The Audiencia Nacional Employment Chamber judgment of 25 February 2009 confirmed in Spain the legality of the dual scale of rights (mainly in relation to salary) regulated by the current CLH (Tierra) collective bargaining agreement.
The Spanish impatriate tax regime, enacted in 2004, also known as the ‘Beckham Law’ – as football player David Beckham was one of the first individuals to apply it – was amended with effect from January 1, 2010, despite pressure
The question of whether an employer can run background checks and require medical examinations from job applicants has been an issue in Portugal for some time. It becomes even more complex when we need to
Recent headlines may have highlighted dissatisfaction by some Latin American countries with certain investment arbitration processes, but this does not mean the end of arbitration in the region, insists Pedro J. Martinez-Fraga, Miami-based coordinator of
Each business dispute may be different but following best practices can help to make a litigation or arbitration run more efficiently, says Ignacio DÃez-Picazo, dispute resolution partner at Herbert Smith in Madrid
The Portuguese courts may have already been running at over-capacity before the onset of the financial downturn, but efforts are at least now being made to make litigation more efficient, and to encourage alternative dispute
The economic downturn is inevitably prompting an increase in public and administrative law disputes, as financial challenges put contractual agreements between private companies and the authorities under strain, but strategies do exist to help manage
With cost and timing issues a key factor for parties’ in litigation and arbitration, the efficient use of expert financial witnesses can have a positive impact on both, insists Fernando Cuñado, a Director in
Since its creation in 2007, Spain’s Comisión Nacional de la Competencia (CNC) has had evident success in raising not only the public awareness of competition issues but also thestakes for companies engaged in anti-competitive
This year will see changes to Portugal’s Competition Act that may impact merger control, notification and judicial review, says Nuno Ruiz, Head of EU & Competition at Vieira de Almeida
