The Portuguese Tax Arbitration Act was recently published, after a draft primed by Gonçalo Leite de Campos, tax partner at Sérvulo & Associados
With Spanish courts often favouring the plaintiff, defendant banks have been feeling the pressure over disputes relating to mis-selling
Companies have to be creative in finding new ways to manage creditors’ demands if they are to avoid the initiation of insolvency proceedings in Portugal
Reductions in tariffs available to producers of solar photovoltaic energy are prompting many to consider legal action, say Miguel Riaño and Ignacio Díez-Picazo, partners with Herbert Smith
Portugal’s Audit Court (Tribunal de Contas) is an independent body that supervises public accounts and expenditure and prosecutes public financial violations. The Court, among other things, issues opinions on public annual accounts and controls
Working in the transportation industry, it is fitting that Barcelona-based Thierry Amram spends more of his working day travelling than most other in-house lawyers
An expanding company with lawyers at the heart of its business: it is easy to see what attracted Sebastian Deschler to solar energy company SunEdison
Should the most senior lawyers within a business have a say in its strategic direction or should they stay out of the spotlight and stick to legal issues, asks Stephen Denyer
Law firms like their clients are looking to new markets to balance declining or at best flat revenues at home. For some this means a greater focus on established markets, forging new alliances or even
Senior lawyers moves January- February 2011
