Legal notices: Spain

Service provider

Our services from our office in Spain are provided by DLA Piper Spain S.L.U. which is part of DLA Piper. DLA Piper is a global law firm operating through various separate and distinct legal entities. For further information about these entities and DLA Piper's structure, please refer to the Legal Notices page.

DLA Piper Spain, S.L.U. is a Spanish limited liability company (sociedad de responsabilidad limitada) registered in Spain at the Madrid Mercantile Registry in sheet M-309,428, folio 162, volume 17,920, section 8º with registered number 2151906, whose registered office is at Paseo de la Castellana, 39, 28046 Madrid.

Our tax identification number in Spain is B-83386029.

Contact details

Contact details of DLA Piper Spain, S.L.U. can be found in the Locations section.

Regulation

All Spanish lawyers at DLA Piper Spain, S.L.U. are admitted within Spain to practice as lawyers (Abogados) and are members of either the Madrid Bar Association (Colegio de Abogados de Madrid), or the Barcelona Bar Association (Colegio de Abogados de Barcelona).

The regulatory provisions applicable to lawyers are:

  • General Rules for Lawyers (Estatuto General de la Abogacía Española), and
  • Spanish Lawyers Code of Conduct (Código Deontológico de la Abogacía Española), which is based on the European Code of Conduct (Código Deontológico Europeo).

These provisions can be found at either www.icab.cat (Barcelona Bar Association) or www.icam.es (Madrid Bar Association).

DLA Piper Spain, S.L.U. may also have a number of lawyers from other jurisdictions who are members of foreign Bars. Further information on our people and their professional qualifications can be found on this site in the people section.

The word "partner" is used to refer to a member of DLA Piper Spain S.L.U., or an employee or consultant with equivalent standing and qualifications, and to a partner, member, director, employee or consultant in another DLA Piper practising entity who has equivalent standing.

Professional liability insurance

Our professional indemnity insurer is QBE Lloyd's Syndicate 1886 & others, whose address is 30 Fenchurch Street, London, EC3M 3BD. This insurance covers our practices in the United Kingdom, Europe, Middle East, Australia, Africa and Asia and extends to acts and omissions wherever they occur in the world.

In certain jurisdictions professional indemnity insurance is required to be placed locally in accordance with statute or regulation. Where there are such requirements we have policies in place to meet these obligations, details of which can be supplied on request.

Our services

We are committed to providing the highest quality services to all of our clients. Please tell us if something goes wrong by contacting the matter partner responsible for the work.

Further information

Additional legal notices with general application can be found on the Legal Notices page.