Arbitration is increasing “across the board”, says Gonzalo Stampa, Founding Partner of Stampa Abogados in Madrid, which recently incorporated  Juan Blanco as a Partner to reinforce the arbitration and litigation practice.

International law firm Freshfields has appointed Silvia Paternain from their Madrid office as the new Head of the firm’s global tax practice.

Liquidity is the key challenge for both the Spanish and Portuguese economies, say lawyers. Banks are too concerned about their own core capital ratios, in light of reduced inter-bank lending and rising regulatory demands, to

Africa remains a region of growing international investment focus by European companies, with Angola and Mozambique increasingly at the top of strategic lists

In an effort to open up the economy and reduce reliance on the oil and gas sector, the Angolan Government has changed its foreign investment and now, its tax laws