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 Roca Junyent.
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.
An awareness of the importance of intellectual property (IP) rights as assets to Iberian companies may not be common, but there are essential issues common to any company embarking on an IP enforcement program, says
The new concurrent public offers regime was enacted at the end of 2006 by Decree-law no. 219/2006 of 2nd November and came into force in 2007.
Portuguese Law no. 4/2008, dated 7th February, approved a legal framework for employment contracts for performing artists, namely actors, background performers, dancers, singers, musicians, choreographers, scenographers, directors and bullfighters.
The activities of 'angel investors' or 'angels', commonly referred to in Europe (where they have been recognised for some time) as 'business angels', were finally given their long awaited statutory recognition in Portugal by Decree-Law
Imagine a scenario where a company is calmly going about doing its business when suddenly an equipment malfunction causes contamination of a waterline.
For some time now there has been a persistent question among experts in social security forecasting from European countries. Is your current model viable in the medium and long term? The reply, far from offering
