Energy

Energy & Renewables Report 2008: Filling the energy gap

Iberian Lawyer’s Annual Energy and Renewables Special Report 2008 reveals a legal market full of confidence. Although the wider economy may be slowing, energy clients continue to offer law firms opportunities, reflecting Iberia’s position

Energy

Energy markets still in unrest – Garayar Asociados

Despite efforts to liberalise Spain’s energy markets since 1997, first through the enactment of the Electricity Act and a year later the Gas & Oil Bill, the situation nonetheless remains unsettled, says Emiliano Garayar at Garayar

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Portugal Implements the IP Enforcement Directive

Portuguese Law 16/2008 (published on 1st April, 2008) enacted European Directive 2004/48/CE relating to the enforcement of IP rights and amended the Authorship and Neighbouring Rights Code (Authorship Code) and the Industrial Property Code (IP Code).

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Portugal’s single insolvency regime

Expressions such as the 'sub-prime crisis' and 'credit crunch' have become all too familiar in the last 10 months, with many leading financial institutions collapsing, or having to significantly increase their capital to cover losses. Economists

Banking & Finance

Anti-dilution protections – Araoz & Rueda

Private equity (PE) investors generally seek protection from dilution by other investors in later rounds. Anti-dilution protection is separate from the preferential subscription rights, which give priority to existing shareholders to subscribe for new shares