Until only a few years ago corporate governance was considered an issue exclusively for lawyers and regulators working with listed companies. Few company stakeholders had corporate governance concerns, and it was an expression largely unknown by the general public.
How the Portuguese derivatives market will react to the new amendments introduced by the 2008 State Budget Law (Law 67- A/2007, of December 31) – the 'Budget law' – is an issue that we believe will keep banks, Portuguese
Life as an in-house lawyer is a huge challenge but also highly rewarding, says Marta Casas, Head of the Corporate legal team at Abertis, one of Europe’s leading infrastructure managers.
Linklaters is one of only two Anglo-Saxon firms to operate in both Spain and Portugal, and is regarded as among the leading players in both. Such success, say the firm’s lawyers, comes from
Lawyers say they are likely to pass on increasing practice costs to clients
The more favourable redefining of landlord rights and duties under Portuguese law is increasing commercial interest in urban regeneration, suggests Luís Filipe Carvalho of ABBC in Lisbon.
The downturn in Spain’s residential real estate will significantly affect many developers in the sector, says Enrique Isla, head of real estate at DLA Piper in Madrid.
Recent changes in Portugal’s planning and zoning regime mean that clients now more than ever need to understand the potential local impact of real estate investments, say Pedro Ferreirinha and Sofia Galvão at
Spain’s regions have woken up to the attraction of small-scale PPP/PFI projects says José Guardo of Garrigues.
There is little doubt that the construction boom that has helped underpin Spain’s economic growth over the past decade is coming to an end, say lawyers – with the housing sector most affected. The issue