Comprehensive advice for SMEs and family businesses
Behind most of Cantabria’s business fabric are SMEs and family businesses: enterprises built with effort, in which ownership, management and personal relationships are intertwined. That mix is their great strength, but also their weak point, because a disagreement between shareholders or a poorly planned succession can put at risk what took decades to build.
At BBM Abogados we have been supporting companies in Santander and Cantabria throughout their entire life cycle since 1990. We bring together in a single team the commercial, employment, tax and succession areas, so that your company is advised coherently in every decision. Tell us about your case with no obligation or call us on 942 36 10 48.
From the birth of the company to the shareholders agreement
Many of a company’s problems are avoided at the outset, when the right legal form is chosen and the articles of association are drafted well. We support you in the incorporation of the company and, above all, in something that many companies neglect: the shareholders agreement. This agreement governs what the articles of association do not cover (decision-making, a shareholder’s exit, the entry of new shareholders) and is the best vaccine against the deadlocks that paralyse entire companies.
Throughout the life of the company, transactions and decisions arise that require an expert eye: contracts with clients and suppliers, capital increases, restructurings or the entry of new shareholders. Our commercial law team is at your side in all of them.
Succession, handover and difficult moments
The most delicate moment for a family business is the succession and handover. When the company passes from one generation to the next, the shares, the management of the business and the relationships between the branches of the family all come into play. Without planning, the business succession can trigger conflicts and throw ownership out of control. A family protocol and good succession planning, coordinated with the tax side, order the handover and keep the company running.
And when difficulties arrive, acting in time changes everything. If your company is going through cash flow pressures, insolvency proceedings offer ways to restructure the debt and turn the business around, or to wind it down in an orderly way if it is not viable. To all of this we add the day-to-day employment advice and tax advice. Shall we talk? We will study your case with no obligation.
