Legal solutions for French-speaking companies with interests in Spain
Historically, and for reasons of geographic proximity, the relations between Spain and France have always been very close. The volume of trade between France and Spain has not stopped growing in recent years and today France is the first business partner of Spain, its first customer, and its second supplier.
Nearly 1.300 French companies are currently based in Spain, most of them in the automotive, retail, agri-food, and construction sectors. Just as many Spanish companies have been established in France in the form of subsidiaries, branches, and stores in the real estate, energy and textile industries.
The attractiveness of Spain is backed by the superior qualifications of its workforce, the quality, and modernity of its infrastructures, and its excellent relationship with Latin America. To these factors, we can add its strong economic growth that it is experiencing today.
The opportunities for French companies in the Spanish market are not limited only to strongly developed sectors such as chemical, logistics, or automotive industries. The growth and excellence of the country offer new magnificent opportunities in rapidly developing sectors such as biotechnology, health, ICTs, renewable energies, or aeronautical, agro-food, and environmental industries.
The French Department of Mariscal & Abogados was created to strengthen the links that by history and geography have always existed between France and Spain.
We offer legal advice in French both to French companies with interests in the Spanish market and to Spanish companies with commercial interests in France.
The French Desk is directed by Nicolás Melchior.
NICOLÁS MELCHIOR
Educated internationally, Nicolás studied Law at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. He joined Mariscal & Abogados in 2011, where he has specialized in the areas of international commercial contracts, e-commerce, and new technologies. Nicolás Melchior is fluent in French, German, and English.