WEBINAR: Operating in the UK through a Commercial Agent

At Scornik Gerstein LLP - along with the Spanish Chamber of Commerce in UK - we want to provide through this webinar to Spanish companies operating or about to start operating in the United Kingdom through a commercial agent, the necessary information as to how to protect themselves contractually against potential claims by the Agent to its Principal.

Join us to learn about:

• Impact of Brexit on the contractual relationship between the Principal and the Agent.
• Advice on drafting a contract between the Principal and the Agent.
• Possible remedies and indemnities from the Principal to the Agent

UK time: 16:00

Spanish time: 17:00

You can join through the following link of theSpanish Chamber of Commerce in UK.

This webinar will be held in Spanish.

The Corporate Immigration Review - 11th Edition

One more year our Managing Partner Antonio Arenas and our associate Beatriz Leiva collaborated with The Law Reviews building the Spanish Chapter on this 11th edition of The Corporate Immigration Review.

The Corporate Immigration Review surveys and analyses the most noteworthy aspects of business immigration law and practice worldwide, with a focus on the most consequential recent developments. In addition to providing an insightful introduction to the immigration framework in each jurisdiction, it also covers key international treaty obligations; residence rights; requirements for employer-sponsored workers; schemes for investors and entrepreneurs; and an outlook for future developments.

If you wish to read the Spanish chapter you can access by clicking here. Follow this link to the complete book´s page.

WEBINAR: Employing People from outside the UK post-Brexit

Big changes to the UK immigration system are coming after Brexit. On 31st January 2020 the United Kingdom left the European Union and with EU citizens no longer being allowed to come freely to live and work after 31st December 2020, a new points-based immigration system (‘PBS’) will be introduced which employers will need to follow to hire new workers.

For this interactive webinar the Spanish Chamber of Commerce in the UK is delighted to be partnering with our member Scornik Gerstein LLP. Join us to learn about:

• The new skilled worker route
• How to become a licensed sponsor of skilled migrant workers
• How to perform right to work checks

The Corporate Immigration Review - 10th Edition

One more year our Managing Partner Antonio Arenas and our associate Beatriz Leiva collaborated with The Law Reviews building the Spanish Chapter on the 10th edition of The Corporate Immigration Review.

Follow this link to the book´s page and if you wish to read the Spanish chapter you can access by clicking here.

9th Biennial IBA Global Immigration Conference

A conference presented by the IBA Immigration and Nationality Law Committee. Topics include:

• Is your country open for business?
• How do you attract the skilled and highly skilled?
• Top tips for running an immigration practice.
• Global mobility and the future of work.
• Revocation of citizenship

If you wish you can browse the programme by clicking here.

Spanish and British Lawyers Meeting about Brexit

We were invited by Katarzyna Wasowicz, Dawson Cornwell and Carolina M. Pedreño to take part in a meeting with the representatives of the International Law Section of Murcia Bar Association in London. Our Adria Moral, was a member of the panel. In this seminar of comparative law Adria was explaining 'How to stablish a firm in the UK'.

LGBT Pride Special podcast

Our Adria Moral, member of the Law Society’s LGBT+ Lawyers Division, participated in the podcast: LGBT Pride Special. Listen to it by clicking here.

To mark the start of Pride season, members of the LGBT+ Lawyers Division Committee discuss the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, what Pride means to them and how people can get involved with what the Law Society is doing at various Prides across the country.

RADA's Seminar 2019

One more year, the seminar of the network of lawyers and attorneys of environmental law is open together thanks to the CENEAM (Centro Nacional de Educación Ambiental del Ministerio de Transición Ecológica; Valsaín – Segovia).

Our environmental law expert Mrs. Mariangeles Lopez, and Antonio Ruiz, both members of the Coordinating Commission of the Network of Lawyers for Environmental Defense, are the organizers of this seminar.

This edition will be focused on the legal criteria for the management of wildlife populations.

For more information about RADA (Red de abogados para la Defensa Ambiental)and the inscriptions please visit http://redabogadosdefensaambiental.es/blog/

Networking tips for LGBT+ lawyers podcast

Our Adria Moral, member of the Law Society’s LGBT+ Lawyers Division, published the podcast “Networking tips for LGBT+ lawyers”. You can listen it by clicking here.

