ES DESPATX
ES DESPATX is a boutique law firm that offers competent and personalized legal advice in your language. Our lawyers are internationally trained attorneys admitted in more than one jurisdiction and work experience in internationally renowned law firms. Our team provides for many years of international experience and therefore knows how to mediate between legal systems and cultures. We consider ourselves as connectors between jurisdictions and cultures and explain legal aspect to your case in your language and in the legal terminology you are familiar with. Our aim is not to sell you legal products, but to offer you customized and personal solutions for each particular case.
our team
Angelika P.Dressen
Angelika describes herself as a “bridge builder” or “hybrid” between jurisdictions and cultures.
She combines a classical German legal training, studies in the US and Spain concluding in many years of practice in large international law firms as well as profound knowledge of her adopted Spanish home Majorca.
Angelika advises clients on both Spanish and German law and is admitted to the German and the Spanish bar. She is a competent and committed lawyer with passion for her job and a German work ethic. When she is not working, you can find her in the Majorcan countryside, playing with her kids, hiking or simply reading a good book.
Education
+Law Degree from the University of Saarland, Germany (1996-2000 – 1. Staatsexamen)
+Master of Business Administration from the University of San Diego, USA (2000-2002 – MBA)
+Law Degree of the National Court of Munich II, Germany (2003-2005 – Referendariat & 2. Staatsexamen)
+Master of the Spanish Law(2022)
+Alumn of the German scholarship foundation
Experience
Angelika has extensive international experience and has worked in a multicultural environment since the beginning of her career. For many years she was in the Corporate, M&A and Securities department at Baker & McKenzie, Munich, Germany. Upon birth of her first daughter she moved to a start-up in the plant construction sector and spent a few years setting up the legal department before falling in love with the island of Majorca and the opportunity to change her centre of life. She joined a Majorcan law firm with international clientele in 2013/2014 and completed legal training in Spain with a Master’s degree in Law. She founded ES DESPATX to make her idea of high-quality legal service a reality.
Languages
-German (mother tongue)
-Spanish
-English
Our services
We offer high quality, efficient and professional services and are committed to provide maximum added value to our clients’ needs, thanks to our passion for what we do and the international experience we have acquired over the years. We offer a personal, competent and committed legal advice, constantly improving the way we do things.
CIVIL LAW - CONTRACT LAW, REAL ESTATE
We help you in all legal aspects of civil and/or real estate issues among natural and legal persons, of private or public character and we are happy to assist you in all out-of-court matters, i.e. general and special legal advice, negotiations and mediation, drafting of legal documents, review and research, in particular, but not limited to:
– Purchase agreements, option agreements, donations, rental and lease agreements of all kinds.
– Set-up, modification and termination of mortgages, usufruct, and any other encumbrances.
-Residential property law: drafting of articles of association, representation at owners’ meetings, appeals.
– Lease agreements and vacation rentals: Advice and drafting of contracts, assistance in the event of non-payment or contract termination, modifications to existing agreements.
INHERITANCES, IN PARTICULAR CROSS-BORDER HERITAGES
We assist heirs, legatees and all types of beneficiaries, particularly in cross-border inheritances.
– Inheritance Certificates last, wills and testaments
– Acceptance of inheritance
– Healt care proxies, PoA for guardianships, anticipated inheritances, etc (bilingual)
COMMERCIAL LAW AND M&A
We accompany the entrepreneur, whether an individual or a legal entity, in the set-up and day-to-day activity of their business, and, if necessary, in the wind-up , inter alia:
-Incorporation of companies, drafting of and amendments to the articles of association and shareholder resolutions, representation in shareholders` meetings and appeals of shareholder resolutions, wind-up of companies.
-Acquisitions and restructuring of companies, mergers, etc.
-Bankruptcy proceedings, representation of creditors, etc.
NON-RESIDENTS
We assist non-resident clients in Spain in all legal aspects that may arise when acquiring property in Spain, whether movable or immovable, or an expanding business aimed at the Spanish market.
– Application and assignment of foreigner identification number (NIE), tax identification number (NIF), etc.
– Non-resident taxation
– Holiday homes
– Permanent establishments
CONTACT
OFFICE
Plaza Constitución 1-A
07192 Estellencs
Islas Baleares
España
IN COLLABORATION WITH
BUFETE MARRERO HENNING
THE LEGAL PARTNER