Santamaría & Pera is a firm of lawyers providing legal advice and consultancy services for medium and large-sized enterprises in the mercantile sector, mainly consumer product companies.
Accordingly, the Santamaría & Pera firm of lawyers works recurrently on matters that include distribution (expiry of contractual relations with distributors and suppliers, conflicts with agents and franchisees, etc.), advertising (acquisition of rights, product testing, public opinion surveys, copy advice, resolution of conflicts with competitors as a result of illegal and/or unfair advertising, actions online and on social networks, etc.), unfair competition (cases of imitation or misuse of the activities developed by another enterprise, the exploitation of third-party reputation, induction to violation of contract, etc.), anti-trust legislation (prices, exclusivity agreements, non competition clauses, etc.), contracts and relations with suppliers (raw material suppliers, third-party manufacturing, tenders, logistics, the media, agencies, etc.), contracts and relations with customers (purchasing agencies, shopping centres, wholesalers, etc.), the Internet and information society services (online distribution and sales, presence on social networks and other media, protection of brand image, etc.), relations with consumers (creation of databases, promotions, packaging, claims, etc.), corporate social responsibility, acquisition and lease of real-estate and industrial assets, etc.
The firm's purpose is to provide businesses with value added and legal certainty, anticipating and reducing the appearance of conflicts to a minimum.
The firm also defends its clients' interests before the Courts of Justice, arbitration institutions and arbitrators, as well as before self-regulatory organisations.
The firm also organises “Los Desayunos de Santamaría & Pera”, which are designed to present and discuss current legal affairs and matters of interest for consumer product companies from a practical point of view.