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Garrigues

Joao Miranda de Sousa

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Work Department

Partner in charge of Garrigues’ IP practice.

Position

Intellectual Property. Community Law.

Career

Deputy Chairman of the Oporto Institute for Public Administration and Management. Senior lawyer at the European Investment Bank (Luxembourg). Member of the Legal Department of the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) and Director of the General Affairs and External Relations Department of the same organization.

Languages

Portuguese, Spanish, English, French, Italian, German.

Member

International Trademark Association American Intellectual Property Law Association.

Education

Degree in Law, Universidade Católica Portuguesa (recognized in Spain by the Ministry of Education and Science). Executive MBA, ESADE. Postgraduate Course in EU Law.

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Legal Developments by:
Garrigues

  • CHANGES IN THE REGIME GOVERNING RESTRICTIONS ON VOTING RIGHTS AT SPANISH LISTED COMPANIES

    On June 17, 2010, following a rough and eventful passage through Parliament, the Lower House of the Spanish Parliament finally approved a transcendental amendment to the Spanish Corporations Law (to article 105.2) affecting only listed corporations: a prohibition on voting ceilings for a same shareholder (or companies in the same group), regardless of the number of shares they own. 
    - Garrigues

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