Spanish businesses are in serious need of investment, yet the country’s major banks remain reluctant to supply this demand, according to Julio Veloso, a Corporate Partner at Broseta Abogados. The main problem is that “new money” from financial institutions is scarce.
Spanish legislators have had to make an effort to adapt stagnant statutory text to practical realities in search of cost savings for companies through the use of technologies.
A look at the Iberian deal tables over recent years indicates a dramatic drop-off in M&A activity across Spain and Portugal. The value of completed deals is down to less than a quarter
With reduced lending by the banking sector, private equity funds are increasingly targeting private individual and family office investors to co-finance deals
When assessing how best to respond to a lack of deal flow in Portugal, the solution to the problem perhaps lies beyond its borders, says João Caiado Guerreiro, Managing Partner of Lisbon’s Franco
Potential acquirers are now looking well beyond target’s mere financial performance to assess whether they should buy or not
Those investors able to take a more objective and longer-term look at the Spanish economy continue to see investment opportunities
Company Directors are being much more cautious about investment decisions and this is reflected in the deal terms being concluded, says Nuno Moura Roldão, Corporate Partner with Sérvulo in Lisbon.
There has been little recent political will to tackle the major challenges facing the Spanish economy, but the election of a new Government may prompt significant change
