Thanks to its multidisciplinary composition, international capacity and the ongoing confidence it enjoys of both markets and regulators, our Corporate Compliance Practice is a leader in the field with a national and international reputation for advising companies on the most effective systems of regulatory compliance and criminal prevention

Under Spain’s criminal code, since Act 5/2010 came into effect on December 23, 2010, both national and foreign companies that operate in the country must have effective systems of supervision, regulatory control and crime prevention in place, commonly known as corporate compliance. Before that date, there was partial and sectorial regulation in certain areas, such as unfair competition, data protection, money laundering, workplace harassment, transparency, and good governance in listed companies. However, the legislation marked the first time Spanish law established the duty of companies to prevent crimes in a comprehensive way, encompassing more than 30 types of illegal activities, from tax crimes, fraud, bribery, and concealment of assets, to urban planning crimes involving the environment or corruption.

Within this context, the Criminal Business Law Department of Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira coordinates the Corporate Compliance Practice, composed of and supported by a dynamic array of experienced professionals highly specialized in all areas of business law, including urban planning, environmental, industrial and intellectual property, labor, tax and commercial.

Specifically, the Corporate Compliance Practice at Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira provides companies with value-added services, advising them on designing and implementing reliable and effective systems for regulatory compliance and crime prevention. This counseling is ongoing and based on the strong commitment of our clients to avert criminal misdeeds.

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