Legal advice in Spain

  What is a certificado de empadronamiento? What’s its purpose? Who needs a Padrón? Padron uses Documents required to enrol yourself What is a certificado de empadronamiento? A certificado de empadronamiento (or padron, in Spanish) is a certificate that confirms you are registered at

Spain stands as the second most visited country in the world with over 84 million visitors every year. I won’t go into what makes living in Spain so appealing as it would take me weeks to do a write up! Besides, it’s off the point. What matters is that it’s a beautiful country to get lost in.

Spain is infamous for its bureaucracy and hard to navigate red tape, but one person who may be able to help with such processes is a "gestor" or "gestoría".

If you are renting out your property in Spain, being insured is, without a doubt, the only way to have peace of mind, and the best way to have peace of mind is to take out rental default insurance.

The purpose of this article is to give some pointers on why becoming (tax) resident in Spain is not as bad as some people would lead us to believe.

The coronavirus pandemic has changed many things in Spain, and among these, crime patterns on the Spanish coast. This is demonstrated by the report 'Burglaries in insured homes.

Brexit is already making its mark and has left a series of inconveniences for British people who want to buy homes in Spain. As explained in this recent article, there are certain areas in Spain where a permit from the Ministry of Defence is required in order to purchase a property or land.

In Spain, the "contrato de arras", known in English as a deposit contract or deposit agreement, is a fundamental document and, in most cases, an essential requirement to seal an agreement for the purchase of a property in Spain.

On 31st December 2020 everything changed for the United Kingdom and its economic ties with the European Union. Brexit has left a series of drawbacks for the British and their ties with Spain, and among them is residential investment.

A nota simple is a legal document you will often hear in Spain. In this short post we give a brief outline on what it is and why it is so useful.

As the COVID-19 pandemic has attracted all our attention since last year, Brexit seems to have taken a backseat. However, there are still many expats living in Spain, or indeed Brits preparing to move to the Iberian Peninsula, who have many valid questions about residency in Spain after Brexit.

Spain has become Europe’s leading Golden Visa supplier. Thousands of non-EU nationals, and their families, have attained a coveted Golden Visa since its inception in 2013.

We frequently get asked by our foreign clients if gazundering and gazumping are both allowed in Spain. In this short blog post we’ll address both. Gazundering This is typically a strategy to lower the sales price moments before completing on a property before a notary.

Although it is perfectly legal to include your Spanish assets in a will made in your home country, we strongly advise against it. For all those non-residents who own assets in Spain, i.e.

Following up on our article Buy-to-Let in Spain: Landlord Tax Reliefs, VAT invoices are the backbone on claiming landlord tax relief.

1. Are you dealing with the owner or a legally empowered proxy? Nothing worse than making a huge down payment upfront only to realise you have been duped out of your money leasing from someone who was not the owner.

This is really a moot point.

The COVID-19 pandemic in Spain has increased cases of squatting due to the inability of homeowners to check on their second homes due to the state of alarm.

The topic of squatters in Spain, or okupas in Spanish, is a controversial problem across the country.

Last week I had to deal with a case in Barcelona that is a prime example of why you should be wary of signing reservation contracts on renting in Spain. With the excuse the property was in a highly sought-after location, and someone else could snag it, the tenant was forced to pay a non-refundable

You may have heard the term ‘snagging’ before and may be wondering what it means. Snagging is an informal expression used within the construction industry which is used to describe the process of defect identification and resolution on buying off-plan properties.

COVID-19 has brought in its wake a host of nasty effects, both direct and indirectly. Directly, by infecting and killing hundreds of thousands of vulnerable people the world over, from all ages. Indirectly, by drastically changing our lifestyles as we struggle to cope and adjust to our new reality

On buying off-plan property in Spain, it is normal to make a 30 to 40% down payment in instalments and the balance is paid at completion, before the notary. Regarding down payments, they are structured as regular stage payments made to your developer.

In recent times, inheriting property in Spain has become somewhat of a luxury for many, due to the high taxes that have to be paid. In 2019 the state pocketed approximately 50 million euros in unclaimed inheritances.

You may have heard the term ‘Licence of First Occupation’ (LFO, for short) before and wonder what the fuss is all about.