Bancopopular-e was advised by Clifford Chance on the acquisition of Barclaycard’s Portuguese and Spanish credit card business, according to Mergermarket.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer advised private equity fund Cinven and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board on the acquisition of Spain-based travel service provider Hotelbeds Group.
The majority of partners in Spain and Portugal believe that law firms in Iberia could be more profitable and increase workflow if they took a more innovative approach to pricing
The client base of law firm banking and finance departments is rapidly changing as a host of new finance providers enter the market – meanwhile, Spanish takeovers of Portuguese banks are causing some concern in Lisbon
The banking crisis led to a “historic consolidation” of the Spanish financial services sector, but now the country’s banks are well on the road to recovery, according to Antonio Navarro, partner and head of
Concerns that investors could be deterred from investing in the Portuguese banking sector are unfounded – investors are ready to take advantage of opportunities
