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WE ARE COMMITTED TEAM
THAT COMBINES SOUND JUDGEMENT AND INNOVATION
IN ORDER TO SOLVE YOUR LEGAL CHALLENGES

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Application of Austrian law to liability in tort of directors of Maltese company offering online games of chance in Austria
The CJEU clarifies two important issues regarding the application of the Rome II Regulation: the scope of the exception relating to corporate matters and the determination of the place of damage in the case of games of chance offered via the internet from one Member State in another Member State without the licence required in the latter Member State.
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Notarial enforcement of pledges. Is Article 1872 of the Civil Code mandatory? In what sense?
The clause agreed upon must comply, for greater certainty, with the provisions of the new judicial enforcement procedure. It will be necessary to agree on an appraised value, which is not required in Article 1872 CC, because otherwise the award would be similar to a ‘forfeiture proviso’ (pactum commissorium), which the Civil Code neutralised with the drastic imposition of extinguishment of the debt in its entirety.
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Automotive and Sustainable Mobility No. 29
Summary of legislative and jurisprudential developments relating to the automotive sector.
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How does the Customer Services Act 10/2025 of 26 December affect insurers?
Act 10/2025 amends Act 44/2002 and requires the updating of regulations for customer services. It comes into force on 28/12/2025, with a twelve-month adaptation period. It enhances accessibility and personalised assistance; it prohibits answering machines and call forwarding from toll-free numbers to paid lines. It requires the separation of customer services from commercial functions and specialised staff training, including assistance to vulnerable groups. It also expands customer information, prohibits complaints by telephone and allows co-official languages. It also establishes acknowledgement with an identification code and new grounds for non-acceptance; sets a deadline of one month for resolving complaints to customer services and ninety days for complaints to the Directorate-General for Insurance and Pension Funds, and specifies the requirements for acceptance.
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On Call Protocol for the Alimentaria and Hostelco 2026 Trade Fairs
In preparation for the Alimentaria and Hostelco 2026 trade fairs, the Commercial Section of the Barcelona First Instance Court has approved a rapid response protocol to deal promptly with any potential conflicts relating to intellectual and industrial property rights (patents,trademarks, designs, and copyright), as well as trade secrets and unfair competition issues that may arise during these events.
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Jurisdiction of national courts of States party to the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court in respect of actions relating to classic European patents during the transitional period
During the transitional period of the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court, national courts retain jurisdiction to hear cases concerning classic European patents, without the need for the proprietor to have exercised the opt-out option, i.e. without the need to have excluded the jurisdiction of the Unified Patent Court over such patents. However, the Venice Court ruling discussed here considers that national courts may only be used if the opt-out has been exercised, contradicting the provisions of Article 83 of the Agreement.
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Incompatibility between practising a healthcare profession and having a pecuniary interest in the manufacture or sale of medicinal products or medical devices
Royal Legislative Decree 1/2015, of 24 July, approving the recast version of the Medicinal Products and Medical Devices (Guarantees and Rational Use) Act, prohibits healthcare professionals with prescribing powers from having a direct pecuniary interest in activities related to medicines. This prohibition does not extend to indirect interests, as distinguished in Article 4 of said legislative decree. Judgment no. 483/2025 of the High Court of Justice of the Basque Country concludes that mere membership of a group of companies does not entail incompatibility if each entity retains real autonomy.
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Sustainable Mobility Act 9/2025: measures to promote climate neutrality in the transport sector
This paper presents changes introduced by Act 9/2025 to promote decarbonisation in transport, including obligation for transport entities to calculate and report their carbon footprint, the drawing up of sustainable mobility plans in large centres of activity and companies, measures to electrify ports and promote renewable fuels, the deployment of charging points and the publishing of a national grid capacity map.
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Financial institutions’ customer services following Act 10/2025
Act 10/2025 reforms the regime governing financial institutions’ customer services and introduces a procedure for the submission, processing and resolution of complaints filed by their customers, including special provisions when such customers are consumers, such as a free helpline and the availability of channels that allow for personalised service to vulnerable consumers or people without access to certain basic financial services that are not defined in the new law.
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SOUNDNESS AND EXCELLENCE

We invest all our talent and effort to be our clients’ go-to firm.

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SOUNDNESS AND EXCELLENCE

We invest all our talent and effort to be our clients’ go-to firm.

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INNOVATORS

Innovation is a question of attitude. Taking control of change is a challenge that we accept with relish and determination.

We are
INNOVATORS

Innovation is a question of attitude. Taking control of change is a challenge that we accept with relish and determination.

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STANDING BY

We build long-lasting relationships that enable us to understand fully our clients’ businesses.

We are
STANDING BY

We build long-lasting relationships that enable us to understand fully our clients’ businesses.

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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.

Beyond our own offices, our advice extends globally thanks to tried and trusted relationships with leading firms in each country. This network allows us to offer our clients the most effective advice, wherever it’s required.

OUR WORLD IS BEING CLOSE TO YOU

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.

Beyond our own offices, our advice extends globally thanks to tried and trusted relationships with leading firms in each country. This network allows us to offer our clients the most effective advice, wherever it’s required.

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We offer specialist advice in all branches of business law, ensuring that we adapt to the needs of our clients in a way that is agile, efficient and accessible.

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A LAW FIRM BUILT AROUND PEOPLE

In Gómez-Acebo & Pombo, we combine excellence in legal practice with the creed that we have built up throughout our entire history. That is an essential, distinctive part of our make-up: value is born from individuals, and for individuals – that are the inspiration and motivation to improve every day.

A LAW FIRM BUILT AROUND PEOPLE

In Gómez-Acebo & Pombo, we combine excellence in legal practice with the creed that we have built up throughout our entire history. That is an essential, distinctive part of our make-up: value is born from individuals, and for individuals – that are the inspiration and motivation to improve every day.

We are committed to incorporating sustainability and ESG criteria as fundamental pillars of our long-term strategy.

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