Cánovas Abogados

Legal services in Sabadell and Catalonia

Cánovas Abogados is based in Sabadell and regularly serves clients in Barcelona and throughout Catalonia. Its work focuses on estates, family law, tax, and family businesses, with case management organized around defined milestones and end-to-end oversight.

Practice areas

• Estates: wills and succession planning, heir declarations and estate acceptance, division and distribution, forced heirship, collation and gifts, estates involving real estate, debts and liens, and succession planning for family businesses and agreements.
• Divorce and separation: uncontested and contested divorce, temporary and final court orders, custody, visitation and use of the family home, child and spousal support, order modifications, and enforcement.
• Business and assets: family businesses, shareholder and investment agreements, transfer of ownership interests, business liquidity, corporate transactions, family-business agreements, and director liability.
• Commercial law: company formation and bylaws, shareholder agreements and corporate disputes, commercial contracts and standard terms, corporate transactions such as capital increases and mergers, family-business agreements, and intellectual and industrial property, including trademarks and licenses.
• Tax law: tax advice for individuals and businesses, real-estate and investment taxation, inheritance and gift tax (ISD) and municipal capital-gains tax, audits and reviews, appeals and administrative-economic claims, tax proceedings, and penalties.
• Employment law: hiring and employment relationships, dismissals and wage claims, material changes and transfers, disability, benefits and Social Security, labor inspections and proceedings, the Wage Guarantee Fund (FOGASA), and enforcement.

How the firm works

The firm describes its process in stages: an initial conversation to understand the issue and arrange an appointment; a first consultation to assess the situation and set strategy and next steps, with a roadmap covering phases, estimated timing, costs, and risks; and implementation, coordinating documents, notaries, taxes, registries, and, when needed, negotiation or litigation. After the consultation, clients receive a written summary of the strategy and outstanding documents, a phase-based fee proposal, and, if accepted, a case file and action plan with milestones, dates, and responsible parties.

Family-business practice

The firm approaches a family business as a system involving ownership, management, and family. Its work includes separating ownership from management, using a family-business agreement as a strategic tool, and planning succession and continuity across generations while coordinating corporate, civil, and tax matters.

Contact

Phone, WhatsApp, and email appointments are available · Phone: +34 628 128 648 · Email: info@canovas.cat. The firm is on Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), and LinkedIn.