Advisory Legal & tax advisory
Grupo Asegi provides ongoing legal advice to SMEs and private individuals in the tax, civil, corporate, employment and administrative fields: contracts, corporate life, the taxation of transactions, succession under the foral Inheritance and Gift Tax, and proceedings before the Foral Tax Authority of Bizkaia, Gipuzkoa, Araba or Navarra.
What's included
- Drafting and review of commercial and civil contracts
- Incorporation, amendment of the articles, restructuring and dissolution of companies, and shareholders' agreements
- Tax analysis of corporate transactions: sale and purchase of shares, restructurings and business transfers
- Succession planning and administration of estates under the foral Inheritance and Gift Tax
- Replies to formal requests and appeals filed before the relevant Foral Tax Authority
- Advice on administrative procedures, licences and regulated sectors
A good many of a company’s legal problems are solved before they exist: in the drafting of a contract, in the way a transaction is documented or in the choice of when to transfer a shareholding. This service is that preventive layer, the one that accompanies the ongoing client day to day. The team is made up of qualified professionals registered with their professional bodies.
Tax
Ongoing advice and analysis of the transactions that fall outside the routine: sale and purchase of shares, corporate restructurings, related-party transactions or activity subject to more than one tax administration. We deal with formal requests, reviews and inspections and we prepare the appeals before the Foral Tax Authority of Bizkaia, Gipuzkoa, Araba or Navarra.
Corporate
Incorporation of companies, amendments to the articles of association, governing bodies, general meetings, capital increases and reductions, restructurings and dissolution. And also the thing that is rarely documented in time and is always missed afterwards: the shareholders’ agreement.
Civil and succession
Obligations and contracts, leases, claims and the prevention of disputes. In succession matters, the administration of estates is governed by the foral Inheritance and Gift Tax, with its own rules in each territory and a general deadline of six months from the date of death, which may be extended. Where a family business is involved, the reductions provided for its transfer can reach 95% of the taxable base if the requirements are met, so the difference between planning and not planning is considerable.
Employment
Legal advice on employment relations: hiring, substantial modification of working conditions, disciplinary matters, terminations and collective bargaining, coordinated with the team that handles the company’s day-to-day employment administration.
Administrative
Proceedings before the public authorities, regulated sectors, licences and authorisations, grants and regulatory compliance.
Where this service ends and Legal begins
What is covered here is preventive, ongoing advice. When a matter goes to court, the group’s Legal division takes it on, already familiar with the file and without the client having to start from scratch.
Frequently asked questions
- How does this differ from the group's Legal division?
- This service is the preventive, ongoing work: contracts, companies, transactions and day-to-day queries. When a matter goes to court, the Legal division takes it on, with no need to explain the file from the beginning.
- Do you deal with inheritances?
- Yes. Inheritance and Gift Tax is foral and each territory has its own rules. The general filing deadline is six months from the date of death, which may be extended, and the applicable reductions are reviewed before the tax is settled, not afterwards.
- Can the transfer of a family business be taxed less?
- Foral rules provide for reductions that can reach 95% of the taxable base on the transfer of a family business where the requirements are met and the holding is retained for the period required. It is planning that is prepared years in advance.
- Can you represent my company before the Foral Tax Authority?
- Yes. We handle formal requests, reviews and inspections and we file the appeals and claims that apply before the Foral Tax Authority of Bizkaia, Gipuzkoa, Araba or Navarra.