Governments around the world have sought to limit the impact of the global financial crisis on domestic economies by announcing or bringing forward planned infrastructure and construction projects. The situation in Iberia is no different, say lawyers.
For Iberian companies looking for new opportunities around the world, India offers an increasingly attractive investment destination, with the government embarking on an almost unprecedented $500bn infrastructure investment programme, says Fernando Bernad, finance and projects
The new Portuguese Contracts Code of July 2008 was a landmark development in the regulation of public works projects and contracts with the central and local authorities. A year on, the project finance market has faced
A consequence of the current financial pressures on banks is not only a reduced willingness to finance projects individually but also a collapse in syndicated loan deals, says José Guardo, head of the project finance
Alongside the major infrastructure projects now under development in Portugal, opportunities inevitably surround peripheral projects, say Luis Filipe Carvalho and Raquel Sampaio at ABBC in Lisbon.
Portugal’s Legal Framework Territorial Management Plans (LFTMP) enable public entities to manage the use, division and construction of land generally, whether public or private projects, as well as regulating aspects including territorial ordinance, environmental
One of the keys to the success of NH Hoteles has been to capitalise on the commonalities of the business and wider sector, says Group General Counsel Leopoldo Gonzalez-Echenique.
In international infrastructure projects success depends on having the right local expertise, says Ruben GarcÃa Menéndez, Head of Legal at Global VÃa Infraestructuras.
Iberian Lawyer research has seen some law firm leaders suggest that their firms will have to move away from a reliance on transactional-led practices towards more advisory-led work, as clients regulatory and compliance needs increase.
For a managing partner, Hugo Écija exudes rare confidence in these times. The reason being that his firm Écija is about to enter a bold new stage. It has felt relatively little impact from the
