In the current climate there is even greater need for regulatory issues to be looked at from a commercial perspective, says José Luís Esquível, principal of niche Lisbon firm Esquível Advogados.
The media sector is undergoing structural change and this means a greater need to fine-tune the competition law policy affecting it
Portugal’s Autoridade da Concorrencia (AdC) has faced the financial crisis with a policy that there should be no deviation from strong competition enforcement and advocacy, says its President Manuel Sebastião.
There is a communication problem with the Portuguese competition authority, say some. You cannot have a public body making secret decisions
Legal departments may need to draw on extra resources to manage the volume of data required in regulatory disputes and competition investigations
The evolution of Latin American arbitration coupled with the increased volume of regional economic activity is prompting an increased confidence among local law firms
Spain may soon see the launch of the country’s first class actions, say lawyers, while it continues to position itself as a venue for international Spanish-speaking disputes
The rapid international expansion of Spanish businesses over the past decade is now reflected in the use by companies of arbitration in cross-border disputes, although domestic arbitration continues to play “catch-up” says Juan Fernández-Armesto,
The Portuguese Tax Arbitration Act was recently published, after a draft primed by Gonçalo Leite de Campos, tax partner at Sérvulo & Associados
