Law firms need to adapt not only to the current business challenges but also longerterm legal market and consumer trends, says Richard Susskind
Iberian Lawyer research has seen some law firm leaders suggest that their firms will have to move away from a reliance on transactional-led practices towards more advisory-led work, as clients regulatory and compliance needs increase.
For a managing partner, Hugo Écija exudes rare confidence in these times. The reason being that his firm Écija is about to enter a bold new stage. It has felt relatively little impact from the
The ECJ’s ruling on the legitimacy of Gibraltar’s fiscal autonomy may help to dispel outdated perceptions of it as a ‘tax haven’ and move it further into the financial mainstream.
Gibraltar continues to emerge as an attractive location for funds, with established collective investment and unit trust schemes, but as a result of legislative changes it also now has a growing experienced investor fund (EIFs)
Gibraltar is finding itself at the forefront of the judicial interpretation of some of the key issues now emerging from the global economic crisis, say Joseph Triay and Robert Vasquez of Triay & Triay in
In order to counter the decline of Barcelona’s traditional heavy industry and manufacturing base, Iberian Lawyer’s Annual Report finds the city reinventing itself as an international research and development and technology centre to
Barcelona's economic revolution is helping to encourage the emergence of a new business approach, say Joan Roca and Jordi Casas of Roca Junyent.
The current business situation continues to present businesses with new opportunities but the emphasis on advisers must now be more than merely facilitating entries into new markets.
The value of intellectual property (IP) rights may not at first glance be affected by an economic downturn, but the manner in which companies enforce them certainly is, says Alejandro Angulo, partner at Barcelona-based IP
