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Gutiérrez & Alfageme, Abogados-Solicitors, is a law firm with more than 17 years’ experience representing international buyers, sellers and investors, as well as property developers, in the Campo de Gibraltar and on the Costa del Sol.
Our background
For more than 17 years we have assisted clients of many different nationalities with one of the most important decisions of their lives: buying or selling a home in Spain. We understand the questions of anyone investing in a country whose legal system differs from their own, and we explain every step clearly, in English or in Spanish.
Our practice has grown in the Campo de Gibraltar, with particular focus on Sotogrande and Alcaidesa, where our main office is located. We now also have a new office in Estepona, from which we serve the western Costa del Sol.
Over the years we have represented both individuals buying or selling their homes and property developers. That dual experience allows us to see each transaction from every angle and to anticipate the issues that should be resolved before signing.
Who we represent
Buyers, sellers, investors and developers trust us to ensure that their transactions proceed with legal certainty and without surprises.
We are with you from the offer to the registration of the property with the Land Registry (Registro de la Propiedad): legal and planning due diligence, the deposit contract (contrato de arras) and the purchase agreement, financing and signing before the notary (notario), also by power of attorney if you cannot travel.
We review the property’s documentation before it goes on the market, negotiate the deposit contract and explain clearly the tax obligations that apply to you, including if you do not live in Spain.
We assist developers with the legal side of their residential projects: reservation contracts, deposit contracts and purchase agreements with buyers, documentation for the homes and the signing of the title deeds before the notary.
How we work
Every client has a lawyer from the firm who knows their transaction from start to finish. That lawyer studies the documentation, explains the conclusions to you and goes with you to the notary’s office, with no intermediaries and no change of contact.
Before we start, we set out our fees in writing, and notary, registration and tax costs are itemised separately. That way you know the cost of your purchase or sale from the outset.
If you live outside Spain, you can follow the whole process by video call and email and grant a power of attorney in your own country so that we can sign on your behalf. You will receive a copy of every document and an explanation in your language of what it means.
International clients
Many of our clients live outside Spain and buy their home on the coast without knowing the Spanish procedure. We explain the role of the notary, the Land Registry and the Spanish Cadastre (Catastro), what is signed at each stage and which taxes apply, so that they can make every decision fully informed.
Developers
For a developer, every sale must be documented with the same rigour, from the reservation to the title deed. We prepare clear contracts for buyers, coordinate the signings with the notary’s office and explain the content of each document to international buyers in their own language.
Our values
We check every document with the Land Registry, the Spanish Cadastre and the Town Hall before you commit.
We see you in person in Sotogrande and in Estepona, and at a distance while you still live in your own country.
We explain every clause and every cost in your language, so that you sign knowing what you are signing and why.
The information you entrust to us is protected by the professional secrecy that governs the practice of law.
Where we are
We see you in person in Sotogrande and in Estepona, and by video call if you still live outside Spain.
Sotogrande office
Address
Galerías Paniagua, Avenida de Paniagua, office 25
Urbanización Sotogrande, 11310 San Roque (Cádiz)
Main areas
Sotogrande · Alcaidesa
From here we serve the whole of the Campo de Gibraltar: San Roque, La Línea de la Concepción, Los Barrios, Algeciras and Tarifa.
Estepona office
Address
Calle Real 85, 3.º B, Atlantic Offices
29680 Estepona (Málaga)
Main areas
Estepona · Marbella
From here we serve the western Costa del Sol, from Manilva and Casares to Benahavís, Mijas, Fuengirola, Benalmádena and Torremolinos.
We see you at our offices in Sotogrande and Estepona or by video call, in English or in Spanish.
