While it is difficult to know exactly what the future will bring, Eversheds Chief Executive David Gray believes the next ten years will see important challenges to the lawyer-client relationship.
Most lawyers are happy to remain self-regulating, say the Group of Experts, with doubts over the prospect for outside investment in firms.
Iberian Lawyer’s Annual Competition and Administrative Law Report reveals a dramatic upturn in demand for legal expertise in these areas of practice across both Spain and Portugal, a development driven by new legislation, increased
Among lawyers in Portugal and Spain there is a strong belief that the uncertainties currently affecting both the local and international economies will result in an increase in commercial disputes.
An analysis of previous successes and failures before Portugal’s National Competition Authority can help ensure that a party is adequately prepared, say JJ Vieira Peres and Carlos Botelho Moniz of Morais Leitão Galvã
Competition law has changed dramatically in the last few years both at the EU and domestic level, says Marcos Araujo, Head of EU and Competition at Garrigues. “It is now far more sophisticated, more economics-based,
In order for a competition regulator to exert its jurisdiction it must be sure that its concerns relate to the way a company does business and not to failures in the sector, says Juan Jimenez-Laiglesia,
In line with wider European trends, Portugal’s national competition authority (Autoridade da Concorrência – AdC) has embarked on a policy of targeting particular business sectors, explains Mário Marques Mendes, of Lisbon’s Marques
While the efficient enactment of EU policy may present issues for national governments, it is important for lawyers to learn how to avoid them, say Miguel Odriozola and Michel Petite of Clifford Chance.
If Portugal’s National Competition Authority is to perform its role adequately it needs the necessary framework and resources, says Nuno Ruiz at Vieira de Almeida.
