As General Counsel of Millennium BCP, one of Portugal’s leading banks, and President of the Company Lawyers Institute of Portugal, João Lourenço is well placed to assess the demands of both sides
The previous Awards in 2007 were attended by managing and senior partners of almost all the major law firms in Spain and Portugal, together with special guests from the US, UK and elsewhere here across Europe.
As the Jury of the Iberian Lawyer 40 under Forty Awards we are pleased to announce the 2007 Awards winners, presented below, and which were recognised formally at a ceremony in Madrid on 26 September. The Awards recognise
For Gibraltar’s legal market, the jurisdiction’s emergence as a major financial centre, alongside its established position as an offshore corporate and restructuring, trusts and shipping market, is driving law firms to seek growth
Gibraltar’s Iberian status has long been contentious. A British Overseas Territory, it has been an ongoing issue for successive Spanish governments, but the last few years have seen pragmatism in both Madrid and Gibraltar
While not as dramatic as anticipated, Gibraltar’s recent budget provides a timetable for the long-awaited introduction of a new low corporate tax regime, says Michael Castiel, Partner at Hassans.
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.
