A law firm has one real asset – its people. Talk to any senior manager of any law firm and they agree that people are key to continued success. We recently surveyed the Iberian Lawyer {overlib linktext="Group of Experts" text="Iberian Lawyer’s Group of Experts are 100 of the leading partners in law firms in Spain […]
Clifford Chance’s global managing partner, Peter Cornell, lives in three time zones managing the world’s largest law firm.
Good project management is essential in the fastpaced real estate sector according to Manuel Liedo, Metrovacesa’s head of legal.
Using recent statistics from Europe and the USA, Manuel MartÃn, managing partner of Gómez-Acebo & Pombo, suggests that Spanish law firms may have relied too heavily on high leverage in order to maintain profitability.
The Question The Group of Experts, Iberian Lawyer’s think tank for leading Spanish and Portuguese lawyers, was asked to predict their firms’ growth over the next 12 months and what they saw as the best new opportunities for developing their practice.
Twenty-five years ago Emilio Cuatrecasas developed a business plan which he is still following today. He tells Iberian Lawyer how this transformed a small family practice into one of the largest Iberian law firms.
ANA – Aeroportos de Portugal’s Legal Affairs Director, Francisco Sebastian, keeps his feet on the ground.
A survey of the Group of Experts, Iberian Lawyer’s new think-tank for leading lawyers within Spain and Portugal, reveals that the US and UK are regarded as their most important markets, although the Far East and China are gaining in importance.
Despite the challenges of managing a mid-sized firm, Pedro Pérez-Llorca has developed an internationally recognised practice.
From his 40th floor office in Madrid’s Torre Picasso, Joaquín Calderón can see the Real Madrid’s famous Bernabeu stadium. But his busy schedule as General Counsel at one of the world’s largest investment banks means that he has been unable to watch a game. His office also gives him a bird’s eye view on the […]