Areas of Work 
Public Law |
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| Public Law | |
Policies and actions of the European Union institutions; administrative decisions and appeals, and applications for judicial review in any area of public law; cooperation between public authorities; administrative agreements and contracts; expropriations; local public works and services; public liability. |
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| Legal regime applicable to infrastructure |  see presentation |
| Motorway financing and management, highways management, legal and financial regime applicable to ports; air transport and airport infrastructure; hydraulic works. |
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| Public and economic law | |
Public sector businesses; savings banks; public grants; Spanish and EC competition law; ecomic criminal law. |
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| Tax law | |
Procedure for tax returns and assessment, tax reviews. |
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| Property and Planning Law | see presentation |
Land and town planning; property developments; construction law; housing law; environmental protection rules for natural and urban areas |
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| Water legislation | see presentation |
Advice on the application of environmental regulations; environmental impact statement; integrated environmental permit (Autorización Ambiental Integrada - AAI); environmental liability, natural resource development plan (plan de ordenación de recursos naturales – PORN), usage and management master plan (plan rector de uso y gestión – PRUG), bird special protection area (zona de especial protección para las aves – ZEPA), site of community interest (lugar de importancia comunitaria – LIC), special area of conservation (zona especial de conservación – ZEC) |
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| Environment | |
Advice on the application of environmental regulations; environmental impact statement; Integrated Environmental Permit; environmental liability, PORN, PRUG, ZEPA, LIC, ZEC. |
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| Other areas | |
Legal regime applicable to universities and educational establishments, professional associations, chambers of commerce and the professions; healthcare, pharmaceutical and food law |
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| Private Law |
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| Commercial law | |
Commercial contracts, banking contracts; company law (incorporations, capital increases and reductions, spin-offs, winding-up and liquidation of companies, advice on the administrative bodies of all types of commercial entities); insolvency law. |
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| Insolvency Law and Recovery | see presentation |
Bankruptcy: advice preconcursal, application and processing integrity of competitions; rights of creditors; defense of the directors against liability actions Recoveries: claims and contentious rulings, defense contracts and claims in banking and finance, stocks and rescissory subrogation, execution. |
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| Civil law in general | |
Family and succession law; civil contracts; civil liability; private international law |
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| Litigation | |
| Dealing with all kind of legal proceedings. Claims for liability (contractual, tort, professional, product); Corporate litigation (shareholders, directors, company resolutions). Civil and commercial agreements (agency, distribution, concesion, franchise; validity, interpretation and anforcement of agreements); Property and claims for payment; Enforcement proceedings and interim measures; Inheritance law | |
| Competition law | |
Legal advice on Spanish and EC competition law. Advice on competitive strategies on the market and on dealing with the competent bodies. Dealing with the defence of competition authorities and the courts. Legal advice on unfair competition. |
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In all these areas, Ariño y Villar has built up over thirty years’ experience, being retained in a large number of cases to advise private companies and public authorities. The numerous publications by its partners are testimony to its analytical capabilities and legal expertise in these fields. |
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