Sánchez de León Abogados

We are a multidisciplinary legal advice and assistance practice, founded in 1982 by Partner and Director Enrique Sánchez de León Pérez.

We are in Madrid, from where our professional staff offer a personal and direct approach to both advice and the specific litigation issues covered by each Department, including any specialist legal field.

We have an IT tool in place providing clients with real-time information about the status of any proceedings or case,
with functionality allowing clients to choose to receive monthly, quarterly or yearly audit reports connected with the proceedings in question.

Health Law Consultancy

We have developed our own brand specialising in health law, ‘Consulting de Derecho Sanitario’, with specific know-how in the field of healthcare, medicine and pharmaceuticals, reflected both in professional practice and regular articles in specialist media, as well as the publication of original works addressing particular legal topics.

AREAS OF PRACTICE

Our professional practice covers all areas of Law at both the national and regional levels in Spain, as well as international matters through established partnerships with renowned associate practices in France, Italy, the UK and Portugal. Each Department has the professional staff and resources needed to handle litigation proceedings within its own jurisdiction, addressing procedural practice from the specialist focus of each area.

Corporate Compliance

Corporate Compliance

  • Risk Assessment. Objectives.
  • Preparation and implementation of Regulations.
  • Supervision.
  • Controls on the Board of Directors and Committees/Commissions.
  • Monitoring procedures.
  • Corporate defence against possible criminal liabilities.

EMPLOYMENT LAW

EMPLOYMENT LAW

  • Redundancy schemes.
  • Disciplinary and objective dismissals.
  • Executive management.
  • Collective bargaining.
  • Contracts.
  • Modification of working conditions.
  • Social Security.
  • Situations of industrial unrest.
  • Occupational risk prevention.
  • Workplace accidents.
  • Benefit surcharges.
  • Remuneration systems.

HEALTH AND PHARMACEUTICAL LAW

HEALTH AND PHARMACEUTICAL LAW

CONSULTING DE DERECHO SANITARIO is a brand created to develop the area of health and pharmaceutical law, covering the whole field of healthcare, pharmaceuticals, clinical and medical practice, with a coordinated and specific approach. This is an extensive field demanding considerable dedication, drawing on the different branches of Law all of which are given a focused perspective through the experience and know-how built up by SÁNCHEZ DE LEÓN ABOGADOS over many years of specialisation and dedication, allowing the practice to handle this professional sphere with a thorough knowledge of the whole subject.

  • Comprehensive consultancy for companies and professional corporations in the sector.
  • Pharmaceutical industrial property.
  • Defective products.
  • Medicinal plants and food supplements.
  • Processing of cases with the European Commission.
  • Legal aspects of healthcare policy: National Health Service and Regional Health Services.
  • Professional litigation between doctors and public and private employers.
  • Consultancy for medical, pharmaceutical, veterinary and nursing companies and professional corporations.
  • Professional malpractice litigation.

CIVIL LAW

CIVIL LAW

  • Contracts in general.
  • Urban and rural leases.
  • Outstanding payments.
  • Family.
  • Associations and Foundations.
  • Art.
  • Franchises.
  • Image rights.
  • Industrial property.
  • Horizontal property regime.

PUBLIC LAW

PUBLIC LAW

  • Administrative and Court Proceedings against Public Authorities.
  • Processing of governmental authorisation applications.
  • Relations with Public Authorities.
  • Disciplinary Law.
  • Monetary claims against Public Authorities.
  • Expropriations.
  • Competition.

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

  • Support for the other Departments.
  • Appeals for constitutional protection.
  • Issues of unconstitutionality.

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES

  • Data Protection.
  • Outsourcing of IT services and procurement of goods and services.
  • Telecoms.
  • Intellectual Property and Copyright.
  • Electronic commerce and payment instruments.
  • Applied Employment Law.
  • Applied Criminal Law.
  • Information Society Services and Electronic Commerce Act.

CRIMINAL LAW

CRIMINAL LAW

  • Offences against the person.
  • Economic and corporate offences.
  • Offences against the Tax Office and Social Security.
  • Offences against workers’ rights.
  • Criminal liability of legal entities.
  • Environmental offences.
  • Offences against Public Health and Consumer Rights.
  • Offences against Intellectual and Industrial Property.
  • Offences involving New Technologies.
  • Infractions.

COMPANY LAW

COMPANY LAW

  • Corporate.
  • Secretaryship of Boards of Directors.
  • Commercial contracts.
  • Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A).
  • Insolvency.

TAXATION DEPARTMENT

TAXATION DEPARTMENT

  • Resolution of taxation and accounting queries at the national, regional and local levels.
  • Examination of settlements, presentation of appeals.
  • Inspection proceedings before the bodies of the Tax Authority.
  • Asset planning.
  • International taxation.
  • Formal proceedings, financial matters and litigation involving public authorities.

SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT LAW

SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT LAW

  • Agreements for the assignment and/or exploitation of image rights.
  • Sponsorship/advertisement contracts.
  • Naming rights.
  • Brand licensing contracts.
  • Lease agreements and assignment of venues for events.

ARBITRATION

ARBITRATION

  • Specialist lawyers practising as arbitrators at arbitration courts and institutions.
  • Prior consultancy to decide whether arbitration is appropriate, and the most suitable institution and type of arbitration in each case.
  • Action in any field of law.
  • Handling of the complete case, including any relevant enforcement of arbitration awards.