Public procurement represents approximately 20% of Spanish GDP, which highlights the importance of the public and private interests involved in contracts that are announced and awarded daily by the public sector in Spain.
This is a highly complex legal field, regulated by an extensive body of regulations designed to ensure the principles of publicity and transparency in procedures, equal treatment of bidders, and the efficient management of public funds.
However, this same regulatory complexity, combined with the limited resources and training in many public sector entities, often leads to situations where the rights and expectations of bidders are undermined.
Fortunately, our legal system provides efficient mechanisms for bidders to defend themselves against...
The medical profession, like other professions involving a high degree of social responsibility, is governed by a set of ethical and deontological norms aimed at ensuring quality and integrity in patient care. In Spain, these principles are encapsulated in the Medical Deontology Code (hereinafter, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"MDC\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"), which is drafted and updated by the General Council of Medical Associations (OMC), serving as an essential guide for health professionals in their daily practice.
The MDC outlines the duties and obligations of doctors towards their patients, society, other health professionals, and the medical profession itself. The MDC addresses clinical and technical aspects of medical practice, including guidelines on the...
Public works and service concession contracts are complex agreements prone to significant conflict.
As is well known, concessions are essentially characterized by the fact that the concessionaire is not compensated through a fixed price but rather granted the right to exploit the work or service, thereby transferring the operational risk to them. Given that the concessionaire needs sufficient time to recover their investments and achieve profits through the exploitation of the works or services, concessions are usually long-term contracts. This implies that the execution of the contract is particularly exposed to potential problems arising between the parties.
Many circumstances can lead to conflicts between the contracting Administration and the concessionaire during...
In recent years, the presence of Italian companies and Italian workers in Mallorca (and in the Balearic Islands in general) has been steadily increasing; it is essential for both categories to be able to rely, at every stage of the employment relationship, on Italian lawyers who specialize in labor law and who can provide advice in Italian, in order to make the best decisions in situations of crisis or conflict.
In our law firm, there are Italian lawyers who specialize in labor law and who provide assistance in Italian, ready to assist Italian companies and Italian workers in any type of matter related to labor law in Mallorca and in the rest of the Balearic territory, such as individual and collective dismissals (ERE), suspension of the employment relationship (ERTE),...