The current economic situation means that law firms must stay close to their clients in order to fully understand the issues impacting on them, but also to be alive to potential new opportunities for them, says Isabel Dutilh, partner at Dutilh Abogados in Madrid.
Despite the economic uncertainty affecting the Iberian economy the ability of companies to expand across the Spanish and Portuguese borders continues to present many with new and emerging opportunities, says Serena Argente Escartín
The scale and rapid spread of the issues currently affecting the world's finance markets is indicative of both the interconnection and complexity of modern deal-making. But the global business environment is one in which
The Portuguese Public Contracts Code (PCC) took effect on 30 July 2008 after two years of careful preparation and intense debate. This is an extremely important statute since the government’s contracting activities in Portugal represent 15%-20%
Portugal’s Decree-Law 143/2008 of July 25th entered into force on 1st October 2008 introducing several amendments to the Industrial Property Code intended to revise the mechanisms of protection and access to industrial property (IP) by
Mediation is a process in which an impartial third party, without the authority to impose a solution, helps others to resolve a dispute. It has a rising profile across Europe as a result of the '
The work of the Abengoa legal department has moved beyond legal issues to encompass regulatory, compliance, and most of all risk management. It is a way of working that better reflects the way the company
Throughout its 15 years of operation Abreu Advogados has continually made legal headlines. But the firm’s emphasis on scale, management processes and structure, are indicative of the future of legal practice in Portugal, believes its
Lawyers prepare for changing demands while also looking to the future
In a period in which many law firm practices may be suffering as a result of the difficulties affecting the Iberian, and wider European, economies, Iberian Lawyer’s 2008 IP Communications and Life Sciences Report reveals
