News, analysis and opinion pieces on compliance published on AGENTE LEX.
A firm organised as a company is a legal entity and can be criminally liable for certain offences. The Criminal Code allows exemption if an effective organisation and management model exists, and sets six requirements for that model. We review them from a firm's perspective.
Royal Decree 901/2020 regulates equality plans and their registration. For a firm that is growing, the threshold of fifty workers triggers an obligation with precise deadlines. We review how headcount is counted, what the plan must include and how long it lasts.
The Central Beneficial Ownership Register, created by Royal Decree 609/2023, centralises information on who controls companies and other entities. For firms involved in corporate transactions it is both an obligation of their clients and a due diligence tool.
A lawyer who practises on their own account handles personal data of clients, opposing parties and witnesses every day. The Data Protection Act sets specific obligations for any controller, and clarifies that lawyers are not on the list of those who must appoint a data protection officer.
Since January 2026, judges and magistrates work under a CGPJ instruction that sets which AI tools they can use and for what. The Justice Administration has its own policy. Many firms, by contrast, still have no written rules.
A law firm is a business and its workers have the right to effective health and safety protection. The Occupational Risk Prevention Act requires prevention to be integrated into management, risks to be assessed and prevention to be organised in a way that depends on headcount.
