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.
Linklaters is one of only two Anglo-Saxon firms to operate in both Spain and Portugal, and is regarded as among the leading players in both. Such success, say the firm’s lawyers, comes from
Research suggests that the illiquidity characterising the international finance markets looks set to impact deal structures for the foreseeable future, say Tomas Gärdfors and James Dunnett of Norton Rose's European banking practice
Lawyers say they are likely to pass on increasing practice costs to clients
