From family business to family office: what breaks along the way
Most families don’t break while they own the business. They break afterwards, once it’s sold. And the reason isn’t money. Selling the family business is usually…
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Publications
Analysis
Reflections on mediation, law, technology and the psychology of conflict.
Third-generation therapies in the family business (III): acceptance and commitment, or the protocol turned into a cage
Third instalment in the series on third-generation therapies applied to family business. This time: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Series: third-generation therapies in the family business ·…
Read article →The Rise of the External General Counsel: What the Data Says, and What I See from Spain
I was recently talking to the Country Manager of the Spanish subsidiary of an American multinational. He had spent months putting out legal fires without anyone…
Read article →Third-generation therapies in the family business (II): behavioral activation, or paralysis by prudence
Second instalment in the series on third-generation therapies applied to family business. This time: behavioral activation therapy. Series: third-generation therapies in the family business · 1…
Read article →The In-House Legal Department Nobody Knows They Can Have
When a mid-sized company needs to resolve something legal, it almost always faces the same dilemma: call a law firm, or manage without specialised help until…
Read article →Critical Thinking and Postformal Thought: What Actually Protects a Professional Against AI
On what critical thinking actually is, how it differs from postformal thinking, and why the second skill is the one that truly protects a professional against…
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Law
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Real estate taxation in Spain: a 2026 reference note
An overview of the taxes affecting the purchase, rental and ownership of real estate in Spain, for residents, non-residents, individuals and companies. In Spain, taxes are…
Read article →Third-generation therapies in the family business (I): what behavioral science already knows, and hasn’t reached the family council yet
First installment of a series on third-generation therapies applied to family business. Series: third-generation therapies in the family business · 1 · 2 · 3 ·…
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Law
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The Living Will: What No One Else Can Decide For You
What a living will is, what it can cover, and how it is granted. The previous article ended by announcing this one. There was one last…
Read article →When It’s Already Too Late: The Cost of Not Having Decided
What happens to the family and the business when capacity is lost without any planning, and what can still be done. Series: support measures · 1…
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