Corporate governance in Spain is becoming more spohisticated and this is an opportunity for lawyers to help companies minimise their risk, says Squire Patton Boggs Madrid managing partner Rafael Alonso.
The sale of NPL and REO portfolios in Portugal is a major trend that will continue throughout 2019, says Abreu Advogados partner Patricia Viana.
The EU Directive related to companies’ increasing shareholder particpation is a big opportunity for law firms, says Linklaters managing associate Javier Garcia Cueto.
The Portuguese real estate sector is booming, but the country’s law firms face the challenges of investing in technology and battling to retain talent, says MLGTS partner Tomás Vaz Pinto.
Smaller, non-listed, companies are increasingly recognising the importance of corporate governance, says Garrigues partner Sergio González Galán.
Lawyers from Google, PepsiCo, HP and Volkswagen were among the winners at the 2018 Iberian Lawyer Gold Awards.
Alexandra Reis, senior counsel at Philip Morris International (Tabaqueira), and winner at the Iberian Lawyer 2018 Gold Awards, says in-house lawyers must have the “will to help the business”.
Javier Fernández-Samaniego, managing director of Samaniego Law, says digital transformation poses a challenge for every businesses and therefore represents an opportunity for all law firms
The success of in-house lawyers depends on their ability to apply the law in a way that helps the business, says Carmen Fradejas Ufano, legal director of innovation and payment services at Banco Santander, and
In-house legal teams must have a sense of unity and trust in order to ensure they are successful, says Manuel Luís Gonçalves, head of legal at Casais Group, and winner at the Iberian
