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The Firm Strengthens Its Position in Legal 500 EMEA 2026

The Firm improves its standing compared to the previous edition, with 45 practice areas recognised across Spain and Portugal

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Madalena Caldeira analyses ACT requirements and highlights the importance of pay transparency in the labour market | ECO

Madalena Caldeira, sócia coordenadora de Direito do Trabalho da Gómez‑Acebo & Pombo em Lisboa, esteve entre as especialistas convidadas pelo ECO para analisar o impacto das notificações da Autoridade para as Condições do Trabalho (ACT) às empresas com diferenças remuneratórias de género superiores a 5%.

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Madalena Caldeira

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GA_P advises Labiana Health on the capital increase carried out as part of the full refinancing of its debt

Gómez-Acebo & Pombo ha asesorado a un pool de 18 entidades bancarias, liderado por BBVA y Banco Santander, en la reorganización de 357 millones de euros de deuda del Grupo Incarlopsa, líder en la industria de productos porcinos en España y principal proveedor cárnico de Mercadona, con una facturación superior a los 1.000 millones de euros.

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Augusto Piñel, Jacobo Palanca, Irene Carreño Uría

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Gómez-Acebo & Pombo recognised once again in Chambers & Partners

The Firm improves its position compared to the previous edition, with 32 practice areas acknowledged

6 days ago

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Almudena Arpón de Mendívil highlights the risk of female talent leaving the legal profession | The Global Legal Post

The International Bar Association (IBA)’s Legal Policy & Research Unit launched its report, “Raising the Bar: Women in Law” in London. The study reveals that nearly one in five women lawyers plan to leave the profession due to workplace issues, including lack of work‑life balance, excessive workloads, and persistent gender biases.

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Almudena Arpón de Mendívil

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Eduardo Orteu highlights the need to assess the water impact of data centres in the context of AI use | Cinco Días

Eduardo Orteu, counsel in ESG and Environment at Gómez-Acebo & Pombo, points out in Cinco Días the importance of assessing the water impact associated with certain technological infrastructures. In particular, he highlights the case of data centres, which have been criticised for the lack of transparency regarding the volume of water they consume.

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GA_P surpasses €100 million with growth of almost 6%

Ana Luísa Guimarães analisa os setores vedados à iniciativa privada no domínio da água

13 Mar, 2026

Iñigo Erlaiz

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Daniel Reis analyses where to begin in order to comply with the new cybersecurity obligations | Jornal de Negócios

Daniel destaca: “Criar uma cultura e implementar boas práticas de cibersegurança é muito mais do que uma obrigação legal, é um imperativo para a resiliência e estabilidade das empresas.”

12 Mar, 2026

Daniel Reis

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Lourdes Escassi analyses the limits on bonuses linked to absenteeism | Cinco Días

Lourdes Escassi, counsel in the labour area at Gómez-Acebo & Pombo, analyses in Cinco Días the impact of the recent case law of the Supreme Court of Spain on variable remuneration schemes and their relationship with workplace absenteeism.

11 Mar, 2026

Lourdes Escassi

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What rights does a landlord have when a commercial tenant vacates the premises before the agreed term has expired?

Although the judgment states that the landlord has three remedies available, in reality he has only one — whether he seeks performance or opts for termination — which is damages.

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Belgium in breach of Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive by denying taxpayers the deduction of corporate income tax paid by controlled foreign companies

In its Judgment of 26 February 2026, in Case C-524/23, the Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that the Kingdom of Belgium has failed to fulfil its obligations under Directive (EU) 2016/1164, by failing to adopt the statutory, regulatory and administrative provisions necessary to ensure taxpayers’ right to a deduction of the tax paid by controlled foreign companies from the corporate income tax liability of the taxpayer.

2 days ago

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Family-owned businesses: Subsidiaries engaged in real estate leasing are not required to hire an employee if structurally part of a corporate group’s business activity

The Supreme Court rules that the requirement of having at least one full-time employee for an undertaking engaged in real estate leasing to be regarded as carrying on business may be deemed fulfilled by way of an associated company when such is functionally part and parcel of the business activity of the group of companies as a whole.

5 days ago

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Compensation for ‘loss of chance’ to reorganise the company had the banks fulfilled their financing commitments (Supreme Court (First Chamber) Judgment no. 1944/2025 of 23 December)

The Supreme Court applies compensation for loss of chance a second time outside the scope of healthcare liability and goes so far as to compensate cases that would have otherwise remained uncompensated.

13 Mar, 2026

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European reform of the sustainability reporting regime under Directive (EU) 2026/470: consequences of its non-transposition into domestic law

Directive (EU) 2026/470 (Omnibus I) has been published, limiting the obligation to prepare a sustainability report to public-interest entities with more than 1,000 employees and a net turnover of more than €450 million during the preceding financial year, as well as to parent companies of a large group that exceed these figures on a consolidated basis. The Directive amends the audit directive, the accounting directive, the corporate sustainability reporting directive (CSRD) and the corporate sustainability due diligence directive (CSDDD).

12 Mar, 2026

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Uncertificated share pledge creation, enforceability and avoidance (Supreme Court Judgment no.183/2026 of 10 February)

In Judgment no. 183/2026, of 10 February, the Supreme Court analysed the requirements for the validity and enforceability of an uncertificated registered share pledge and examined the conditions for its avoidance in the context of insolvency proceedings.

11 Mar, 2026

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The long arm of the Unified Patent Court based on the “event giving rise to the infringement” and considerations on the application of lex loci protectionis

This paper analyses the decision of the Mannheim Local Division of 2 October 2025, where the Unified Patent Court (UPC) justifies its jurisdiction on the basis of shipment of products from a UPC territory by company listed as authorized representative in the EC and UK markets as event giving rise to damage. Furthermore, although the applicable law with regard to the infringement of the European patent validated in States that are not party to the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court is the national law of those States, with regard to the scope of patent protection, the UPC imposes on the defendant—unduly—the burden of proving the specifics of national law.

06 Mar, 2026

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Legal doctrine of the UPC’s Court of Appeal on the patent invalidity defence: is the way in which the ‘long arm’ is applied compatible with the UPC’s own Rules of Procedure?

The Court of Appeal of the Unified Patent Court has ruled that a patent invalidity defence cannot be raised before the Unified Patent Court, with only a counterclaim being possible. This calls into question the way in which the ‘long arm’ is being applied with regard to European patents validated in States that are not party to the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (UPCA), whether or not they are members of the European Union, since no counterclaim for revocation or plea of invalidity as a defence can be filed or raised with regard to such patents. This raises significant doubts about the compatibility of how the ‘long arm’ is applied in the Unified Patent Court system, given its own Rules of Procedure.

03 Mar, 2026

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A restructuring plan sanctioned in England and Wales that modifies debt subject to German law has no effect in Germany

Recognition of UK restructuring plans remains a contentious issue in the European Union. This decision by the Frankfurt am Main Regional Court is controversial, but it raises questions about the consequences of the application of the rule in Gibbs by the courts of England and Wales in this context.

26 Feb, 2026

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We accompany our clients wherever they are going following the “one-stop-shop” philosophy, and when necessary, working hand in hand with leading firms in each relevant jurisdiction.

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