Joaquín Valenzuela, head of legal at Banco Sabadell, explains how he believes that law firms can benefit from working more closely with in-house legal teams. Since its foundation in 1881, Banco Sabadell has been at
A law firm has one real asset – its people. Talk to any senior manager of any law firm and they agree that people are key to continued success. We recently surveyed the Iberian Lawyer {overlib
The proposed acquisition of Endesa by Gas Natural could be the first merger of its kind in the European energy sector. The resultant economic powerhouse, Gas Natural-Endesa, would be the top importer of gas, controlling 65%
José Miguel Júdice outlines the challenges facing Portugal’s arbitration community.
Clifford Chance’s global managing partner, Peter Cornell, lives in three time zones managing the world’s largest law firm.
Good project management is essential in the fastpaced real estate sector according to Manuel Liedo, Metrovacesa’s head of legal.
Using recent statistics from Europe and the USA, Manuel MartÃn, managing partner of Gómez-Acebo & Pombo, suggests that Spanish law firms may have relied too heavily on high leverage in order to maintain
The Question The Group of Experts, Iberian Lawyer’s think tank for leading Spanish and Portuguese lawyers, was asked to predict their firms’ growth over the next 12 months and what they saw as
Following the European Commission’s EDP/EGP merger prohibition, participants in Iberian energy markets will know all too well that protecting and promoting effective competition in the European energy sector is high on the
Twenty-five years ago Emilio Cuatrecasas developed a business plan which he is still following today. He tells Iberian Lawyer how this transformed a small family practice into one of the largest Iberian law firms.
