The key investment private equity houses can make is in people, says Juan Díaz-Laviada, Managing Director of Advent in Spain.
The key to the continuing success of Vieira de Almeida is clarity of vision and a simple set of objectives, says the firm’s managing partner, João Vieira de Almeida
A political crisis presents a significant challenge to corporate lawyers, says International Bar Association (IBA) Vice President, Fernando Peláez-Pier of Hoet Peláez Castillo & Duque in Caracas.
The legal profession in the UK has made major errors, suggests Professor Stephen Mayson, and now finds itself too far removed from its client base.
A new commercial reality in Iberia’s increasingly contentious business arena.
On moving from Clifford Chance to Ferrovial, where she is head of corporate law, María Segimón de Manzanos found herself in the legal team behind some of Spain’s major international transactions.
With little of the noise of some of its US competitors Jones Day has nonetheless built an enviable and truly Spanish practice, the success of which is now seeing Madrid placed at the centre of
Far from questioning the current reforms of the legal profession, Garrigues chairman Antonio Garrigues, believes that they are a very positive development.
The French legal market has important lessons for Iberia’s independent law firms, suggests Pierre Étienne Lorenceau, they will need to adopt clear business strategies in order to avoid losing their best people
Diverse opinions on the expansion of the legal market
