Osborne Clarke has appointed Daniel Riopérez as managing partner of its Madrid office.
While global law firms boost their ranks of project managers, some Iberian law firms – while acknowledging the need for greater efficiency – say local lawyers are ‘less oriented towards plans and processes’
With a number of Portuguese banks set to follow Banif by passing into foreign ownership, elements of the country’s legal community fear a potential decline in workflow
Billing increases at Uría and Cuatrecasas reflecting acceleration of transactional activity in Iberia and Latin America – real estate, finance, TMT and energy deals expected to generate further growth in 2016
Spanish healthcare company Grifols was advised by Osborne Clarke on the acquisition of a 49 per cent stake in plasma collector Interstate Blood Bank.
SRS Advogados advised a banking syndicate – comprising Banco Santander Totta, Caixa Geral de Depósitos and Caixa BI – on the financing of a cruise liner terminal in Lisbon.
Pursuant to the EU Council Directive 2015/121 (the “Directive”), all Member States were required to adopt new provisions implementing a general anti-avoidance rule (“GAAR”) to prevent abusive tax planning structures aimed at benefitting from the participation
It is not enough for a company to consider complying and informing US investigators, there are now other countries with very proactive prosecutors. Currently, companies cannot only have compliance programmes, but need procedures to show
Garrigues advised Inverseguros on its acquisition by asset manager Dunas Capital.
