Extradition between Spain and the United States: What You Should Know If Facing This Process
A businessman residing in Spain receives an unexpected notice: the United States has requested his extradition for alleged money laundering. Although he believes everything will be resolved in court, he soon discovers that the process does not depend solely on judges—it also involves a final decision by the…
By Oliva Ayala Abogados
The extradition request to Spain in the absence of a treaty: legal framework and main complications
When a State requests the surrender of a person to Spain in the absence of a bilateral or multilateral treaty regulating such cooperation, the procedure becomes much more uncertain, delicate and complex. In the absence of an agreed framework between States, the Passive Extradition…
By Oliva Ayala Abogados
From Request to Delivery: These Are the Key Stages of the Extradition Process in Spain
Extradition is a formal process where one state surrenders an individual to another state for prosecution or to serve a sentence following a conviction.
By Oliva Ayala Abogados
Corporate successors criminal liability: neither strict nor absolute; fraud required
M&A transactions in Spain present risks common to other jurisdictions, such as the possibility of criminal liability being transferred from one entity to the resulting entity. In Spain…
By Rafael Alcácer y Jaime González