Firms with ‘shared vision’ link-up as Spanish clients grow operations in Portugal, while imminent introduction of General Data Protection Regulation promises significant opportunities
Companies digitising their businesses need to adapt their entire client contracting process as well as changing their organisation’s internal regulations
Technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) lawyers in Portugal are able to provide an effective range of legal services to foreign clients acting in other jurisdictions, says Magda Cocco, partner at Vieira de Almeida in Lisbon.
New regulations enforce tough penalties for breaches of the law with clients facing fines of €20m or 4 per cent of their total worldwide turnover
The pace of innovation in the technology, media and telecoms (TMT) market is proving to be both an opportunity and a threat to the clients of major Portuguese law firms. On the positive side, Portugal’
RCD – Rousaud Costas Duran is having the best period in its history, according to managing partner Adolf Rousaud, who says this is partly because, unlike some competitors, the firm is run as a meritocracy that
BNI Europa’s Mariana Abreu says that, when working with external legal advisers, it is vital that fees are closely monitored and an hourly rate is agreed at the outset
To find the ideal partner, law firms need to be clear about where they are going. A simple business review – covering people, finances, competitors and clients – will set you on the right path
