Blog on Spanish law

Category: Interesting topics

  • Spanish Powers of Attorney signed in the UK

    A new Spanish case Decision by the Director General of Notaries and Registrars in Spain (DGRN) has been issued on the 14th of September 2016 affecting Spanish Powers of Attorney signed abroad and therefore also those signed in the United Kingdom. The said decision of the DGNR rejected the registration in Spain of a purchase…

  • A quick guide on buying property in Spain for UK solicitors

                Do you have a client looking to buy property in Spain? How can you help him/her from the UK?  It is quite likely that you will have one or two clients looking for a property in Spain. The uncertainty of Brexit and the temporary weakness of the Sterling pound…

  • Tell me more about Gunnercooke!

    http://http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/businessclub/business-club-video/legal-sector-videos/12213217/gunnercooke.html What is Gunnercooke? Very often I get asked this question by clients and contacts. They have heard that we are a diffent law firm to the standard, traditional and rigid law firms. However they do not know what makes the difference between us and other law firms. See above an interesting video made by…

  • BREXIT AND SPAIN: TWO MONTHS LATER WHAT WOULD AN EVENTUAL BREXIT MEAN FOR THOSE BRITISH THAT WANT TO BUY PROPERTY IN SPAIN? How would it affect British people who own properties in Spain? And those who are in the process of buying them? It is too early to know what is going to happen but…

  • 3rd Edition of Spanish Festival

    FESTEJAR 2016               From left to right: Virginia Moreno, Claudia Font, Jesus Torre, Mariluz Simal, Antonio Guillén and Angel Miguelez. The Spanish Desk from Gunnercooke attended last night the opening of the FESTEJAR festival in Manchester. It is the third edition of a Spanish festival in which, for four…

  • How to apply for British citizenship

                This Article is in Spanish because it is mainly for those Spanish nationals who are considering applying for British citizenship. Should you require information in English please contact us on Antonio.guillen@gunnercooke.com A la vista de varias consultas hechas recientemente sobre la posibilidad de pedir la ciudadanía británica, y de…

  • Spanish theme restaurant Tapeo opens in Manchester

                  The Spanish desk from Gunnercooke LLP attended last night the soft opening of Tapeo Restaurant in Manchester. Tapeo is the latest Spanish Restaurant to be opened in the busiest area of Manchester City Centre. Fully owned by Spanish owners and managed by couple Nacho Garcia and Natalia Esquerdo,…

  • Gunnercooke’s Spanish desk grows with another Spanish lawyer

              I am glad to inform that Claudia Font has joined our law firm Gunnercooke LLP to form part of the Spanish desk. Claudia is qualified in Spanish law and is registered to practice in both Spain and England. She is originally from Barcelona and will be based in the North…

  • Santa Ana del Monte. A story of successful recovery of deposits paid to an insolvent developer in Spain

          Litigation is never an easy thing. When I was a trainee lawyer in Spain, my boss, who was a walking enciclopedia and knew every single law in Spain, used to tell me: “Antonio, it is always better to reach a bad settlement than entering into a long but good case in Court…

  • Spanish restaurants in Manchester

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