This current year has seen sweeping changes for law students in Spain but at last, the ongoing uncertainty experienced over the past 6 years seemed to end when the law was passed by Parliament. Under new
India is one of the “new world” BRIC economic powerhouses, alongside Brazil, Russia and China, says Karan Singh, a Partner in the Mumbai office of Trilegal, one of a handful of elite Indian law firms.
In the current climate, it can be tough for smaller Spanish firms to secure international work if they don’t want to merge and lose their independence locally.
“There is no ideal situation, no perfect country to invest in,” says Luis Fernando Guerra, Managing Partner at Deloitte in Madrid.
Recent amendments to Angolan law aim to attract and facilitate much needed domestic and foreign investment.
It’s not easy to invest in Angola, but the incentives are there and, if you do it right, the rewards have the potential to be very lucrative
Angola and Portugal have a special partnership, and, at AVM, they believe that finance flowing from one to the other should be cherished and not feared
There has been a recent trend of law firms coming to capitalise on the PALOPs (Portuguese-speaking African countries).
While creating a great deal of work for law firms, the privatisations alone will not save them from the effects of the crisis
