Entries by Aiyon Abogados

The Role of the Spanish Ports in Today’s Global Landscape

In a context of geopolitical uncertainty marked by international conflicts and some crises inherited from 2024, Spanish ports have acquired a strategic role. Spain, with its consolidated maritime tradition, has become a key logistics hub within Europe, positioning itself as a global trade reference due to its geographical location and connectivity. This is reflected in […]

Algeciras Hosts the First Celebration of the 10th Anniversary of AIYON Lawyers

On Thursday, 29 May, the entire AIYON Abogados team celebrated the firm’s 10th anniversary at an event held at the Hotel Alborán in Algeciras, attended by our clients and friends, as well as our regular collaborators, with whom we form a solid team of lawyers and experts. At this pleasant event, we brought together leading […]

How is the Arrival of Stowaways in Spanish Ports Managed?

We would like to thank the Catalan newspaper El Nacional.cat  for the collaboration of our colleagues Jose Antonio Dominguez Castro and Zuberoa Elorriaga for their article on stowaways. Specifically, the Catalan newspaper reports on the arrival of stowaways in the Port of Barcelona on different ships, which poses a challenge for the different actors affected […]

Enrique Ortiz, Partner of AIYON Cadiz, Participates in the Round Table Organised by the Propeller Club of Algeciras

On the 29th of April, an interesting meeting took place in Algeciras, organised by the Propeller Club of Algeciras, which brought together many of the most relevant members of the maritime and transport sector in the Bay of Algeciras, including Enrique Ortiz), our partner responsible for the Cadiz office. The round table was attended by […]

Royal Decree 205/2025 of 18 March Establishing the Criteria for the Determination of Vehicle Charges/Exemptions/Reductions for the Use of Certain Infrastructures

The aforementioned Royal Decree 205/2025, approved on 18 March 2025 and coming into force on 19 March 2025, aims to adapt the current regulations on criteria for determining the tolls to be applied to goods vehicles with a maximum authorised mass of more than 3.5 tonnes on motorways under concession on the State Road Network, in […]

‘Chambers & Partners’ Endorses Our Work

The British entity ‘Chambers & Partners’, one of the most prestigious directories worldwide in the classification of departments of law firms and individual lawyers in different jurisdictions and practice areas, has published its ranking for the year 2025 in which AIYON Abogados has been recognised, once again, as one of the leading firms in its […]

Regulation (EU) 2023/1805 on Renewable and Hypo-Carbon Fuels in Maritime Transport

Regulation (EU) 2023/1805 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 September 2023 on the use of renewable fuels and low-carbon fuels for maritime transport and amending Directive 2009/16/EC  represents a milestone in the transition towards more sustainable shipping in the European Union. In force since 12 October of the same year and […]

Organic Law 5/2024, of 11 November, on the Right to Defence

The right to defence and to the assistance of a lawyer is a set of powers and guarantees recognised to natural and legal persons to assert, in accordance with a previously established procedure, their rights, freedoms and legitimate interests in any type of dispute. It is expressly recognised in the second paragraph of Article 24 […]

On the Additional Validity Requirements for the Effectiveness of Jurisdiction Clauses in Bills of Lading

It is common practice in the international maritime transport of goods for shipping lines to offer their own general conditions of contract, and for the rest of the actors in the sector to adhere to them. Therefore, the consignees, receivers of the goods carried under the bill of lading (B/L), do not in practice have […]