Despite a scarcity of assets in the Spanish real estate market, opportunist funds are still looking to complete more ‘imaginative’ deals, while in Portugal, development and tourism-related projects are generating considerable work for lawyers
There has been an unprecedented rise in both transactional and developmental activity in Portugal’s commercial real estate sector in the last 18 months. Indeed, 2015 was a record year, with commercial real estate investment totalling over €1.8
With ‘tier one’ property assets being sold at very high prices, investors need to find good local contacts who can identify the best market opportunities
Spain’s commercial property sector is returning to pre-crisis levels of activity, with €8.8bn invested in the country in 2015. According to a recent report by the global real estate consultant Knight Frank, this represented the
The Web Summit held in Lisbon in November 2016 brought together a large number of experts in the car industry, including specialists in autonomous car technology, in a clear demonstration of the expected revolution in the
The conclusions presented on 13 July by the Advocate-General of the European Court of Justice regarding the compatibility of the limitation of the retroactivity of the annulment of floor clauses with EU law seem not to
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer advised Cosan, the Brazilian-listed energy company, on its negotiations with Shell to revise the terms of their Brazilian joint venture, Raizen.
Though opportunities for TMT lawyers abound, only those that fully understand the latest cutting-edge technology will be able to cash-in on them
With emerging technologies leading to the creation of new industry sectors, lawyers have to change the way they communicate with clients
