Competition enforcement in Spain has weakened due to uncertainty surrounding the country's competition authority, though it has increased significantly in Portugal – meanwhile, the EU directive on antitrust damages will make clients less likely to apply for leniency

Over the past two years, the Government of Indonesia has gradually been developing a regulatory framework on carbon pricing and trading through Presidential Regulation No. 98 of 2021 on the Implementation of Carbon Pricing ...

On 17 April 2024, the Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT) introduced a new suite of contracts that would follow the previous 2016 and 2011 editions.

White collar criminals are using complex financial products including contracts for difference (CFD) to avoid detection.

Whether you are an owner, design professional, design consultant, construction manager (CM), general contractor (GC), or subcontractor, it is almost inevitable that you will encounter...

On 4 March 2026, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (the "Supreme Court") held in Kingdom of Spain v Infrastructure Services Luxembourg S.À.R.L. and Republic of Zimbabwe v Border Timbers Ltd that Spain...

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.

Summarises some of the recommendations of the report into corporate insolvency, focusing on corporate insolvency.

Individuals, communities, and governments worldwide are increasingly turning to litigation to demand accountability for greenhouse gas emissions and environmental harm.

Third-party funding (TPF) has become an increasingly significant feature of international arbitration, driven by the rising costs of resolving complex commercial disputes and the growing maturity of the funding industry. Recognising this development, Nigeria's Arbitration and Mediation Act 2023 (AMA) expressly permits third-party funding in arbitrations seated in Nigeria by abolishing the common law torts of maintenance and champerty in this context and introducing a statutory disclosure regime.

In this context, some lawyers suggest that law firms could cease investing in their tax departments because of the potential liabilities or even go as far as to scrap them altogether.

Vacancy levels in the office market are high and tenant demand slows with the end of the construction investment cycle.

The workflow for law firms in Madrid is looking much healthier than it did 12 months ago – however, this is posing difficulties for managing partners who now have to consider the best way to...

Phenix CFO Limited - Acted as Jersey legal adviser to IXIS-CIB on the issue of €180,000,000 multi-class notes pursuant to a CFO transaction structured using a Jersey issuer.

Investors are currently involved in a fierce battle to acquire assets in Spain, but with many clients worried about failing to complete transactions, they are becoming more inclined to negotiate...

International arbitration and dispute resolution is a unique area of practice.

In 2024, our team at BakerHostetler worked with hundreds of clients on a wide range of challenging privacy and data protection compliance issues.

Law firms who provide legal services to the Commonwealth are required to report their hours of pro bono work per lawyer.

Welcome to the eighth edition of The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Merger Control.

Exactly how the international business of Spanish and Portuguese law firms will be impacted by Brexit is, as yet, unclear.