Fieldfisher (Spain)

Number of partners worldwide: 20
Number of lawyers worldwide: 100

Firm Overview:
With a clear international focus, Fieldfisher is a commercial law firm renowned in the legal field for its skilled practitioners, who advise both domestic and overseas clients. With a history stretching back over 50 years, the firm is one of Spain’s leading law firms with cutting-edge market-practices in many of the world’s most dynamic sectors. Fieldfisher is an exciting, forward-thinking organisation with a particular focus on corporate, M&A, restructuring and insolvency, litigation and arbitration, finance and financial services, IP, technology, employment, real estate, life sciences, tax and distribution and franchising. In recent times, the firm has boosted regulatory and public law areas with new partners incorporations. Clients choose to work with the firm because, thanks to its exceptional legal expertise and experience, the firm delivers pragmatic and innovative commercial solutions on time and on budget.

Main Areas of Practice:

Corporate & Business:
The firm offers its business clients full, continuous legal assistance to fulfil all corporate, accountancy, tax, criminal, and other legal obligations in respect of public authorities, business partners, and/or third parties.

Mergers & Acquisitions:
A merger or acquisition process generally entails a high degree of uncertainty, which here at Fieldfisher strive to clearly delineate with a view to reaping the greatest benefit from the transaction. The firm has been involved in mergers and acquisitions of all types, including joint ventures, group restructurings, venture capital investments and LBOs, and MBI and MBO transactions.

Corporate Compliance:
Fieldfisher provides innovative services that anticipate future legislative requirements. It has accumulated vast experience in advising on director compensation and businesses’ liability for criminal offences.

Restructuring & Insolvency:
Fieldfisher is one of the leading firms in insolvency proceedings and business reorganisations. Its business reorganisation group is one of the most well-respected of its kind in Spain. It provides advice on legal, labour, and tax matters relating to critical situations, based on an interdisciplinary approach, and aiming to achieve the most satisfactory outcome for all parties concerned.

Litigation & Arbitration:
Fieldfisher has distinguished litigation and arbitration practices. Its litigation team stands ready to assist clients with the enforcement of foreign judgments in Spain as well as with the preparation and follow-up of lawsuits in other countries’ jurisdictions. It is also experienced in issuing opinions on Spanish law for use in foreign courts.

Intellectual & Industrial Property:
The IP department provides legal assistance in all matters relating to intellectual property rights, advising on the creation, acquisition, sale, maintenance, and licensing of rights. The team of IP practitioners is dedicated to finding the best way to protect and register intangible assets for each client, making use of trademarks, patents, utility models, designs, and copyright, as appropriate.

Tax:
Fieldfisher has a team of experts in national and international tax regulations which advises companies and private individuals on tax issues relating to operations and transactions of all kinds. The firm also boasts a team of experts specialised in defending taxpayers before state, regional or municipal administrations for any type of tax.

Employment:
The Fieldfisher labour and employment law department offers national and foreign companies services in matters involving hiring, labour counselling and legal defence, due diligence, counselling in collective bargaining negotiations, and company restructuring.

Life Sciences:
Fieldfisher is one of the leading firms offering legal advice in matters relating to pharmaceutical products and medical equipment. Its team of lawyers brings to bear a high degree of specialisation and specific knowledge in this practice area, with extensive experience in all the special intricacies of health industry legislation and the pharmaceutical sector in general.

Distribution & Franchising:
Fieldfisher has extensive experience in providing legal and tax assistance in all aspects of distribution and franchising. The firm can effectively draw up and negotiate distribution and franchise agreements of all kinds and offers clients expert counselling and litigation and dispute resolution advice in conflicts that may arise as they establish, operate, and grow their businesses.

TMT:
The Fieldfisher TMT law department has extensive experience in providing all kinds of advice which relate technology with law and legal compliance: from classical technology matters (including outsourcing services, products and platforms, software development, and distribution contracts with national and international clients and suppliers) to e-procurement (connectivity contracts, hosting, support and service level agreements SaaS agreements with suppliers and customers), to cutting edge technology matters (blockchain, DLT’s, NFT’s DAO’s, AI, etc…). It has also extensive experience in cloud recruitment, digital business, e-commerce, and cybersecurity advice. Finally, on of its strongest practices is advice on any type of data protection matters (including the assumption of the role of Data Protection Officer for all types of organisations, big data projects, and all levels of GDPR audits and compliance).

Real Estate:
The team has extensive experience advising on all kinds of real estate deals, irrespective of the sophistication and complexity of the transaction. It has in-depth knowledge of all aspects of the real estate business and is capable of assisting clients throughout the entire life cycle of their investments, including the acquisition and disposal of properties and loan portfolios (NPLs, PLs), leasing, construction, hotel management, and more. The team also assists with planning and development, land use, and licencing.

Banking & Finance:
Fieldfisher has extensive experience advising on refinancing, Project-Finance, real estate financing, asset finance and debt acquisition, among others, having advised on a regular basis debts funds, credit institutions and leading companies in their respective sectors.

Criminal Law:
At Fieldfisher, the firm provides legal advice and defence counsel in criminal matters (defence or, when applicable, private prosecution), specialising in economic criminal law. It offers comprehensive and personalised legal advice to all clients, handling their consultations, advising and supporting them in legal defence strategies in criminal matters. The firm’s extensive experience in the design and implementation of criminal compliance programmes place us as a reference office in the criminal defence of legal persons, their employees and managers.

Regulatory & Public Law:
Fieldfisher has incorporated at the end of 2020 two new partners to strengthen these areas. This highly specialised team is specially focus on electricity (conventional and renewable, cogeneration, energy savings) and oil and gas sector, energy retailers, mining, environmental Law, PPP and infrastructures, public procurement, expropriations, sanctions, and public liability. The team is also focused on town planning advice, drafting documents and agreements on land and town planning and zoning, managing large urban projects, and monitoring the administrative procedure for obtaining licenses, permits and concessions for all types of activities. The firm’s lawyers give support to M&A and real estate departments in due diligence proceedings, as well as advice to clients in the implementation and monitoring of projects (green/brownfield) and urban planning developments. Litigation services before Administrative Authorities and Administrative Courts are also provided. This boost is enhancing the capabilities and skills of the Fieldfisher network in Spain and LATAM.

International Vision:
The JAUSAS firm joined forces with Fieldfisher in September of 2018. The firm’s network has now more than 1,700 people working across 25 offices providing high-quality commercial advice based on an in-depth understanding of its clients’ needs. It operates in Amsterdam, Barcelona, Beijing, Belfast, Birmingham, Bologna, Brussels, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Guangzhou, Hamburg, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Manchester, Munich, Milan, Paris, Rome, Shanghai, Turin, Venice and Silicon Valley.