Publications - Corporate and M&A
Anti-Money Laundering Newsletter - July 2021
Main new legislation and news in relation to the Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (AML/TF) - 2Q21.
Latin American Viewpoints - July 2021
The fintech industry is making inroads in Latin America with new legislation
The different jurisdictions in the Latin American region are proposing new regulatory schemes on 'fintech' matters. In this article we analyze the main regulatory trends in Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Brazil.
A digital euro: what is it and what consequences could it have?
The European Central Bank (ECB) plans to announce shortly whether it will launch a design and creation project for a digital euro, something which, as the institution itself has said, would have an immense impact. We need to know therefore what the…
Spain transposes two EU directives affecting the General User and Consumer Protection law in relation to contracts for the sale of goods
Royal Decree-Law 7/2021 of April 27, 2021, published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) on April 28, 2021, transposes various EU directives including Directive (EU) 2019/770 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2019 on certain…
Infrastructure and project finance in Latin America: growth in projects forecast for 2021
The effects of the pandemic have prompted Latin American governments to adopt measures to promote public-private partnerships (PPPs), public works and privatizations. Garrigues provides an analysis of the situation and trends in the infrastructure…
Pro-sandbagging and anti-sandbagging clauses in M&A deals: regulation in Latin America
When negotiating a corporate merger or acquisition, both buyers and sellers would benefit from agreeing to and contractually specifying their position about sandbagging, which is when a buyer knows that a seller’s representation or warranty is…
The reform that encourages long-term shareholder engagement at listed companies has been approved and it introduces amendments in terms of corporate governance and the functioning of capital markets
The Spanish parliament has approved the Law amending the Companies Act (Legislative Royal Decree 1/2010, of July 2, 2010) and other pieces of financial legislation, as regards the encouragement of long-term shareholder engagement at listed companies.
What has COVID-19 changed for companies in Spain from a legal standpoint?
One year after the state of emergency was declared in Spain due to the spread of COVID-19, Garrigues analyzes the regulatory changes companies face both now and post-pandemic.
COVID-19: New deadline extension and exceptional measures affecting portuguese companies
In the context of the measures that have been adopted by the Portuguese Government to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, the Decree-Law no. 22-A/2021 was published on 17 March 2021.
Brexit places the UK out of the judicial cooperation area in the EU; will this be the end of English law in the continent?
English law, courts and lawyers are a popular option for business transactions in the EU. Brexit could possibly change that, not so much because of obstacles to a valid choice of English law or the enforceability of judgements rendered by English…
E-Privacy Regulation: Council of the European Union reaches a compromise agreement on the text that will succeed the E-privacy Directive
The Council of the European Union announced yesterday in a press release that Member States have agreed at negotiating a mandate for the revision of the rules on the protection of privacy and confidentiality in the use of electronic communications…