There is no single reason why Spanish companies are now increasingly expanding abroad as each is driven by its own strategic needs, but recurring legal themes do arise when businesses move abroad, says Francesc Segura

  The major development projects emerging across parts of Africa and the Middle East, where many countries continue to invest heavily in expanding their infrastructure and communications networks, are presenting Iberian companies with new and unique

The globalisation of markets and the need to diversify risk means that expansion is an unavoidable decision – the internationalisation of companies is an unstoppable process. In order to facilitate both clients’ national and international ambitions

The perception of Portugal as a platform to the Portuguese-speaking world derives from years of interconnection enabling it to act as a clear “bridge” for interrnational investors. Portugal has for decades maintained a clear historic,

The influx of international investment into Angola continues but there is also now emerging a flow out of the country, to Europe and elsewhere in Africa. Even in the face of a global drop in

There may be continuing optimism about the long-term economic prospects for Central and Eastern Europe but the lessons learnt in one country are not easily transposed into another. The relative impact of the economic crisis

Most transactions now have an international element, be it the parties involved, the reach of the companies’ operations, the sources of finance or the applicable laws, so consideration must also be given to how any

Spanish and Portuguese investors who look beyond Romania’s short-term economic challenges will see continuing and new opportunities

A number of recent decisions by the Portuguese Audit Court (Tribunal de Contas – TdC) have had a significant impact on concession holders’ and award bid winners’ ability to renegotiate or revisit the terms of the