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Tech Spain Advocates

Madrid, Spain|Est. 2019

Connecting Spanish tech entrepreneurs globally

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Teresa Martin

Group Lead, Tech Spain Advocates

As well as co-leading Tech Spain Advocates, Teresa is Managing Partner at Mavens, Department of Corporate and Business Law. She has been a Professor at IE Law School since 1997 and has more than 20 years of experience as a lawyer. She has received recognition including the Forty Under Forty Award (2007) and a Best Lawyer award in M&A and Corporate.

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Silvia Elias

Group Lead, Tech Spain Advocates

As well as co-leading Tech Spain Advocates, Silvia has been at Mavens since 2009 as part of the firm's Corporate team, where she advises mainly on company law, mergers and acquisitions and commercial contracts. She regularly participates in M&A and corporate restructuring transactions, including the sale and purchase of companies, mergers, spin-offs, capital increases and decreases, and asset restructuring.

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Launch Pad

Launching in Spain

The Global Launch Pad for Spain sets out why Spain works as a European base (location, talent, startup ecosystem) and then walks through the practical side of establishing there: legal forms, foreign investment declarations, visas and residency, and tax incentives. It also points to the two organisations to know, Mavens and ICEX, and the main international tech events.

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Strategic location
Spain offers a strategic location within the European Union, providing access to a large market of over 500 million consumers through an extensive and modern network of air, sea and land infrastructure. It has two of Europe's busiest airports (Madrid and Barcelona), three of Europe's most important ports (Valencia, Barcelona and Algeciras), over 15,000 km of high-speed and conventional railways, and more than 17,000 km of highways and freeways.
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Talent
Spain has highly competitive and qualified human capital thanks to the quality of its education, and wage costs are more competitive than in other major European economies.
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A booming tech ecosystem
With more than 11,000 active startups and extraordinary investment numbers, Spain's technology entrepreneurship ecosystem continues to accelerate and strengthen its place among the most relevant markets in Europe. The ecosystem has two main hubs, Barcelona and Madrid, alongside other cities successfully fostering technology startups such as Valencia, Bilbao and Malaga.
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Legal and regulatory framework
It is advisable to seek legal and accounting advice from local experts in Spain to ensure regulatory compliance and efficient management of your business. Familiarise yourself with the Spanish legal and regulatory framework affecting your industry, including labour, tax, commercial and intellectual property law within the framework of EU rules, and comply with mercantile registration and other legal requirements.