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The IBA presents the Legal Agenda 2028, the first international roadmap for the sector | Cinco Días
21 September, 2023
Almudena Arpón de Mendívil , partner at Mercantil and head of TMT, will present next Thursday, 28 September, the International Bar Association’s Legal Agenda 2028 to address the role of the legal profession, to protect the rule of law, artificial intelligence, regulatory diversity in jurisdictions and advice to globalised clients, perception of the profession, ESG impact, retention and attraction of talent, as the main challenges to work on in the coming years.
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15 Dec, 2025
Direct harm due to de facto expulsion: Article 241 of the Companies Act (Supreme Court Judgment, First Chamber, 22 October 2025)
This paper analyses the subject matter scope of application of a ‘director liability to shareholder claim’ (claim for payment of damages filed by a shareholder against a company director). Although, as a general rule, shareholders cannot claim compensation for the harm caused to their share in a company’s estate, compensation for de facto expulsions or harm to liquidating dividends may be awarded through a director liability to shareholder claim.
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11 Dec, 2025
Do consumer associations have universal locus standi? On the subject of two orders issued by the Provincial Court of Barcelona regarding the ‘car cartel’
The universal standing of consumer associations has no legal basis and creates perverse effects.
11 Dec, 2025
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21 Nov, 2025
Compensation for loss of office ‘under market conditions’ provided for in articles of association
Judgment analyses claim filed by former CEO for non-payment of loss-of-office compensation provided for in articles of association (legal regime preceding the 2014 amendments to the Companies Act).
21 Nov, 2025
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14 Nov, 2025
Automotive and Sustainable Mobility No. 28
Summary of legislative and jurisprudential developments relating to the automotive sector.
14 Nov, 2025
PUBLICATION
17 Oct, 2025
Impact on directors of company debts and penalties under a sector-specific rule
We analyse, in short, whether company payment contributions can be included in director liability (to company) claims.
17 Oct, 2025
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01 Oct, 2025
Contractual termination by mutual abandonment not claimed by any party?
The risks of applying the doctrine according to which a contract is deemed withdrawn from if neither party to the same appears to want it. Not only is this solution likely to be inconsistent with the parties' claims, but it also wrongly rules out other civil law options the parties could pursue upon dismissal of the action for declaration of termination.
01 Oct, 2025
PUBLICATION
05 Aug, 2025
Automotive and Sustainable Mobility No. 27
Summary of legislative and jurisprudential developments relating to the automotive sector.
05 Aug, 2025
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09 Jul, 2025
Once again on the obligations assumed by the signers of a "strong" comfort letter
09 Jul, 2025
PUBLICATION
19 Jun, 2025
Company resolutions reached with invalid votes
Although Article 204(3)(d) places them on the same level, the erroneous counting of votes and the counting of invalid votes are very different, given that the latter requires judicial balancing.
19 Jun, 2025