Goodwill indemnity in distributorship contracts recent trends Spanish

Goodwill indemnity in distributorship contracts: recent trends Spanish recent case law and possible new statutory rules Ignacio Alonso ADVOCATIA ABOGADOS MADRID Advocatia Abogados - Madrid www. advocatia. com

Goodwill indemnity: Spanish recent case law § The existence of the indemnity in distributorship contracts § No specific law § Unfair enrichment theory § Analogy with the Agency agreements § § § The duration of the agreement The clientele procured Future benefits. Evidences Competition limitation clauses Abuse of right Advocatia Abogados - Madrid www. advocatia. com

Goodwill indemnity: Spanish recent case law § The criteria to calculate the indemnity § Unfair enrichment § Analogy with Agency Act. § One year § The amount to be considered § The possibility to renounce to the indemnity Advocatia Abogados - Madrid www. advocatia. com

Goodwill indemnity: possible new statutory rules § The Draft for Distributorship Contracts Act § Legislative situation § General view of the Draft § Purpose of the legislation § Different kinds of distribution contracts § Government position Advocatia Abogados - Madrid www. advocatia. com

Goodwill indemnity: possible new statutory rules § Rules concerning goodwill indemnity § General rule: no compensation unless expressly agreed in the contract § Exceptional rule: compensation in certain cases: § Increasing of the clientele § Clients lists § Post-contractual non competition clauses Advocatia Abogados - Madrid www. advocatia. com

Goodwill indemnity: possible new statutory rules § Criteria for the calculation of the goodwill indemnity § No specific rule § Freedom of the parties and free decision of judges and arbitrators § Some additional ideas § Final comments Advocatia Abogados - Madrid www. advocatia. com

Thank you Ignacio Alonso Partner Advocatia Abogados - Madrid www. advocatia. com