Inheritance Lawyer Marbella

We have a team of inheritance lawyers in Marbella who are highly qualified specialists in inheritance and succession. We offer a comprehensive service in both inheritance planning and the management and processing of legacies and gifts, tailored to the specific needs of each client.

In addition, our inheritance lawyers in Marbella are prepared to act in proceedings with international dimension, where in-depth knowledge of European regulations and the various international treaties is essential to guarantee accurate and effective legal advice on succession matters.

Main services as Inheritance Lawyers in Marbella

We draft your will according to your wishes and individual circumstances, taking into account aspects such as possible grounds for disinheritance, forced heirship rights, usufruct provisions for the surviving spouse and the testator's residence, among others.

  • Declaration of heirs, intestate and notarial.
  • Acceptance and allocation of inheritance
  • Renunciation of inheritance.
  • Estate partition operations.
  • Advice on gifts of real estate
  • Gifts of company shares
  • Gifts of money and other assets
  • Gifts with an international component or involving a non-resident
  • Tax planning for business succession and taxation of inheritances
  • Advice on gifts of assets, analysing exemptions and allowances and possible Personal Income Tax implications for the donor
  • Advice on gifts of money and real estate located in Spain to non-residents
  • Filing and payment of gift and inheritance taxes in Andalusia and other Autonomous Communities

Our specialist solicitors

Mercedes Nieto

Legal Area Manager

Mercedes Nieto is a Lawyer and Economist and partner in the Corporate Law and Commercial Contracts practice at MERAC LEGAL & TAX LAWYERS. She began her professional career in the Coporate Law and Commercial Department of Garrigues and later moved to Qatar to work in a construction company until she joined the Corporate Law and Comercial Department of KPMG Abogados.

In 2018, she joined a law firm in Marbella as head of the Corporate Law and Commercial Department until joining MERAC LEGAL & TAX LAWYERS as a Partner.

She specialises in corporate and commercial law, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), real estate, national and international contracts and civil law.

She has been involved in M&A and property transactions across a wide range of sectors, and was recognised for her work as a solicitor in the field of commercial law and mergers and acquisitions by ‘Best Lawyers International’ in its 2020 and 2021 editions; in 2020, she was also awarded the prize for best lawyer in that field, and nominated in 2022, 2023 and 2024.

Carmen Gallardo

Head of Tax Area

Carmen Gallardo is a Lawyer and Economist and Partner of the Tax Department of MERAC LEGAL & TAX LAWYERS.

She began her professional career more than 10 years ago in the Tax Law department of Garrigues until she joined the tax department of a multinational group of companies in the logistics sector based in Madrid, where she joined the financial-tax department of the parent company in Germany for three months, where she broadened her knowledge of international taxation.

In 2018, she joined the tax department of a law firm in Marbella until the foundation of MERAC LEGAL & TAX LAWYERS where she is partner responsible of the Tax Department.

Carmen specialises in corporate tax law. She has developed her career advising multinational groups on direct and indirect, national and international taxation and has participated in many corporate restructuring and M&A (Mergers and Acquisitions) transactions. She also has extensive experience in advising on transfer pricing and tax proceedings.

In the 2020 and 2021 editions, she has been recognised for her work as a lawyer in the area of tax law by the association "Best Lawyers International".

Merecedes Nieto

Legal Area Manager

Carmen Gallardo

Head of Tax Area