Senior lawyers moves – July/August 2014
A new era has dawned in Portugal. Following a clean exit from the EU bailout, coupled and three consecutive quarters of GDP growth, a sense of optimism has returned to Lisbon.
Spain’s new restructuring and refinancing law helps big businesses but not the smaller companies that form the backbone of the country´s economy
Lawyers liability cases going to court have increased three-fold in the last decade, anecdotal evidence suggests, so what steps can lawyers take to reduce the risk of being sued?
Research also indicates significant numbers of lawyers are unhappy in their current roles and are seeking pay rises they are unlikely to receive
Small and medium-sized enterprises in Spain and Portugal continue to risk losing potential investment and supply chain contracts and could face criminal charges
Firms will continue to ´shed fee earners´ despite the early signs of an economic upturn following EU bailout and three consecutive quarters of growth
Report accuses foreign investors of hunting for profits in Europe´s crisis countries, and says Spain´s ´solar dream´ has become a nightmare
But market insiders give hope to embattled lawyers by saying new EU legislation could halt the advance of the likes of KPMG, Deloitte, EY and PwC
