Mediation is increasingly held up as a time and cost-effective solution to dispute resolution, according to Gonzalo Stampa, Founding Partner at Stampa Abogados. It establishes a settlement without having to enter lengthy and more costly litigation or arbitration proceedings. However, he warns, when it comes to choosing the right mediator, parties need to be very […]
To be a true specialist, being close to the business is essential for both internal legal departments and their external lawyers, says Carina Branco
Portugal´s pbbr (Pedro Pinto, Bessa Monteiro, Reis, Branco, Alexandre Jardim & Associados) was born in 2010 from the fusion of PRR&A (set up by Pedro Pinto and Inês Reis) and an ex-ABBC
Senior lawyers moves – March/April 2014
Senior lawyers moves – January/February 2014
The enforcement of competition law in Spain has experienced important changes during the last two and a half years. A new Act (Act 15/2007, on Defence of Competition, ADC) entered into force, creating a new Competition
The purpose of compliance is to help prevent the risks for a company that can arise as a result of the infringement of an applicable law, by putting in place internal control procedures and measures.
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).
n January the European Commission presented a reform of the EU Data Protection Directive. The main focus is to guarantee privacy rights in the digital economy and to remove the current fragmentation and costly administrative
The new Data Protection Regulation proposal developed by the EU will be applicable to European and foreign organisations and to those that, although not based in Spain, commercialise products and services targeted at European citizens.
