Europe/Portugal
Outgoing IBA president reflects on achievements as two-year term ends
Almudena Arpón de Mendívil Aldama signs off having led a programme of “ambitious evolution”
The Global Legal Post launches international comparative guide to cryptoassets
Edited by Brown Rudnick partners Jane Colston and Jessica Lee, online resource outlines emerging legal frameworks for cryptoassets
Pérez-Llorca adds 17 lawyers from rivals for Lisbon launch
Six partners and their teams join from firms including Portugal’s RRP Advogados as Spanish heavyweight continues international expansion
Pérez-Llorca prepares Lisbon launch as international expansion continues
Leading Spanish firm follows up recent office openings in Brussels and Singapore with planned Lisbon launch next year
Skadden, Clifford Chance advise on Generali’s €2.3bn acquisition of Liberty Seguros
Cash deal sees Irish heavyweight Matheson and Portugal’s Morais Leitão also called in
'If your dreams don't scare you, they are not big enough' - Europe's young lawyers mark association's 30th anniversary
Young lawyers and bar leaders commemorate the founding of the European Young Bar Association at Lisbon conference
Spain’s Cuatrecasas integrates with Portuguese firm SLCM in Lisbon
SLCM’s team will operate under the Cuatrecasas brand from January next year
Abreu unveils 'integration' of Porto firm ACRLEX
Four lawyers join Porto office in move that promises to hand Abreu membership of the Interlex network
DWF builds LatAm and Africa expansion potential with Iberian associations
Associations with Portuguese law firm and Spanish loss adjusting business follow 2019 acquisition of 40-partner Spanish law firm RCD
Top Portuguese M&A lawyer opens up over strategy dispute as he quits CS Associados for Vieira de Almeida
Francisco Sá Carneiro leaves the firm he helped found 12 years ago as it heralds 'a new cycle and generational transition'
Lawyers must embrace AI and stop seeing themselves as some sort of superhero
Vieira de Almeida's Paula Gomes Freire is optimistic about a future where machines drive business efficiency but humans stay in control
Linklaters names German regulatory lawyer as new Europe-wide managing partner
Frankfurt-based Andreas Steck to head up newly combined Western and Eastern Europe business
Linklaters expands D&I scholarship scheme across seven European offices
Roll out of programme designed to lower barriers to legal careers follows pilot at London headquarters
Littler enters 12th European country with Portugal tie-up
DCM Lawyers adds two offices to employment and labour law specialist's global network
Top tier Portuguese boutique CS Associados prepares for 'generational change' as co-founders bow out
Francisco Sá Carneiro and Fernando Campos Ferreira to leave CS Associados at the end of the year
Eversheds Sutherland joins forces with Portugal's FCB
Combination adds 70 lawyers and five locations, including two in Africa, to international firm's footprint
Portugal's Abreu Advogados shrugs off Covid-19 impact as revenue climbs to €33.6m
Revenue growth is 12% higher in 2020 than the previous 12 months pre-pandemic
Kennedys gets Portuguese boost
Firm grows presence in Portugal with merger of Lisbon boutique firm.
PLMJ lawyers depart for rival
Team moves round the top table of Portugese legal firms as PLMJ lawyers leave for Lisbon rival Abreu Advogados.
Dentons Lisbon-bound?
Dentons is believed to have been in talks with a number of law firms in Portugal, eyeing a possible new office in Lisbon.
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