Over this last year, Portugal has been facing the most significant legal and regulatory changes in terms of the energy market since the creation of MIBEL (Iberian Electricity Market). Along with the transposition of the
2013 continues to be a hard year, and the quest for internationalisation is stronger than ever. Asia-Pacifi c, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East are the prime targets, and clients and their law fi rms
In times of crisis, as transactional activity decreases, the number of conflicts increases at an almost proportionate level. And In-house Counsel say that they currently face the pressing problem of how best to manage this
Spain remains the worst performing EU transactional centre in the first half-year, but the lack of premium M&A masks a robust flow of deals
From a ‘nice to have’ to a ‘must have’, compliance programmes are now to become a mandatory part of statutory law
Although one step closer to achieving market unity across its 17 autonomous regions, serious questions remain over the implementation of new rules
New code promises to have a big impact on the discovery process and speed up the country’s failing court system
Finally, an aged system is being overhauled to fit a modern market
Spanish companies have benefited greatly from international expansion, especially in Europe and Latin America. But ensuring that risks are mitigated in more challenging jurisdictions has moved up the corporate agenda, explains Luis Fernando Guerra, Managing
The country’s new foreign exchange rules came into force this summer and promise to transform the local currency and economy
