The client were expecting from us to extend its premises as the current production capacity was not large enough to satisfy the demands of the end clients.

Our client sought our advice on the feasibility of forming a new company and on real estate matters. To reduce costs, the company needed the expansion to be close to its current plant, and it wanted to understand all of the legal risks involved.

Some of the plots where the new plant could be built were the subject of an insolvency proceeding, others had zoning regulations issues, and still others had multiple owners and were difficult to manage. The client also needed to acquire heavy machinery, and because financing the operation involved a variety of options, the client enlisted the assistance of ECOVIS LEGAL SPAIN.

After excluding the advisability of incorporating a replacement company thanks to the issues which might arise in co-ordinating workforce and cross-production issues, we reviewed the varied options hospitable the client, studied the legal situation of every of the plots of land offered to the client and made a preliminary investigation of things of every piece of land within the property register. We then made an inventory of the pros and cons of every plot of land and, along side the client, we ranked the risks the client might encounter. We had in touch in mind the urgency with which the client needed to be ready to construct the extension of the plant and thus the need for more or fewer legal formalities within the acquisition of the plot of land. ECOVIS LEGAL SPAIN also presented different options for the acquisition of the plot of land, either through direct acquisition, a rental agreement with a sale option or a financial leasing agreement. along side the client we chose the simplest available option, taking into consideration all the preceding factors. it had been vital to act during a very co-ordinated manner with the client so on meet its real needs.

ECOVIS LEGAL SPAIN is now implementing the approved strategy, negotiating the different contracts with the owner of the selected plot of land, the building company and the provider of machinery, in order to assure that all three operations are coordinated correctly and to allow the client to expand its facilities and incept the operation of the plant in time to meet the requirements of its end clients.