, negotiation, revision, analysis and interpretation, irrespective of the area of activity or their legal nature. We can draft bespoke agreements or make essential revisions to existing drafts to protect our clients’ interests. Once the contract has been formed, negotiated, drafted and executed, we will support our clients in ensuring that each contracted party fulfils their obligations. We are known for specialist expertise in a number of areas such as sponsorship, franchising, agency, distribution, licensing and partnering.

Our team of lawyers are trained to offer a tailored, specialist and integral advice on compliance and governance, providing clients (private companies or public institutions) with value-added legal advice and consulting services on implementing effective systems of corporate governance, prevention of legal risks, regulatory compliance and crisis response. Among other matters, we advise on the design, drafting and revision of codes of good corporate governance, on advising, planning and implementing audits and, in general, on identifying and preventing risk situations. Our team of corporate governance and compliance professionals specialize in all branches of law, including codes of good tax practices and on crime prevention plans and programs. Our international nature results in a single point of contact for our client’s related compliance requirements with local specialist support in each of the applicable jurisdictions, providing a consistent and harmonized service as well as full oversight for a global delivery.

Our consumer protection and product liability lawyers are experienced in helping people seek compensation for false advertisement, unfair business or personal injury caused by dangerous or defective products. We provide advice on consumer protection issues, whether in the context of proposed business arrangements, new products, enforcement actions or litigation. Amount our services we can list the following ones: revision of marketing and advertising information as to ensure that it complies with the applicable protection laws, advise on potential liabilities to consumers, advise on data protection, advise on return policies both in-store and online as well as handling proceedings before consumer protection agencies.

We provide a comprehensive advice to national and international companies and groups on all corporate law related matters from the very outset, on their incorporation and up to the extinguishment, providing recurring advice and assistance and seeking solutions to any legal needs that may arise in their day-to-day. Our team of experienced lawyers will help our clients with tasks such as the formation of companies, the reform and update of bylaws and internal regulations, capital increases and reductions, transfer of shares or interests, corporate governance,  support for, or direct performance of, secretarial duties for boards of directors and other corporate governing bodies including making corporate decisions, drafting and negotiating shareholders agreements (including the appointment of managing bodies) as well as franchise, agency and license agreements, corporate governance (including audit policies and codes of ethics), mergers, global transfers, disclosure matters and the implementation and monitorization of systems to prevent corporate crime.

Our experienced lawyers specialized in the defence and advice of criminal behaviour can represent and defend our clients when they are being accused of committing a crime or offence or have been formally charged with a crime or other offence. It is vitally important to engage a criminal defence lawyer as early as possible to ensure  the correct understanding of the existing rights during the experience within the criminal justice system. We have experience exercising both defence and prosecution in all types of criminal proceedings and instances and hence we are able to provide our clients with adequate advice and counselling both at preventive stages and at the investigation and trial stages. We guide, accompany and advise our clients from the very moment of the commission of the crime. Our lawyers have extensive experience in the following type of crimes: crimes committed by legal entities, business and money crimes, crimes against the environment, crimes against the public administration, computer-related crimes, murder trials before a jury, crimes against intimacy and honour, crimes against property and crimes against life and physical integrity.

Our lawyers provide guidance through the applicable data protection legislation wherever it is that our clients do business. Our global presence allows us to provide integrated, creative and practical advice in all fields such as the design and implementation of privacy and security programs, audit and risk assessments, the drafting and implementation of data privacy policies (including websites terms and conditions, terms of use and cookies policies), data treatment agreements, data processing and data transfer agreements, internal policies, impact assessment analysis and other complex international data issues.

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR): our lawyers provide comprehensive advice to public entities and private companies on personal data processing and in relation to accommodating to the GDPR regulatory framework. Among the services we offer we have the following ones: guidance and assistance to data protection officers, elaboration and implementation of protocols, drafting data processing agreements and data transfer agreements (including when outside the European Economic Area), conducting impact assessments, evaluating the risks and implications of our clients transactions as well as guidance through investigations and proceedings before the corresponding authorities and data protection agencies.

