Company legal departments need to help encourage and assist business operations but they must also highlight and balance the commercial risks being assumed
Prosegur has evolved from being Spain’s leading private security company to a global leader, the result is a significant expansion of the company’s legal needs and capabilities
A significant percentage of General Counsel want to be more influential within their businesses, but first they need to demonstrate how they add value and to design and adopt performance measurement criteria to demonstrate this
The divergent ethical principles and obligations imposed on lawyers confuses clients, limits cross-border practice, and restricts the ‘normal’ provision of legal services
Before being attractive to outside investors, UK law firms need to solve a number of key management challenges
Spain and Portugal have both surpassed the rumours, earlier this year, of a pending financial crisis and potential contagion from the crisis in Greece. Are lawyers feeling more or less positive about the future economic
The current economic situation is presenting new prospects for Baker & McKenzie in Spain believe Luis Briones and Esteban Raventós, respectively the Managing Partners of the firm’s Madrid and Barcelona offices. There is now
In-house lawyers questioning who leads the arbitation process, the General Counsel, external law firm or arbitrators?
The Iberian energy markets remain an area of continuing activity, say lawyers. Inevitably the financial crisis has had an impact, but the sector in many respects remains largely healthy. The major utility players continue to
An unwritten red line throughout the stories in this issue is the increasing lack of trust among the business and finance community: deals are on hold, potential stock exchange debuts halted and many projects delayed
