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Amid fears that AI will mean law firm associates are laid off, leading firms in Spain in Portugal insist lawyers will not be replaced by machines, though security risks exist.

With competition increasing in the Spanish legal market, top performing lawyers may want to move elsewhere if more senior colleagues are in the 'comfort zone'.

Machine intelligence is replacing humans in many areas of the law, but leading 'superstar' lawyers may be able to use technology to earn even greater rewards.

Most businesses in Spain and Portugal have recently dropped at least one of their external legal advisers due to poor service or because they found a cheaper option

The proportion of women partners at leading firms in Portugal is currently almost twice that at top firms in Spain, new research shows.

One in five people working in law firms in Spain and Portugal know of a colleague who has been bullied or sexually harassed, new research shows – it's time for the profession to do more to address this issue

A total of 40 per cent of law firms in Spain and Portugal have increased their budgets for marketing, communications and business development in the last year, but all firms are suffering from a high turnover of staff in these areas, according to new research conducted by Iberian Lawyer.

With workflow increasing at law firms in Spain and Portugal, many are looking to increase the size of their teams in the coming year as the battle for the best candidates intensifies.

Senior partners are struggling to understand the new associates that are growing up in their law firms – what do young lawyers want and how can you keep them motivated?

Many younger lawyers feel that their firms are not open enough about targets and financial performance, while some others object to the fact that their weekends and holidays are too often disturbed by work commitments.

Eight out of ten lawyers in Spain and Portugal want the profession to do more to address the issue of mental health with large workloads seen as a factor in cases of depression and suicide

Though revenue at Watson Farley & Williams may have grown substantially in recent years, the firm is working hard to change its image.

Major law firms in Madrid grew in the last year with transactional activity driving healthy increases in revenue – however fee pressure persists, while the ‘war for talent' escalates.