José Guardo is the new Head of Banking and Finance at Clifford Chance in Spain, replacing Alberto Manzanares, who continues as a Partner in the department. A widely recognised lawyer in the Spanish financial and
Senior Lawyer Moves November/December
Given the country’s recovery cycle, Spanish firms continue to look beyond the Iberian Peninsula towards new markets, and there is renewed confidence in Spain thanks to economic recovery and new bankruptcy laws. At the
As Iberian law firms continue their expansion drives beyond the Peninsula, New York remains the legal capital for governing transactions, litigation, and a hub for investment
Portugal’s new competition law and Competition Authority (PCA) Council may finally be what instils a lacking competition culture in the country, say lawyers, while Spain’s new Super Regulator has everyone on tenterhooks as
It has been ‘all-change’ in Portugal’s competition regime, says Mário Marques Mendes, Founding Partner of Marques Mendes & Associados. A new law and personnel change at the Portuguese Competition Authority (PCA) have seen
With market dominance by global technology companies, competition analysis in the face of such size and complexity is providing new challenges
Portugal’s post-bailout obligations to open up its state-controlled assets to private bidders has already seen prize assets such as ANA – Aeroportos de Portugal, CTT – Correios de Portugal, and TAP offered to market. Now, according
As other European countries merge their competition and regulatory authorities, the big question is whether Portugal will follow their example
