Spanish and Portuguese investors who look beyond Romania’s short-term economic challenges will see continuing and new opportunities
A number of recent decisions by the Portuguese Audit Court (Tribunal de Contas – TdC) have had a significant impact on concession holders’ and award bid winners’ ability to renegotiate or revisit the terms of the
Company legal departments need to help encourage and assist business operations but they must also highlight and balance the commercial risks being assumed
Prosegur has evolved from being Spain’s leading private security company to a global leader, the result is a significant expansion of the company’s legal needs and capabilities
Spain and Portugal have both surpassed the rumours, earlier this year, of a pending financial crisis and potential contagion from the crisis in Greece. Are lawyers feeling more or less positive about the future economic
The current economic situation is presenting new prospects for Baker & McKenzie in Spain believe Luis Briones and Esteban Raventós, respectively the Managing Partners of the firm’s Madrid and Barcelona offices. There is now
An unwritten red line throughout the stories in this issue is the increasing lack of trust among the business and finance community: deals are on hold, potential stock exchange debuts halted and many projects delayed
The US Stimulus Plan (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009) undoubtedly opened the eyes of many Iberian companies to current and future investment and development opportunities in the country
Iberian companies looking for projects opportunities in the US need to understand not only the complex regulatory issues but also the need to help guide public agencies through the process
With public resistance to increased taxation, cash-starved federal, state and local authorities are looking for new means and ways of funding the investment shortfall, says Fernando Alonso, banking and finance partner with Hunton & Williams
