Expert commercial law lawyers in Málaga

The Commercial Department of MERAC Legal & Tax Lawyers has a team of lawyers specialised in corporate law, providing a comprehensive service to companies from the beginning of their corporate life until their dissolution, as well as advice on commercial contracts at national and international level.

Main services as Commercial and Corporate Lawyers in Málaga

  • Incorporation of companies.
  • Amendment and updating of articles of association and internal regulations.
  • Capital increases and reductions.
  • Transfer of company shares.
  • Drafting, negotiation and advice on shareholder agreements.
  • Remuneration systems for the management body
  • Duties and liability of directors
  • Dividends policy
  • Transformation of companies and restructuring operations (mergers, demergers, global transfers of assets and liabilities).
  • Keeping of minute books and shareholder registers and their legalisation.
  • Drafting and negotiation of commercial contracts of various kinds. Analysis and interpretation of contracts.
  • Comprehensive advice on franchise agreements.
  • Agency and distribution agreements.
  • Prevention of shareholder disputes through the drafting, negotiation and advice on shareholder agreements.
  • Advice on corporate disputes and claims between shareholders.
  • Finding solutions to resolve company deadlocks.
  • Challenging corporate resolutions of the Board of Directors or the General Shareholders' Meeting.

A shareholder agreement is a tool that helps to prevent or resolve potential disagreements or conflicts that may arise between shareholders throughout the life of the company, by regulating how to act in most of these situations, including:

  • Company deadlock situations.
  • Decision-making.
  • Distribution of dividends.
  • Transfer of shares to third parties.

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