The current business situation continues to present businesses with new opportunities but the emphasis on advisers must now be more than merely facilitating entries into new markets.
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Iberia has clearly not proved immune to the global downturn in M&A, say lawyers, with transactional and private equity both significantly down. But while companies may not be expanding, many are restructuring and refinancing
Even in the midst of the current economic crisis, and fragility of many business sectors, with the right motivation deals can still be done, say Vanda Cascão and Sofia Barata of Vieira de Almeida (
The past few months may have seen Portuguese and Spanish investors freeze their international expansion, in line with uncertainty over company and asset values and finance availability, but the latter half of 2009 will likely see
In this modern world of global economics and commerce, piracy and counterfeiting are increasingly at the top of both the economic players’ and lawmakers’ concerns as their impact on business, industry, consumers and the economy
On February 2, 2008, decree-law no 363/2007 came into force and the production of energy in Portugal entered a new era. The principle behind the new law is to save energy, reduce costs and protect the environment. Indeed,
The Chapter 11 filing of Lehman Brothers has caused companies around the world to re-assess their exposure (particularly counterparty risk) to other potentially troubled financial institutions.
For Jochi Jiménez, General Counsel and Compliance Officer at HCC Global Financial Products (HCC Global), the global economic crisis is bringing changing legal requirements, opportunities and risks.
Lisbon-based Sérvulo has looked to expand its practice spread in recent years, but its core focus on government and projects work means that it now faces a window of opportunity, say its lawyers.
Iberian lawyers’ continue to assess the relative merits of “alternative-based” billing
