Gómez-Acebo & Pombo consolidates its standing in Chambers High Net Worth 2026

UN Convention on the International Effects of Judicial Sales of Ships establishes a mechanism to ensure that judicial sales of ships which confer clean title in the State Party in which they are conducted produce the same effect in other State Parties without bureaucratic obstacles that hinder trade in this sector.

The matter at issue is whether the shipowner, which provides a passenger transport service as part of package travel organised and sold by a travel wholesaler or retailer, may invoke the limitations of liability specific to maritime transport against the tourist and against the organiser; but, above all, whether the organiser may also invoke them against its client.

Pursuant to Directive (EU) 2026/470 of 24 February (Omnibus I), the Commission has adopted a delegated regulation amending sustainability reporting standards (ESRS) and another that includes sustainability reporting standards for voluntary use by SMEs in the value chain of large undertakings that are subject to mandatory sustainability reporting. The amended European sustainability reporting standards will apply from the 2027 financial year, although large companies may choose to adopt them from the 2026 financial year.

There is no single answer to the question of whether or not the assignee of a claim has the power to rescind the underlying contract when the assigned debtor defaults. As a general rule, such rescission will not be possible for the assignee.

Desafiar e executar sentenças arbitrais em Portugal – Guia GAR Know-How

Regulation (EU) 2026/1386 establishes a harmonised and mandatory framework for the screening of foreign investments in the Union and replaces the previous Regulation (EU) 2019/452. Among its most notable new features are the obligation for all Member States to have a national screening mechanism with harmonised minimum requirements; the inclusion within its scope of investments made by European subsidiaries controlled by third-country investors; the implementation of a two-stage national procedure; and the strengthening of the European cooperation mechanism through a risk-screening system and a more stringent “comply or explain” principle. Finally, the paper analyses the regulation’s impact on Spain, whose current review mechanism must be adapted in areas such as procedural structure, the review of completed transactions, sectoral expansion, and the penalty regime by 17 January 2028.

Debt from liability in tort for third-party damage or loss arises directly against the directors, without prejudice to the fact that, pursuant to Article 38 CC, it also arises simultaneously against the company, to which the non-contractual acts or omissions of its directors are also attributed. This is so true that the liable company (in debt, for example, with the tax authorities as the person liable for the surcharge and the tax penalty owed) may bring an action for contribution against its directors after settling the debt.

For the purposes of Article 6 of Rome I, the provisions of a contract defining the terms on which a professional receives or executes a CFD-related order are not covered by the exception provided for in Article 6(4)(d).

The 8th Omnibus Package aims to simplify environmental legislation in order to reduce administrative burdens on businesses. This paper outlines the proposed measures and examines, in particular, the proposed amendments to the Industrial and Livestock Rearing Emissions Directive, as well as the proposal for a regulation on speeding-up environmental assessments.