Joana Simoes Ferreira, head of legal at Oracle Portugal, says enforcing international compliance policies such as “hot-lines or whistle-blowing” is a challenge in Portugal as current legislation does not have up-to-date rules to protect employees. Consequently, employees are afraid to communicate wrongdoing for fear of possible retaliation.
The increasing globalisation of companies means they need to be compliant in a range of different markets, says Joao Vicente Ribeiro at EY Portugal. Regulators are also increasingly active, while fines are very heavy for
Dentro del evento anual “Contaminado” por el negocio de Iberian Lawyer y el In-House & Compliance Club en Madrid ,se llevó a cabo una sesión donde se debate la situación actual de los
With workflow increasing at law firms in Spain and Portugal, many are looking to increase the size of their teams in the coming year as the battle for the best candidates intensifies
It is now crucial that every lawyer within a law firm is able to offer more than simply technical ability, says Filipa Mendes Pinto, partner at Lisbon recruiter FIND.
With competition increasing in the Spanish legal market, top performing lawyers may want to move elsewhere if more senior colleagues are in the ´comfort zone´
News Third of lawyers in Iberia think profession has corruption problem Perception of corruption among lawyers greatest in Portugal, where majority say it is a problem, but also a belief that it is a ´cultural
The new Spanish Corporate Governance Code for listed companies, approved by resolution of the board of the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) on 18 February 2015, dispenses with the recommendations that currently are legal rules, retains other