We offer comprehensive legal advice in all areas of employment and labour law to both companies and individuals. We provide assistance on individual employment matters, senior management agreements, advanced compensation and restructuring processes, incentive and bonus programmes, human resources policies, labour and social security inspections and risk prevention as well as guidance on labour dismissals, work contracts, salary issues and structure modification (salary reduction, salary in kind, variable remuneration) or internal protocols. Furthermore, our lawyers have extensive experience in liaising with labour unions and employer organizations and can provide advice on collective agreements and dispute resolution and negotiating tactics.

The successful completion of any construction project not only depends on the quality of the project but also on the documents and a delivery according to the required standards, timelines and budget. Our lawyers combine experience with in-depth industry knowledge in all sectors of the construction and engineering industry including energy, infrastructure and development and hence are able to advise our customers on every aspect including the analysis of the risk of the project, the different procurement methods, the preparation of contracts and documents, the project financing, the supply and distribution chain contracts, the bidding and the environmental compliance. In case a dispute arises, our experienced litigators and arbitrators will guide and support you through all the options.

Our highly experienced and specialist team of lawyers can offer a range of bespoke family law support services. While protecting our clients and their families with the same intensity as we would for our own families, we deal with all aspects of family breakdown, including divorce, separation, cohabitation disputes, financial and property settlements, children matters (child support, custody and visitation), juvenile dependency and delinquency, domestic violence and orders of protection. We are also prepared to assist our clients in paternity, last will and testament, adoption, guardianships, and pre- and post-marital agreements as well as in international family issues such as international marriages and international adoptions.

Our team of immigration experts will help you ensure that all paperwork and documentation you need to submit in case you want to buy a property outside of your country or in case you plan to go abroad to start a company, to work or to study. Our local lawyers will help you with all these processes and bureaucracy so that you do not need to worry about filling all the required paperwork and documents correctly and within the established deadlines. In a quickly, simple and stress-free way.

Spain: Our specialist team of lawyers in Spain have years of experience when it comes to helping our clients obtain what is commonly known as golden visa or the NIE, visa student, tourist visa, Spanish citizenship, permanent residency or work permit. The Golden Visa Programme exists in Spain since September 2013 when the Act 14/2013, of 27 September, of Support to Entrepreneurs and Their Internationalization came into force. An investment of €500,000 in real estate will gain  families a residency permit without being it necessary to live in Spain to retain or renew said permit. Among the advantages of the Golden Visa we have the following: fast-track procedure (i.e. 10 working days for visas and 20 working days for residence permits), possibility to apply for the residency in Spain without leaving the country, renewals of 5 years of the residence permit and, of course, the possibility to travel everywhere in the Schengen area.

United Arab Emirates: we provide services to individuals and families willing to relocate to the UAE, to companies in the UAE looking for international support, as well as to foreign businesses looking for expansion in the UAE. Our specialist team of lawyers in United Arab Emirates has years of experience when it comes to helping our clients obtain their visa, bank account, land for sale, offices for rent, work permit, temporary residency, permanent residency, local partners, citizenship, business immigration and investment opportunities.

Brazil: our lawyers have the experience and technical know-how to support in a full range of immigration services from short-term work authorization and temporary residency to long-term work authorization, student visa, retiree visa, technician visa, exchange specialized labour agreement, permanent residency and citizenship, foreign inheritances, recognition of foreign marriages and divorces, family reunification, tourist visa, transit visa, investor visa or diplomatic and officials visa. We also provide advisory services on registrations to be applied post-visa in order to guarantee foreigner’s full legal status such as the obtention of the foreign ID, the local employment agency registration, the tax payer ID and social insurance.

Singapore: whether our clients are a business or individual, a global organization or just starting out, our services are customized to meet their immigration needs by offering timely solutions to immigration matters regarding all type of visas and permits: Singapore permanent residency, citizenship, employment pass, entrepreneur pass, global investor program or incorporation. Our clients are provided with customized and affordable solutions.

We are specialized in advising on the failing of claims and in the defence of claims against entities that are insured under liability insurance policies.  Given our international network we are well positioned to take on cross-border cases. We have extensive experience in arbitration proceedings, which is the preferred form of dispute resolution in insurance policies.  Among others, we provide the following services: third party coverage determination, expert testimony, professional indemnity/civil liability, product liability, forensic environmental investigation services, toxic tort liabilities and product withdrawals, environmental, nuisance, property damage and business interruption claims, insolvent insurers, remedy selection and cost evaluation, investigation and remediation cost recovery from government and private entities, and insurance and reinsurance advisory services.

