Hogan Lovells advised FCC and Bankia on the sale of their fully owned division Globalvia Infrastructuras to the Malaysian investment fund Khazanah Nasional Berhad.
Baker & McKenzie partner Cecilia Pastor says one of the big challenges for in-house counsel is integrating all their company´s compliance policies and procedures into a single framework that keeps the company and its
Cybersecurity breaches represent a reputational and economic risk to all types of organisations, says Alejandro Touriño, partner at Ecija.
External lawyers are very important because they are independent – there is often a conflict of interest between the compliance department and internal legal teams, explains Alexandra Maia de Loureiro, partner at SRS Advogados.
Ricardo Oliveira, partner at PLMJ, says that as the world becomes more complex, so regulation will increase, with the result that companies have to be proactive on the issue of compliance and get proper legal
Alexandre Jardim, partner at Pbbr, says compliance should not be seen by clients as restrictive, but rather as a way to do business in a sound and profitable manner.
Magda Cocco, partner at Vieira de Almeida, says that, with regard to the issue of data protection, it is important to consider the issue of privacy at the beginning of a project rather than at
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer advised Spain´s Amadeus IT Group on its acquisition of US-based Navitaire, a provider of outsourced technology services to around 50 airlines.
A major challenge for companies entering new markets is making the right decision about which external legal advisers to use, says Efacec´s Joana Martins Mendes