The Spanish Supreme Court has just handed down an important ruling for flat owners (full text in Spanish here). Essentially, the Supreme Court has ruled that, in the event of a tenant’s failure to pay rent, a landlord bringing summary eviction proceedings for non-payment may also claim interest on the unpaid rent in the…
Donation figures for 2025 compiled by the Spanish General Council of Notaries and analysed by El País reflect profound social changes in Spain. Thus: 1. Twenty years ago, the wealth of those under 35 accounted for 8% of the total wealth of Spaniards; today it accounts for just 2% (Bank of Spain data). At…
The Spanish Notary Council has just presented an extremely useful tool for anyone interested in Spain’s real estate market. It is the Statistical Portal (English version included). Among many other resources, it offers the latest information on real estate prices anywhere in Spain. Since the data is based on real estate contracts supervised by…
The new Spanish Startup Law in 90 seconds The new Spanish Startup Law is already being processed in the Spanish Congress of Deputies. If you are a startup (or an investor), the question you are probably asking yourself is: will I be able to benefit from it and, if so, how and when? This…
2021 has been the first year in which I have practised entirely as an independent lawyer in Madrid. It has been two and a half years since I left active politics and this year that has just ended was key to securing the goal of restarting professionally and moving forward. Fortunately, 2021 has lived…
Spain takes a first step to regulate Autonomous Vehicles The Spanish Official Journal (BOE) publishes today Law 18/2021 of 20 December, which amends the Law on Traffic, Circulation of Motor Vehicles and Road Safety. The headlines of this new Law focused on the fact that it will no longer be allowed to exceed…
Limited companies with only one euro of capital? Watch out for the small print On 27 July, the Spanish government approved the draft bill known as the “Crea y Crece Law” (Create and Grow Law). Its goal is to promote the creation and growth of companies in Spain. The bill is currently in the…
Fourteen Proposals to Improve the New Spanish Startup Law And the day finally arrived. Five months after announcing that its approval was “imminent” (and more than two and a half years after starting its processing), on 6 July the Government approved its Report on the Draft Startup Law. Spain does not yet have…
Spanish Congress passed the New Riders Act: What now? The Spanish Congress has today passed the so-called “Riders Act“. This Act basically imposes two things: the presumption of a labour relation between riders and delivery platforms; and the obligation of all companies (whether they are platforms or not) to share with workers’ councils…
Innovation in Madrid’s new Sustainable Mobility Ordinance: progress and doubts The Madrid City Council has just published its Preliminary Draft of the New Sustainable Mobility Ordinance (SMO). This text updates in depth the Ordinance approved in 2018 (it changes 109 of its 250 articles). It will be subject to a public hearing until 26…