The more favourable redefining of landlord rights and duties under Portuguese law is increasing commercial interest in urban regeneration, suggests Luís Filipe Carvalho of ABBC in Lisbon.

The downturn in Spain’s residential real estate will significantly affect many developers in the sector, says Enrique Isla, head of real estate at DLA Piper in Madrid.

Recent changes in Portugal’s planning and zoning regime mean that clients now more than ever need to understand the potential local impact of real estate investments, say Pedro Ferreirinha and Sofia Galvão at

Spain’s regions have woken up to the attraction of small-scale PPP/PFI projects says José Guardo of Garrigues.

There is little doubt that the construction boom that has helped underpin Spain’s economic growth over the past decade is coming to an end, say lawyers – with the housing sector most affected. The issue

The recent reform of Portugal's criminal law has introduced significant changes to the corporate liability regime. As we know, by the decisions that they take, companies can be liable for their actions at a

Decree-law 70/97 of April 3 (the Portuguese Netting Law) undoubtedly took the market by surprise. In 1997, when international banks were still trying to impose the ISDA documentation standard on locals (banks and institutional clients), Portugal became a

Long-term concessions provide governments keen to deliver quality infrastructures with both public control and the private management of operations. The concession contract critically therefore defines the commercial and operational parameters of the project and regulates