If you are already conducting business in Spain, or intend to do so, we can provide you with a comprehensive service so that you are able to concentrate on marketing and supplying your goods and services in the knowledge that you are complying with all relevant rules, protecting your assets, and benefitting to the greatest extent possible from Spain’s tax system.

Whether you decide to trade in your own name, or in the name of a company, we can help you to establish your presence in Spain. You can either register as a sole trader, or as a partnership. Alternatively, you may choose to form a Spanish limited liability company, or instead to register in Spain a foreign registered company if that is appropriate to your requirements. We can advise you as to the best option in all the circumstances, taking into account your exposure to tax and other liabilities.

We can ensure that you are registered with all necessary government departments and that you obtain the business licences suitable for the activities that you are engaged in, making any necessary applications to local or central government on your behalf.

Our accountants can offer you a complete accounting and payroll service. We can work hand in hand with them so that we can keep a close eye on all of your business affairs, which in turn will help us to advise and assist you more effectively.

We can also provide you with comprehensive tax advice, both in respect of your business and your personal affairs.

We can advise you in relation to any contracts you may enter into, such as lease agreements, agreements with your customers or suppliers, and finance agreements. We can draft agreements from scratch, amend agreements you have already prepared, and advise you in relation to agreements that have been prepared by third parties for your signature. Where appropriate we can negotiate on your behalf to achieve the best terms for you.

You may have already protected your trade mark by registering it in your own country. We can apply for the registration of your trade mark either only within Spain, or throughout Europe by way of a Community Trade Mark (CTM). The Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market, the EU agency responsible for registering CTMs, is based in Alicante, Spain, along the coast from our Tarragona offices.

We consider an important element of our legal advice to be to ensure that you are aware of the complexities of doing business in Spain and guide you so that you can benefit fully from the Spanish market, as if you were a native Spaniard.