Traditionally Portugal’s IT and telecoms market has been a difficult one to crack for foreign investors – as regulators are not very active in enforcing regulations – but the country is becoming more competitive, according to
Technology entrepreneurs are tapping into non-traditional sources of finance – such as incubators, accelerators, and crowdfunding – in order to get their fledgling businesses off the ground, according to David Miranda, partner at Osborne Clarke in Madrid.
Growth in M&A, litigation, finance and tax work led to a number of major firms going on a recruitment drive with VdA, in particular, undergoing significant expansion
Rules relating to data protection, copyright and electronic signatures, as well as the development of cloud computing and the ‘Internet-Of-Things’ are posing new risks for clients
Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira advised La Liga football club RCD Espanyol’s main shareholders on the sale of 45.1 per cent of the club’s share capital.
Law firms that show a sense of urgency will have the advantage when it comes to winning legal work because quick response times are crucial, says Indra’s Luís Graça Rodrigues
PLMJ advised venture capital fund ECS Capital on the acquisitions of shopping centres Dolce Vita Funchal, Vivaci Caldas da Rainha and Vivaci Guarda.
Bird & Bird has established a real estate practice in Spain with the hire of Isidro del Moral from Broseta Abogados.
A multijurisdictional Herbert Smith Freehills team – which spanned the firm’s Madrid, London and Paris offices – advised PhotoBox Group on its sale to Exponent Private Equity and Electra Partners.
