A few years ago, companies from an industry sector would just buy or invest in other sectors as much as they could and this diversification got everyone excited, says Nuno Azevedo Neves, Commercial and Corporate Partner at ABBC & Associados.
The current economy is no barrier to growth for these start-ups, and they are providing lawyers with a clear and confident role going forward
The awaited Law on Support for Entrepreneurs and Their Internationalisation was finally approved by the Spanish Parliament on September 19th, 2013. The main changes introduced by the Law can be highlighted as follows.
On May 24th, 2013, the Spanish Council of Ministers analysed a report on the eagerly awaited Draft Bill to support entrepreneurs and their internationalisation (Anteproyecto de Ley de Apoyo a los Emprendedores y su Internacionalización).
For more than a decade, the only existing set of recommendations on corporate governance in Portugal (Code of Corporate Governance) were adopted and released by the Portuguese Securities Market Commission (CMVM).
The Netherlands has a long-standing reputation as a holding company jurisdiction for multinationals, including for a great number of internationally operating Spanish and Portuguese companies. As is generally known, the primary reasons for having a
The big money transactions of the past years have disappeared, and the market has undergone a kind of metamorphosis that is ringing alarm bells through Iberia. But caution is advised before panicking – what may well
Recent amendments to article 108 of the Securities Market Act (LMV) have been welcomed by a market that has been suffering due to the badly drafted provision
Domestic M&A activity is down, and Spanish companies are being forced to go abroad in search of opportunities, and law firms have no option but to follow
