International operations and political risk
Operating across jurisdictions requires more than translating contracts: it requires understanding two legal systems, two negotiating cultures, and two radically different approaches to risk. A contract drafted with a Spanish mindset may be unenforceable in New York. A standard US clause may have unintended consequences in Spain.
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When a transaction crosses the Atlantic, the usual arrangement is a Spanish firm coordinating with a correspondent in New York, or the other way round. Every matter goes through two teams, two interpretations and two invoices, and what gets lost in translation tends to resurface later, in the contract or at the negotiating table.
Here there is no intermediary: the same lawyer is admitted in Madrid and New York, understands how the common law counterparty reasons and drafts documents that work in both systems. You have a single point of contact and a single person accountable.
That dual perspective comes from more than twenty years in cross-border transactions, from the World Bank Group (MIGA) in Washington to political risk cover for multinationals in emerging markets.
International contracts
International sale of goods, distribution, joint ventures, licensing, technology transfer, supply, with careful attention to choice of law, dispute resolution clauses, and the differences between legal systems.
Structured finance
PPAs, Senior Loans, Land Agreements, Syndicated Loans, EPCs and concessions in strategic sectors: electricity transmission, solar generation, waste management, water, port terminals and telecommunications.
Political risk coverage
Structuring non-commercial risk coverage, interaction with multilateral organisations (World Bank, MIGA), export credit agencies and international financial institutions.
International dispute resolution
Mediation, arbitration and cross-border litigation, with direct experience mediating disputes between international investors and host governments.
Do you recognise yourself?
If any of these situations describe your current challenge, we can help.
- Your Spanish company invests, sells or has partners abroad and needs advice that understands both sides.
- You are a foreign company or investor with operations in Spain and need a counterpart who speaks your legal language.
- You need to negotiate or review an international contract and want a lawyer who understands both legal mindsets: common law and civil law.
- You are structuring an infrastructure investment and need advice on structured finance: PPAs, Senior Loans, Performance Guarantees, EPCs, concessions.
- You need to assess and cover political or non-commercial risks in a cross-border investment.
- A dispute has arisen with a foreign counterparty and you need to evaluate options before litigating in one jurisdiction or another.
For M&A with an international component, we integrate transactional advice with multijurisdictional expertise.
For real estate investment in Spain by non-residents, we cover everything from due diligence to tax structuring.
If the group already has a Spanish subsidiary, corporate housekeeping and board secretarial work is the quiet task that prevents surprises at the next audit.
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