As a US-trained commercial arbitrator with a successful practise in Madrid, Calvin Hamilton, partner at Monereo Meyer Marinel-lo Abogados, is well placed to assess Spain’s relative success in promoting itself as a venue for
In order for companies to ensure that they benefit from the decision to choose arbitration to resolve a dispute, certain key checks should be made from the outset, say David Arias and Félix Montero,
Arbitration is not the preserve of multinational corporations, emphasises Garrigues’ managing partner José María Alonso, it can benefit commercial organisations of any size.
Until only a few years ago corporate governance was considered an issue exclusively for lawyers and regulators working with listed companies. Few company stakeholders had corporate governance concerns, and it was an expression largely unknown
How the Portuguese derivatives market will react to the new amendments introduced by the 2008 State Budget Law (Law 67- A/2007, of December 31) – the 'Budget law' – is an issue that we believe will keep banks, Portuguese
Private equity (PE) investments will typically confer on the investor certain special rights to control in a certain way how transfers of shares in the target company may/will occur. The primary purpose of such
Waste-to-Energy (WtE) refers to any treatment that generates energy in the form of electricity
Over the last decade the Portuguese annual budget has often produced what can be referred to as periodic ‘tax-quakes’, making radical structural amendments to Portuguese tax legislation. After 10 years of tax budgets aimed at harmonising
In the last few years we have seen many changes in the Spanish tax regime, due to the need to adapt to increasing internationalisation and globalisation of business.
Life as an in-house lawyer is a huge challenge but also highly rewarding, says Marta Casas, Head of the Corporate legal team at Abertis, one of Europe’s leading infrastructure managers.
