As research shows one in four partners at top firms in Portugal are women, compared to around one in seven in Spain, experts say outdated views are ´hard to shift´
Survey also shows that half of partners expect their income to grow in 2015, with highest paid respondent earning more than €1m per year
New research shows the US-headquartered firm is the first choice of Spanish clients doing business in other jurisdictions, ahead of Linklaters and Bird & Bird
An increase in M&A work coupled with new tax rules and moves to tackle tax evasion means law firms are desperately battling to recruit the best specialist lawyers
M&A activity has increased dramatically with substantial growth in both deal value and volume – however, this poses new challenges for law firms, which must work out how best to serve clients as they
Financial services M&A – particularly in relation to the cajas, or savings banks, and there divestitures – has been one of the main sources of work for corporate lawyers recently, according to Antonio Sánchez
New rules for venture capital and private equity funds will reduce regulatory burdens and help struggling sectors to attract investment, but they are not perfect
Due to the economic crisis, some Portuguese public companies chose to adopt an American or British-style governance model, but these are insufficient
The dynamics of the legal market are shifting with the result that there is now a greater convergence between commercial law and public law, according to Jordi Casas, a partner at Roca Junyent in Barcelona.
