Clients’ legal departments are often more business-orientated, while compliance departments tend to view matters from a regulatory perspective
Clients are increasingly demanding that their legal advisers adhere to stricter codes of compliance, according to Paulo de Moura Marques, partner at Abecasis Azoia Moura Marques & Associados (AAMM).
The combined revenue of the Spanish legal arms of the ‘Big Four’ auditors increased by more than 7 per cent in the last year and now stands at €400 million, according to new data.
Garrigues and DLA Piper advised Oakley Capital Investments on its acquisition of Lisbon´s Mercado da Ribeira, with PLMJ advising the sellers on the deal.
Ashurst´s Madrid office posted revenues of €23.3m in 2014, an increase of 8 per cent on the previous year.
Uría Menéndez advised hotel group Barceló on its acquisition of a 57.5 per cent stake in Occidental Hotels and Resorts.
Garrigues advised Barcelona-based packaging manufacturer Mespack on its acquisition by the US company Duravant.
Leading Portuguese law firm VdA has signed an exclusive alliance agreement with Guinean-Bissau law firm Tsidkenu – Advogados e Jurisconsultos (TSK Legal).
Specialist tax law firm Andersen Global has confirmed it will now have two new Spanish offices – in Madrid and Barcelona – following the hire of a 25-strong team from Global Abogados.
Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira has appointed Frederico Pereira Coutinho as its Portugal managing partner.
