Deal & transactions

Acquisition of Ipresa, the advisors

Hogan Lovells has advised FIATC Seguros on the acquisition of the insurance company Ipresa. Through this transaction, the firm acquires a significant stake in Ipresa and continues to grow in the health branch, strengthening its

Appointments

VdA appoints three new partners

Américo de Oliveira Fragoso, Benedita Gonçalves, and Sofia Bobone are the three lawyers that join the partnership at VdA in 2023. A spokesperson from the firm said: “Their appointment is part of a strategy

Moves

Cuatrecasas incorporates SLCM in Portugal

Cuatrecasas has incorporated SLCM – Serra Lopes, Cortes Martins, bringing 43 people to the firm’s team in Portugal, where it already has more than 250 professionals. This integration was announced in october 2022 and was completed on 1 january 2023.

Moves

Andersen hires two new counsels

Andersen has hired Yolanda Cano (pictured centre right) and Álvaro García Sánchez (pictured centre left) as counsels in the tax and litigation teams, respectively. Cano has a law degree from CEU San Pablo

Background

The art of law

by Michael Heron When Richard Barnett became the head of legal at the Science Museum in London, he was one of the youngest in the UK at the age of just 33. Six years later he