Compliance should be part of the culture of a business, staff at all levels of an organisation should be educated and those who do not comply should be disciplined
The pharmaceutical sector may have become more concentrated due to regulatory and compliance demands, but this has meant more work for law firms, says José Luís Esquível, managing partner of Esquível Advogados
PLMJ and Linklaters advised on a partnership agreement announced by The Carlyle Group and plastic packaging producer Logoplaste.
The Lisbon office of Cuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira advised manufacturers Efacec Capital and Rohde & Schwarz on the sale of a 56.89 per cent share in Empresa de Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Electrónica (EID).
Uría Menéndez advised Metrovacesa on its merger with Merlin Properties, a deal that will create the largest real estate investment trust in Spain.
Garrigues and Pérez-Llorca advised Spanish off-street car park operator Parkia on its sale to First State Investments.
Clifford Chance advised Masmovil Ibercom on its acquisition of mobile carrier Yoigo from Telia AB.
Antitrust lawyers in the UK could relocate to mainland Europe following Britain’s decision to leave the European Union following a referendum last month, the senior partner of Allen & Overy has said.
Major law firms in Madrid grew in the last year with transactional activity driving healthy increases in revenue – however fee pressure persists, while the ‘war for talent’ escalates
