Spain creates Europe's first AI supervisory agency and actively participates in EU AI Act negotiations.
Laws/Regulations directly regulating AI (the “AI Regulations”)
Currently, there are no specific laws, statutory...more
6/10/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Compliance ,
EU ,
Innovative Technology ,
Machine Learning ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
Spain ,
Technology Sector
Dealmakers across Europe were hampered by elevated core inflation rates and a darkening economic outlook in the first half of 2023. The constrained financing environment has put a check on dealmaking activity across the...more
Measures enacted to protect the Spanish economy against the COVID-19 crisis may persist longer than expected -
The exceptional circumstances brought about by the COVID-19 outbreak led the Spanish government to enact a...more
On 21 October this year, the Bank of Spain created the registry where service providers for both the exchange of virtual currency for fiat currency and the custody of electronic wallets must register, as a result of the...more
COVID-19 pandemic led Spanish Government to enact three Royal Decree-Laws during 2020, imposing restrictive measures on Spanish FDI regime. Before the COVID-19 outbreak, the Spanish foreign direct investment ("FDI") regime...more
New measures enacted for the purpose of protecting the Spanish economy amid the COVID-19 crisis may persist longer than expected -
The exceptional circumstances in the first and second quarters of 2020 brought about by...more
While Spain's recession is expected to be among the deepest on the continent, the nation has remained one of the most attractive deal destinations in Europe for PE and M&A....more
This alert provides an overview of COVID-19 governmental financial assistance measures available in some of the principal jurisdictions. Our team can cover advice on governmental financial assistance across the globe.
The...more
6/10/2020
/ Banking Sector ,
Competition ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Economic Stimulus ,
Financial Assistance Policies ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Markets ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Lenders ,
Relief Measures ,
Reorganizations
On March 17, 2020 the Spanish Government approved Royal Decree-Law 8/2020 ("RDL") which contains a number of measures to reduce the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak in Spain....more
3/24/2020
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Financial Distress ,
Foreign Direct Investment ,
Foreign Investment ,
National Security ,
Privately Held Corporations ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Relief Measures ,
Spain ,
State of Emergency ,
Stock Markets