Publications

The Plenary Session of the Consell de Mallorca, on January 26, 2018, has approved, initially and subject to certain procedures, the provisional delimitation of areas suitable for the commercialization of tourist stays in dwellings for residential…

Tourism is, without a shadow of the doubt, one of the activities with the greatest export potential for the Portuguese economy. Recent years have confirmed the resilience of the tourism sector and its importance in helping to overcome the difficult…

Foreign investment is an essential factor for the development of the real estate market of any country. Portugal is no exception. The time we’re going through now is a turning point (in the positive sense), albeit with a market reacting in two gears…

LAW 14/2013 OF SEPTEMBER 27, ON SUPPORT TO ENTREPRENEURS AND THEIR INTERNATIONALIZATION: MEASURES AIMED AT FACILITATING THE ENTRY AND STAY IN SPAIN OF NON-EU FOREIGN INVESTORS WHO WISH TO ACQUIRE REAL ESTATE (GOLDEN VISA)

We are pleased to deliver Newsletter of the Warsaw Office of Garrigues, where topics relevant for the business activity are discussed. We present and discuss planned and introduced changes in the law and practice of law enforcement and…

Spain launched a very particular type of REIT in 2009, the SOCIMI (“Sociedades Cotizadas de Inversión en el Mercado Inmobiliario” or “Listed Corporations for Investment in the Real Estate Market”), with a tax regime that was very different from any…

It is not all bad news in the area of real estate taxation in Spain. It is true that the Spanish Government has been forced, by pressure from Brussels, to raise the VAT rate on residential property from the current 4% to 10% starting next year. It…