Buy the right company, with the accounts reviewed

Yes. A non-resident can acquire shares in a Spanish company or buy a business, with a Spanish foreigner identification number and by meeting the foreign investment declaration obligations where applicable. If you also need to live in Spain, we handle that alongside our visa and residency service, because buying a company does not by itself grant residency.

It depends on the sector and the size, and the range is huge: a neighbourhood shop is not a consolidated clinic or a hotel. What matters is that the budget covers, beyond the price, the taxes and costs of the transaction, working capital for the first months and a margin for the unexpected. In the first conversation we ground what kind of deal is realistic with your capital.

Yes. Once the confidentiality agreement is signed you get the information memorandum with recent years of accounts, normalised EBITDA and information on contracts, staff and licences. You do not need to make an offer first to reach that point: what you do need to show is genuine capacity for the transaction.

It is the thorough review of the business before signing: financial, tax, employment and legal. It is normally commissioned and paid for by the buyer, who carries the risk of anything that goes undetected. We coordinate it with your advisers or with the professionals we work with, and translate the findings into price adjustments or contract warranties.

They are two different structures. Buying the shares gives you the whole company, with its licences and contracts but also its tax and employment history. Buying the assets gives you the tangible items, the brand and the client base, leaving the company past behind, though licences and contracts have to be renegotiated. The choice affects price, taxes and warranties, and is decided at the outset.

Yes, quite a few. Many owners do not want to appear in a public listing even anonymously. Those transactions circulate only among buyers and investors registered in our private network, with a defined search profile. Registering is free and is the most effective route if you are looking for something specific.

Yes. The transition is where clients and employees are kept or lost. We accompany the handover period with the outgoing owner, the updating of licences and contracts into your name and the tax and accounting side of the first months, which is when mistakes are easiest to make.