The two-day event featured inspiring conferences and interactive sessions, providing valuable insights into artificial intelligence, the evolution of law firms, and India’s digital revolution.
Our partners, @Ignacio Guillén González and @Luis Giménez Godosar, represented the firm at the event. Ignacio also attended the Board of Directors meeting, thereby reaffirming our commitment to the association.

We also enjoyed an unforgettable dinner at Mr Kochhar’s residence and a unique cultural experience visiting the Taj Mahal — the perfect end to an enriching event.
Without a doubt, the Multilaw Global Business Meeting 2025 was an exceptional opportunity for learning, networking, and global exchange.

On 18 November, the Supreme Court, sitting in plenary and unanimously, ruled that the employer must offer the employee the possibility of defending himself against the charges brought against him, before adopting the termination of the employment contract for disciplinary dismissal.

The basis for this change in the High Court’s criteria is the new interpretation of Article 7 of ILO (International Labour Organisation) Convention No. 158 of 1982 (in force in Spain since 1986), which is now understood to be directly applicable, without the need for any legislative change. This article establishes that:

“An employee’s employment shall not be terminated on grounds relating to his or her conduct or performance before he or she has been given an opportunity to defend himself or herself against the charges against him or her, unless the employer cannot reasonably be required to give him or her such an opportunity”.

It should be noted that the article itself provides for an exception to this requirement, which is that prior notification may not be required for justified reasons. In this regard, the judgment itself states that it will be necessary to consider the specific case in order to analyse whether or not this exception can be applied.

Compliance with this new requirement is only enforceable since the publication of the aforementioned ruling, and does not affect dismissals carried out prior to that date;
however, given the lack of clarity of the obligation, in terms of formalities, deadlines and consequences in cases of non-compliance, this currently generates great legal uncertainty for companies that intend to dismiss their employees for disciplinary reasons, as long as the requirements are not developed through case law or future legislative reforms.

The full sentence can be consulted at the following link.

We have advised Royal Metropolitan, a Spanish real estate investor and asset management, in transaction with a total value of € 46 million, closed last week.

Our work focused on the drafting and negotiation of the transaction documents for the divestment of an office building in the centre of Madrid, CBD (Castellana/Barrio de Justicia area), whose acquirer, an investment fund, is going to change its use to residential.
This building is currently used as offices, fully leased and occupied by first class companies, and we have been successful in coordinating and negotiating its vacancy so that the buyer can develop the refurbishment project and conversion of the asset to residential use.
Our team has been led by our partner Enrique Gutiérrez de Terán head of our Retal Estate practice.

We have longstanding experience in all kinds of real estate transactions (purchases and sales of both real estate assets and investment vehicles, contributions, leases, purchase and sale of projects – forward purchases, etc.), for all client profiles (funds and venture capital, private individuals, family offices, international, institutional and equity investors, developers and financiers, builders, consultants and real estate practitioners, such as architects, engineers, project managers and estate agents), with respect to all types of property (office, residential, industrial, tertiary, land, ongoing developments, main residences and second homes, turnkey projects, real estate asset portfolios, etc.) and at all stages of the building process (land acquisition, planning and management, construction and marketing of the finished product).

Madrid, 6 November, 2024.