All the legal services you need to live, invest or start a business in Spain

Thinking of buying a property in Spain?

Our partners who have specialised in the sector since 1998 will be happy to guide you through the purchase process to ensure the security of your investment.

We will carry out the preliminary checks (including on the building permit) as well as drafting and reviewing the contracts and deeds of sale.

Our after-sales service will be able to help you to ensure that the utilities are in place before you move into your new home.

Similarly, we can advise you on the purchase or transfer of a business or premises in Spain, in contact with our tax and labour advisors, to ensure that it has the corresponding permits and that there are no debts with the local and tax authorities or suppliers.

Are you selling your property in Spain?

Before doing so, our real estate department can carry out a series of checks to ensure that the property is registered in the Land Registry with all the real surface area, that the corresponding municipal permits or equivalent certificates are obtained, as these are normally required by the purchaser in most cases, and also that the property is up to date with the payment of taxes, rates and utilities.

In the event of discovering any kind of abnormalities we will suggest the most efficient way to solve them, both from the point of view of time and cost.

For this purpose we know different professionals with whom we collaborate regularly, such as Architects, Quantity Surveyors, Engineers or Topographers, who are characterised both by their reliability and their reasonable prices and with whom we can put you in contact.

Our team of tax experts can advise you on management procedures, penalties or tax inspections before the state or regional tax authorities and tax offices. We also provide specialized support to expatriates in their process of establishment in Spain, helping them to understand and comply with their tax obligations from the very beginning.

We will also study the best way to carry out your investments in Spain, together with our experts in commercial and labor law. If you are an individual, self-employed or a company, we will tell you what your tax obligations are during the year and we can prepare and file your tax returns in Spain. In addition, if you are thinking of buying or selling a property, we will calculate the most fiscally interesting way to do it.

Are you thinking of opening a new business or building a company in Spain?

BAÑARES ABOGADOS accompanies you in every step of the process from our offices, offering you an integral solution without the need to go to different professionals.

We especially support expats who wish to establish themselves in Spain, offering them complete advice to make their transition simple, safe and efficient, both at a legal and business level.

Whether you are starting a new business or need support in the ongoing management after incorporation, our firm can assist you in several languages and adapt to the particularities of each international client.

Thanks to our diversified team, our clients have direct access to experts in the different fields: commercial or tax lawyer, accountant and payroll specialist.

Our professionals will guide you through all the necessary services: accounting, payroll, VAT registration and other tax obligations, tax refunds, etc.

And if you choose to acquire a pre-existing business or company – from a small bar on the coast to a consolidated company with staff – our team can carry out verifications before the different administrations to ensure compliance with all tax and accounting obligations, as well as analyze its current and future profitability.

Thinking of establishing your residence in Spain?

BAÑARES ABOGADOS offers you the possibility to study the most efficient way to apply for your residence permit in Spain. A service tailored to your needs according to your nationality and personal circumstances, which will allow you to know the existence of possible restrictions in certain cases.

As part of our commitment to expats wishing to settle in Spain, we offer comprehensive support throughout the entire immigration process. From the first contact, our team is in charge of facilitating your legal and administrative adaptation, providing legal security and peace of mind at every step.

Depending on your needs, we will advise you on the most appropriate way to submit the application, both for you and for your family members or employees, either to develop a business or professional activity in Spain (lucrative residence permit) or simply to live without any lucrative activity.

Once the residence permit is granted, you will have access to a wide range of services specifically designed for expatriates: calculation and filing of income taxes for residents and non-residents, analysis of inheritance situation, among others. Our goal is to make your transition to life in Spain as smooth as possible.

Our immigration experts can also advise you on complex situations that may arise during your stay, such as expiration of visas or residence permits, refusals, renewals, obtaining the NIE, visas for investors (Spanish Golden Visa), permits for Digital Nomads, among others.

Our lawyers are fully qualified to represent you before any public office in Spain, especially in the Offices of Foreigners, where they operate regularly. They are also recommended by numerous Consulates and the Spanish Bar Association. We maintain close contact with the main Spanish Consulates and Embassies abroad, to which our professionals travel regularly to learn first hand the particularities of each consular body.

Do not hesitate to contact us. We will study your specific case and offer you a personalized quote to accompany you in your project of life in Spain.

Do you need to formalise an inheritance in Spain?

We understand that this can be a source of concern and conflict at a very delicate time for you or your relatives, given the particularities and administrative difficulties of our country.

Our inheritance department will do everything possible to ensure that your inheritance is transferred to your heirs in the shortest possible time, in the least cumbersome way for them.

The direct contact with our expert advisors in this field facilitates this in a faster and more efficient way than in other law firms.

In addition, at the moment there is a particularly favourable tax regime for donations in Andalusia and other communities, which represents a very interesting opportunity to transfer the ownership of assets to children and relatives now. This option avoids possible future disputes and significantly reduces the tax burden that inheritance after death usually entails.

Generally speaking, and in order to avoid complications and delays for family members and heirs in the future, we always recommend that our clients sign wills for their assets in Spain, something we can also advise them on. Simultaneously, and in conjunction with our tax experts, we will advise you on the most efficient way to organise your inheritance.

BAÑARES ABOGADOS also has a litigation department where we can advise you on all aspects of civil, administrative, labour, banking and certain criminal matters, in order to protect your interests.

In the event of a dispute, and after a preliminary study of your case, we will try to negotiate a solution to resolve it amicably. Alternatively, in the event that such negotiations are not profitable or possible, our lawyers are fully capable of presenting your claim or application to the various administrations or courts in our country and in all regions of the country.