Blog on Spanish law

Category: Interesting topics

  • Tell me more about Gunnercooke!

    http://http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/businessclub/business-club-video/legal-sector-videos/12213217/gunnercooke.html What is Gunnercooke? Very often I get asked this question by clients and contacts. They have heard that we are a diffent law firm to the standard, traditional and rigid law firms. However they do not know what makes the difference between us and other law firms. See above an interesting video made by…

  • BREXIT AND SPAIN: TWO MONTHS LATER WHAT WOULD AN EVENTUAL BREXIT MEAN FOR THOSE BRITISH THAT WANT TO BUY PROPERTY IN SPAIN? How would it affect British people who own properties in Spain? And those who are in the process of buying them? It is too early to know what is going to happen but…

  • 3rd Edition of Spanish Festival

    FESTEJAR 2016               From left to right: Virginia Moreno, Claudia Font, Jesus Torre, Mariluz Simal, Antonio Guillén and Angel Miguelez. The Spanish Desk from Gunnercooke attended last night the opening of the FESTEJAR festival in Manchester. It is the third edition of a Spanish festival in which, for four…

  • How to apply for British citizenship

                This Article is in Spanish because it is mainly for those Spanish nationals who are considering applying for British citizenship. Should you require information in English please contact us on Antonio.guillen@gunnercooke.com A la vista de varias consultas hechas recientemente sobre la posibilidad de pedir la ciudadanía británica, y de…

  • Spanish theme restaurant Tapeo opens in Manchester

                  The Spanish desk from Gunnercooke LLP attended last night the soft opening of Tapeo Restaurant in Manchester. Tapeo is the latest Spanish Restaurant to be opened in the busiest area of Manchester City Centre. Fully owned by Spanish owners and managed by couple Nacho Garcia and Natalia Esquerdo,…

  • Gunnercooke’s Spanish desk grows with another Spanish lawyer

              I am glad to inform that Claudia Font has joined our law firm Gunnercooke LLP to form part of the Spanish desk. Claudia is qualified in Spanish law and is registered to practice in both Spain and England. She is originally from Barcelona and will be based in the North…

  • Santa Ana del Monte. A story of successful recovery of deposits paid to an insolvent developer in Spain

          Litigation is never an easy thing. When I was a trainee lawyer in Spain, my boss, who was a walking enciclopedia and knew every single law in Spain, used to tell me: “Antonio, it is always better to reach a bad settlement than entering into a long but good case in Court…

  • Spanish restaurants in Manchester

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQPaIn5aMiY     http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQPaIn5aMiY

  • INFORMATIVE NOTE ABOUT THE ROLE OF THE HONORARY CONSUL OF SPAIN IN MANCHESTER

                  1.    Honorary Consul The Honorary Consul of Spain in Manchester is Mr. Antonio Guillen and his office is situated in the law firm gunnercooke LLP on the following address 53 King Street, Manchester, M2 4LQ. 2.    Role of the Honorary Consul The Honorary Consul is not a Consul…

  • I am an Executor on a Spanish estate. Do I still need an N.I.E.?

    The answer is simple: Yes. Any person appearing in a Will that is going to be used for the administration of a Spanish estate, whether this is an English or a Spanish Will, requires a N.I.E. number. Obviously, this applies to those who inherit the asset but also to those who are not beneficiaries under…