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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

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