Also, you can download a PDF with a summary of all the networking tips discussed on the podcast by clicking here.

LGBT+ History Month: Speed networking

Our Adria Moral, member of the Law Society’s LGBT+ Lawyers Division, was member of the panel. The event was based on promoting tips and doing practical exercises in order to get the most from networking with other professionals.

If you wish to see the presentation, please click here.

JLR International Conference

An international networking event for service providers, intermediaries, advisors, agents, entrepreneurs, official bodies and potential clients seeking to invest or relocate into Spain.

Presentation Topics:
Golden Visa, Property Investments, Image Rights & IP, Crypto-Currencies, Personal Security, FX Cash Management, Football Industry and Brexit News

E-Law Street

Our environmental law expert Mrs. Mariangeles Lopez, with the collaboration of the Cáceres Bar Association and the Diputación, will be producing seminars about Introduction to basic and practical environmental law, in a face-to-face format which will take place in Cáceres, during the months of January to April 2018.

The first seminar will take place on January 18 and 25, 2018 and will deal with the exercise of the three pillars of the Aarhus Convention, (a.) the right of access to environmental information, (b.) the right to public participation in decision-making that affect to the environment and (c.) how to access justice to defend those rights and compliance with environmental protection legislation.

With this cycle Mrs. Mariangeles Lopez intends to publicise the tools that environmental legislation makes available to the public for the defense and protection of the environment and to be an incentive for more and more professionals (lawyers, experts, NGOs and associations) to prepare and form in the knowledge of environmental law, contribute to its correct and effective application and help society to carry out an active defense of nature and its environment.

More information about the E-Law Street cycle and the inscriptions can we found at http://www.acima.es/2017/12/18/seminarios-de-derecho-ambiental-basico-para-la-defensa-del-medio-ambiente/

Inclusion through diversity

Adria Moral will be attending this conference.

On 5 December the Law Society will host its inaugural Inclusion through diversity celebration event to acknowledge and celebrate the positive changes we are seeing in the profession and in how it supports its people.

Third Antinuclear World Social Forum

Mariangeles Lopez will be attending this conference.

We invite you to attend an international meeting. We will share our experiences and discuss together on the means to make possible the emergence of a world free of nuclear weapons and nuclear power generation.

BSLA Annual Conference

The BSLA is pleased to announce that its Annual Conference will be hosted at the premises of the Valencia Bar Association on 19th to 21st October 2017. This interactive two-and-a-half-day event has been designed to provide delegates with the up to date knowledge and tools needed to successfully look after their international Anglo-Spanish clients. Case studies, panel discussions and networking with leading practitioners will give delegates an experience-driven learning opportunity.

Meet The Experts - B&CCC Services Fair - Colombian And Latin Community In London

The Meet the Experts - B&CCC Services Fair is returning to London at the end of summer of 2016, focusing this year on providing the Colombian and Latin community with a highly reputable platform to meet experts and find solutions to issues that affect their daily life and future life projections. This complimentary one day event held in the heart of London provides a unique mix of interactive sessions and debates, speakers and one-to-one sessions with experts.

Anglo-Spanish Talk at Penningtons Manches LLP

Ivan Londono is participating as a lecturer at this conference.

Anglo-Spanish Talk at Penningtons Manches LLP – Our Ivan Londono will talk about the various factors a Spanish individual should consider when deciding on jurisdiction, the differences and similarities between Spanish and English divorce and will give the Penningtons Manches LLP family team some insight into Spanish divorce issues from his dual qualification experience.

III International Congress of Lawyers Practice

Antonio Arenas is participating as a lecturer at this conference.

7th Biennial Global Immigration Conference Global Immigration in a Shrinking but Troubled World

Antonio Arenas is participating as a lecturer at this conference.

The Spanish property market for UK businesses and the UK public. A practical global vision

IAG Assembly

Business Travel and Short Term Mobility: International Legal Trends

Antonio Arenas is participating as a lecturer at this conference.

II International Congress of Private Law

Antonio Arenas is participating as a lecturer at this conference.

Resolving Disputes: A Comparison Between England and Colombia

Setting Up & Successfully Manage Operations In Colombia

A Place in the Sun

Barcelona Marathon 2012

Latin American Investment Forum 2012