Daniel Boden, September 2018 – January 2019
I spent four valuable months working at Mariscal Abogados in Madrid as part of my year abroad from the University of Nottingham where I study Hispanic Studies. I am very …
Advantages of the phantom shares contract
The phantom shares contract constitutes an alternative form of remuneration of key executives and managers. Among its various advantages, a company can retain and motivate staff or convert fixed costs into variables.
What are phantom shares?
Phantom shares constitute a mechanism widely used by start-ups to reward talent. Unlike what happens with stock options, phantom shares are not an offering of the company’s real shares but are rather fictitious.
Anna Árkovits, July 2018 – January 2019
In 2017, I spent four months as an intern at Mariscal Abogados, and after receiving my title as a ‘juris-doctor’ in Budapest, I decided to continue my higher education starting …
Ines Alexandre, September 2018- January 2019
As part of my Hispanic Studies degree, I spent the first five months of my year abroad working at Mariscal Abogados. Through this internship I hoped to develop and improve …
Business control versus the right to privacy
The increasingly frequent use of new technologies in the field of labour relations, poses new challenges and scenarios that courts and legislators must address in order to create a setting …
The modification of bylaws and the administrators’ report
The modification of the bylaws is a regular situation in the life of any commercial business that consists of adapting its basic model of organization and operation to the changes experienced by the company.
Dismissal costs of persons over 55 years of age in the context of collective dismissal
Age is one of the criteria established by companies to determine the workers affected by a collective dismissal procedure due to economic, technical, organisational or production reasons. When the workers are 55 years old or older, the employer is obliged to sign a special agreement.
Covert video surveillance in the workplace, the López-Ribalda Case
With the recent decision issued by the European Court of Human Rights on January 9, 2018 in López Ribalda and others v. Spain, a momentous turn is made to the …
The advantages of arbitration versus judicial procedure
Arbitration, as an alternative to judicial procedures for conflict resolution, has certain characteristics that make it highly recommended. Its advantages are, on the one hand, the quickness of the procedure, and on the other, the freedom that it offers in choosing the way in which procedures are conducted, such as the language, the place or the regulations applicable to them.
