GamaLife Companhia de Seguros de Vida SA, the Portugal based provider of life insurance services is to acquire Italian life and pensions back book composed of both traditional and unit-linked policies from Zurich Insurance Group Ltd, the Switzerland based multi-line insurer providing general insurance and life insurance products and services. The consideration was EUR 128m […]
Impresa is one of the largest Portuguese media groups and distributes the largest number of television channels broadcasting content. Furthermore, it owns the country’s largest newspaper, Expresso. Just over four months ago, the company hired Maria João Faísca from PLMJ as its new head of Legal. Iberian Lawyer interviewed Faísca who shared with us why […]
Antas da Cunha Ecija has recorded phenomenal growth since its inception in July 2015. Starting with a team of just seven, the firm has now grown to 100 (75 lawyers) in Portugal. Iberian Lawyer had the pleasure of interviewing the man at the helm during this period, Fernando Antas da Cunha. The lawyer provided us […]
Originally from Burgos, our November’s Partner Abroad graduated in Law from the Universidad de Valladolid and has spent more than 30 years developing his professional career in the European capital. Ramón García-Gallardo is managing partner of the Brussels office and head of Competition at King & Wood Malleson. He is a horse lover and considers […]
Since June 1st, Enrique Medina Malo is general counsel and head of Regulatory Affairs in the newly born joint venture between Telefónica and Liberty Global; Virgin Media O2. He was delighted to start this journey, which he defines as “a fantastic personal and professional challenge” and which, he tells us, brings together all the elements […]
José Antonio Morán leads Baker McKenzie’s Energy, Mining and Infrastructure practice global practice and is a partner in Baker McKenzie’s Chicago office. While he was studying for the Illinois Bar Exam, his wife, also a lawyer in both jurisdictions, was doing the same for the New York Bar Exam. To young people starting who may […]
Álvaro Mena is a pure example of how stereotypes have been left far behind in the unfair sonography of Spain, the Spaniards and their typical clichés. This young 34-year-old lawyer from Seville came to Madrid of his own free will to expand the professional, cultural and academic opportunities offered by the capital. His approachable and […]
Even though it has increasingly become more popular – with the recent return of the US to the Paris Agreement, Europe has emerged, in recent years, as a worldwide leader in ESG, the origins of the ESG (regarding Environmental, Social, and Governance) date back several decades. One of the international firms that saw this trend […]
In April 2020, a consortium consisting of APG Asset Management, the National Pension Service of the Republic of Korea and Swiss Life Asset Managers, acquired an 81.1 per cent majority stake in the Portuguese toll road operator Brisa, for €3 billion. At the heart of this deal was Brisa’s corporate secretary Tiago Severim Melo. The […]
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Nuno Cerejeira Namora: “Three greatest challenges are: multidisciplinarity, talent retention
Cerejeira Namora, Marinho Falcão will celebrate its 30 year anniversary next year. For one of the founding partners and managing partner, Nuno Cerejeira Namora, it has been a near three decade journey. The lawyer began his professional career as a journalist for seven years while still a student at law school, before starting this project. […]
