Our clients benefit from high quality Spanish legal services provided in English by both our Spanish lawyers (Abogados) and our 'in-house' English Solicitor. From our office in Marbella we specialise in providing Spanish property law, conveyancing and Spanish property litigation services to our English speaking clients requiring Spanish legal services throughout the south of Spain.
All our initial consultations with clients are free, and on a no charge basis, whether you contact us by email, telephone or meet with us at our office. Upon contacting us we will explain our services and provide you with a quote of the fees and costs in relation to your matter.
So please do not hesitate to contact our firm's English Solicitor either by email:
or direct on:
00 34 600 670 688
For full information on the Spanish legal services provided by our Spanish lawyers and Solicitor please look through our website
The most common mistake made by buyers of property in Spain is to use a Spanish lawyer recommended by the estate agent or developer. This is because these Spanish lawyers cannot be independent as they have a conflict of interest due to the fact that they will be getting most of their clients either from the vendor or his agent. Therefore there is a serious risk that they will not point out defects in the property to the buyer for fear of 'biting the hand that feeds them' and losing the future recommendations from the agent or vendor. This is a serious danger to buyers as we have been contacted directly by numerous British buyers who have been advised to complete on the purchase of properties before the developer has received the official 'habitation licence' for the property from the local planning department. Obviously those lawyers were not acting in the best interests of the client but really for the developer. So it is very important for buyers to find an independent Spanish lawyer with no connections to any developers or agents to act on their behalf.
Also ensure that the Spanish lawyers you use are actually qualified Spanish lawyers (Abogados) registered as members of their local Spanish Law Societies and any English Solicitors you use in Spain hold both an English Practising Certificate and are also members of their local Spanish Law Society (in the Malaga area this is the IIustre Colegio de Abogados de Malaga). Unfortunately it is also very common for British buyers to automatically assume that the person they are dealing with is a licensed and qualified lawyer without actually checking whether this is true. They usually then only discover this when they find a legal problem with the property they have purchased, by which time it is too late and they then have to pay another Spanish lawyer to resolve the legal problem.
All our Spanish lawyers and English Solicitors are completely independent from any estate agents or developers and act only in the best interests of our clients. At the bottom of the home page of our website you will find information on how to independently check the qualification of our Spanish Lawyers and Solicitors www.sparkeslawyers.com
Office Address:
Des Sparkes (Solicitor)
Mesa & Green
Bloque A, Oficina 1.
Centro de Negocio Tembo
29600 Marbella
Malaga
Spain
des@sparkeslawyers.com or direct on: 00 34 600 670 688
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