Spain’s 2005 revision of its private equity law brought with it an increase not only in awareness among private equity houses (PEHs) of the benefits of the jurisdiction for fund formation but also an upturn in the appetite of local investors, say Julio Veloso and Javier Morera, partners at Rodés & Sala in Madrid.
As the buyers of Portuguese transactional legal services become increasingly sophisticated, changes are evident in the expertise demanded of external legal advisers, says Dulce Franco, partner at AAA Advogados in Lisbon. Firms have therefore to
