Herbert Smith Freehills advised the Kingdom of Spain in its victorious investor-state arbitration under the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce rules commenced by European investors Charanne (of the Netherlands) and Construction Investments (of Luxembourg).
Cuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira advised Banco Popular on the sale of Universalpay Entidad de Pago to US company EVO Payments International.
Ontier advised Grupo Carso, the Latin American conglomerate owned by the Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, on its takeover bid for property company Realia.
Confidence building in Portuguese legal sector with more than half of partners in Portugal expecting a further increase in earnings in 2016
Political upheaval in Spain and Portugal means it’s possible that the two countries’ labour laws could change significantly in the coming year – however, anxiety among investors could be good news for employment lawyers who
Companies making staff cuts could end up incurring substantial unforeseen expenses, rather than cutting costs, warns Maria da Glória Leitão, partner at Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira in Lisbon.
Employment lawyers who use technology well will have a great opportunity to distinguish themselves from their competitors by forging close relationships with clients
