Slaughter and May advised Palamon Capital Partners, Grupo Confide, and G Square Healthcare Private Equity on the sale of Spain’s SARQuavitae to HomeVi.
Peruvian law firm Miranda & Amado Abogados acted as deal counsel for the issuance of PEN 205 million ($60 million) leasing bonds by BBVA Banco Continental though a public offering.
Chinese investment in Europe increased by 55 per cent to €31.4 billion in 2015, according to a Cuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira/ESADE Business & Law School report.
In the short term, banking and finance-related work will sustain many law firms in Lisbon, but the longer term outlook is more uncertain and legal market consolidation is looking likely
M&A, real estate and finance matters are keeping Portuguese lawyers busy, but the firms that prosper in the coming years will be those that effectively plan for a new economic landscape
As client demands change it increasingly makes sense for large law firms in Portugal to organise their lawyers into industry-focused teams rather than according to legal practice areas, says Maria João Ricou, managing partner
Good yields in the Portuguese real estate market, along with growth in the tourism sector are generating a significant amount of work for lawyers, according to Duarte Garin, managing partner of Uría Menéndez-Proenç
