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Spanish Property Solicitors in the UKThe residential conveyancing process: existing and "off plan" properties. The aim of our Spanish Property Solicitors is to offer a proactive and efficient conveyancing service that ensures your transaction occurs as smoothly and as quickly as possible. We can guide you through every detail of the transaction, providing legal advice on:
Contracts and other legal documentation Translation of Spanish property contracts is usually expensive and frequently inadequate; this can lead to costly legal complications. Our legal expertise provides us with the foundation to read the original Spanish contractual documents, provide reports explaining to you their implications and provide independent advice on your options going forward. Commercial property / company formation In Manchester and with our Pannone Law Group colleagues in Barcelona, Madri , Alicante and Mallorca, we can assist clients to form and acquire Spanish companies and commercial properties, carry out company searches and offer specialist legal advice on Spanish contracts, commercial and property law. Inheritance considerations Before you buy a property in Spain the form of ownership should be taken into consideration. All real property in Spain is always subject to Spanish inheritance tax and the tax rate can be as high as 60%. English law will usually apply to the succession of an English national who has property in Spain, however, this is an area for debate, and in some cases, the Spanish courts have applied Spanish law to distribute a deceased's assets. This should therefore be reviewed at the earliest stage possible. Wills and Probate Property owners should deal with their Spanish assets in an English Will or Codicil or a Spanish Will. We can advise on which may be the most suitable, depending on the testator's personal circumstances. This helps to avoid complications regarding the particular law that will apply to the succession. Should the deceased die intestate, with neither a Spanish nor English Will dealing with his assets in Spain, then Spanish law may be the relevant law and could apply the Spanish compulsory heirs' rules. We can advise you on the best option for your circumstances, drafting suitable Wills and or Codicils. We can assist in the probate process in Spain and deal with this in conjunction with the administration of the UK and worldwide estate. If there is an English or Spanish Will dealing with the deceased's assets in Spain we will carry out the necessary formalities through the English and Spanish probate registries to allow the Will to be validly accepted in Spain. An affidavit or certificate of law regarding the English legal system and / or law may be required by the Notario or land registry in Spain and we can prepare such documents where required. Tax Planning In addition to inheritance tax planning, where specifically requested, we can help maximise general tax planning opportunities with the assistance of other suitably qualified professionals, including the potential of situations of non-residence or non-domicility, in cases where you move abroad after retirement. In all circumstances, our aim is to minimise your tax liability whilst structuring a framework that offers the maximum flexibility to adapt to your future circumstances. Our expert tax advice and solutions apply across a range of situations, including:
Matrimonial and family issues relating to property We can assist and help minimise difficulties relating to overseas property following the break up of a marriage or relationship; dealing with the sale or transfer from one ex-partner to the other. Litigation With the assistance of Pannone LLP colleagues we can help clients with legal disputes, debt recovery, etc., in the local Spanish jurisdiction. Power of attorney This is a deed which enables a third party to deal with your affairs, pay taxes, execute deeds on your behalf, etc., if you are unable to do so in person. We can prepare bilingual documents for you in the UK which can then be executed in the presence of a notary public, notarised and legalised. This is a service which we offer in-house with our own public notary. Alternatively, we can provide you with the details of a notary closer to your own vicinity. We also deal with the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in order to obtain the apostille (legalisation certificate), facilitating and progressing the process as quickly as possible. NIE or CIF (ID numbers) We can assist non-residents to obtain a Spanish fiscal identification number, personal or company, essential to enable you to buy property and pay tax in Spain within a fixed period of time, thus avoiding late payment penalties. We can also assist with obtaining an extension to this time limit from the Spanish tax authorities in certain cases. Accidents abroad We can also help you with a compensation claim if you are injured in an accident abroad. Our specialist team deals exclusively with accidents that happen overseas and has an enviable reputation for personal injury claims which arise from holidays, business trips and international travel by road, air and sea. For assistance please contact Andrew Morton. Bilingual legal documents Our solicitors draft directly in-house a variety of bilingual English / Spanish legal documents, certificates of law, etc., for many and varied purposes, both personal and commercial. General ad hoc advice and "follow up" service We can also provide general and practical legal advice or assistance on a variety of issues such as:
Call 0870 164 2372 now for a consultation with a Spanish Property Solicitor at Pannone LLP. |
