Within the context of the EU Regulation 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation, “GDPR”), which comes into force on 25 May 2018, the Portuguese legislator is preparing the approval of the national legislation that will implement the European framework at domestic level.
The new General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (GDPR) came into force in May 2016 and will be applicable as of 25 May 2018. In this transitory period, and even when the provisions of Directive 95/46 are still in force, as
In-house lawyers from companies including Coca-Cola and Telefónica, as well as several managing partners from law firms in Iberia feature in the inaugural InspiraLAw Top 50 Women List, as selected by 500 lawyers in Spain
Consumers are showing an increased willingness to take on banks and major corporates, a trend that is being driven, in part, by increases in third party funding – meanwhile, there are calls for the establishment of
Arbitration teams can mitigate risk for clients at ‘every stage of an investment’ by working closely with project finance lawyers and other experts
Rules governing class actions are still in need of clarification, despite the efforts of Spain’s Supreme Court – only then will third party funding of such cases really take off
Few clients currently resort to mediation in Portugal, but its popularity in other jurisdictions means that it will become a more common method of resolving disputes
