Portuguese Law 16/2008 (published on 1st April, 2008) enacted European Directive 2004/48/CE relating to the enforcement of IP rights and amended the Authorship and Neighbouring Rights Code (Authorship Code) and the Industrial Property Code (IP Code).
Expressions such as the 'sub-prime crisis' and 'credit crunch' have become all too familiar in the last 10 months, with many leading financial institutions collapsing, or having to significantly increase their capital to cover losses. Economists
The incorporation of women into the Spanish labour market has occurred in a massive way in the last fifteen years, such that the level of female employment, while still below the European average, is now
The rapid growth and operational expansion of Energias de Portugal (EDP) has inevitably brought with it new challenges for the company’s legal department, according to General Counsel, António Pedro Alfaia de Carvalho.
Despite the experience of an almost overwhelming first year, and the subsequent demise of big-ticket M&A, nothing yet requires change in the Latham & Watkins business plan for Spain, says managing partner José Luis Blanco.
Iberia's law firms assess the potential of more performancerelated remuneration schemes
Despite its position among Europe’s most glamorous and fashionable cities, Barcelona is undergoing radical economic change – with the outcome potentially affecting many within the city’s legal community.
Catalan companies, like many others in Spain, are expanding internationally. It is important however to understand why they are going as much as where they are going, say Joan Roca and Francesc Segura Roda of
Barcelona's industry is responding to global competition by putting an emphasis on skills, technology and efficiency, says Juan Ramón Ramos, Landwell managing partner based in Madrid and Barcelona.
The clear strategy defined by Barcelona to develop as a quality tourist destination is successfully seeing a continuing flow of creative developments and international investment, says Xavier Junquera at Baker & McKenzie.