Our lawyers help all kind of businesses, innovators and pioneers to protect their inventions, their brands, their trademarks, their designs and patents in multiple countries. Our lawyers can provide a fast, efficient and cost-effective route for protecting our clients’ rights successfully across a multitude of industries and geographic locations. We offer our services in the following fields: anti-piracy, acquisition and divestiture, licensing of copyright, due diligence relating to copyright, seeking patent protection in multiple countries, registering trademarks and industrial designs in multiple countries as well as infringement and enforcement actions and other litigation and prosecution related to intellectual property.

We help companies navigate through all aspects of arbitration and alternative dispute resolution for both commercial and investment. Our strategically focused, multilingual and multicultural team with extensive international arbitration experience within all industries, works across continents to help our clients avoid and resolve disputes in all industries. Our team of lawyers that have been on both sides of a dispute (as advocates and as arbitrators) are well positioned to assist our clients and offer an end-to end valuation and litigation support throughout the entire process: on conducting a first analysis to determine if a claim is worth pursuing, evaluating the different approaches and methodologies for quantifying the damages, identifying the necessary evidences and documentation to be submitted and enforcing an award. Our international arbitration experts have years of industry experience in providing independent advice and expert testimony, institutional and ad-hoc commercial arbitrations, civil law and common law practice and procedure, in treaty and commercial arbitrations, post-award enforcement and risk management.

Companies engaging in international trade must negotiate their way through local laws, international treaties and the rules of common trade practices. Our team of lawyers will help our clients navigate in the complex and rapidly evolving world of the international trade regulations. We have experience and expertise in advising clients about the full spectrum of bilateral and multilateral trade agreements, such as the WTO, NAFTA and the EU’s puzzle of regional trade deals and we provide services in areas such as access to government procurement markets, trade regulations and practice, controls and procedures, export and import of articles and services, free trade agreements, geographical indications, market access, sanctions and controls, technical barriers to trade, tariffs, trade dispute resolution, trade treaty interpretation, negotiation, lobbying and drafting.

Real estate industry is extremely complex and fluctuant, reason why it is convenient to have an experienced tax and legal team  when considering investing in this field. We provide comprehensive range of services to individuals or companies that want to buy, sell or lease properties (residential and non-residential). We will provide assistance in all the steps along the way: from deciding which property to buy until the moment when our clients get the keys, including the management and resolution of disputes. Our expertise is offered for property purchase, disputes, due diligence of the project (to detect the risks that might occur during a purchase or sale of property) transfers, leasing, drafting the necessary documents, cases in land departments, establish and licensing real estate businesses, security instruments relating real estate transactions, purchase and sale located in foreign countries, land development, taxes and representation in the communication with state authorities. Our lawyers are qualified and have a deep knowledge of government institutions, local laws and regulations applicable to each particular case and in any kind of property, being it residential or commercial.

Our team of sports law experts provides legal services to all stakeholders within the sports business (leagues, federations, Olympic Committees, clubs, associations, athletes, investors and agents among others) in all federative, regulatory and disciplinary matters (including but not limited to doping). With extensive experience in international sports law and dispute resolution, our clients benefit from our global knowledge and extensive experience in sport-related litigation both nationally and internationally. Our attorneys habitually act as legal counsel before institutions like FIFA, UEFA, the Tribunal Arbitral du Sport (CAS) or other major arbitration institutions and sport courts. We also have extensive experience in dealing with commercial contracts surrounding the sports activity domestically and internationally. We can assist with the drafting and negotiation of contracts such as sponsorship, marketing, image rights, endorsement, merchandising, player transfer, agency, licensing and audio-visual (broadcasters) but also provide advice and management of fiscal matters and broader legal advice for our clients’ business to support their sport related ventures and transactions. Amount our team of experts we also have arbitrators qualified to represent our clients before international institutions as well as specialists that are currently teaching and lecturing at universities, sport law related Masters and conferences, which keep us at the frontline of development in this field.