The most important thing that a law firm can bring to a matter is an understanding of how your business works, says Hewlett-Packard’s Regional Counsel in Iberia Eduardo Ruiz Montoya.
Although Freshfields is credited as being one of the world’s oldest law firms, their Madrid office is under new management and adapting to the latest domestic and international demands of a modern firm.
Law firms preparing for potential slowdown in 2008 The potential for an economic downturn is firmly on the agenda of Iberia's top lawyers as they look forward to 2008, reveals the latest Group of
Information technology (IT) is no longer viewed only as a back office function, according to the latest Group of Experts survey. Law firm's increasingly see it as an important part of their infrastructure, helping
Simmons & Simmons was among the first UK firms to arrive in Spain, and while it may have enjoyed early success the time has come, says the Madrid managing partner Richard Armitage, to move things
As General Counsel of Millennium BCP, one of Portugal’s leading banks, and President of the Company Lawyers Institute of Portugal, João Lourenço is well placed to assess the demands of both sides
The previous Awards in 2007 were attended by managing and senior partners of almost all the major law firms in Spain and Portugal, together with special guests from the US, UK and elsewhere here across Europe.
As the Jury of the Iberian Lawyer 40 under Forty Awards we are pleased to announce the 2007 Awards winners, presented below, and which were recognised formally at a ceremony in Madrid on 26 September. The Awards recognise
For Gibraltar’s legal market, the jurisdiction’s emergence as a major financial centre, alongside its established position as an offshore corporate and restructuring, trusts and shipping market, is driving law firms to seek growth
Gibraltar’s Iberian status has long been contentious. A British Overseas Territory, it has been an ongoing issue for successive Spanish governments, but the last few years have seen pragmatism in both Madrid and Gibraltar
