Biggest Spanish law firm by revenue has announced it will use robots to speed up analysis of legal documentation, while Uría Menéndez confirms it is evaluating the use of AI for speeding up processes

By virtue of the principle "<I>prior in tempore, potior in iure"</I>, our jurisdiction giver preference over and ranks rights registered in the Land Registry ahead of any incompatible or prejudicial act, whether unfiled or filed afterwards with the Land Registry (Supreme Court judgment of 26 January 2000, among others).

The financial crisis dealt a severe blow to many firms but also presented an opportunity for strategic renewal.

This article is the third and final part of a joint blog series written by our colleague Rainald Vobbe alongside María Teresa Deltell, and Carlos Gómez Barrero from Garrigues in Spain. For background and context, see Part 1 of this series and the discussion in Part 2 on Work Supplies under German VAT Law.

On January 12, 2011 the European Commission adopted a State aid Decision through which it resolved the last outstanding issue in the State aid case C45/2007 brought against Spain on October 10, 2007 in relation to Article 12.5 of the Spanish Company Tax Law (‘the TRLIS’).

Growth of 7.7% at the French outfit Fidal means it replaces Spain´s largest firm as Europe´s number one

Announcement of Cuatrecasas' results confirms Spain's major firms are growing again due to foreign investor interest in the country's energy, real estate and telecoms sectors.

Private equity funds, sovereign funds and infrastructure funds fight for assets in Spain's finance, insurance, telecoms and real estate sectors

Uría Menendez remains top Spanish brand, while EY and PwC's profiles are growing – meanwhile, VdA is now the leading brand in Portugal

Insolvency Law can hardly reconcile business preservation and creditors satisfaction, so it usually sacrifices one or the other principle being therefore qualified as more or less debtor friendly.

For our final post on this topic of the top 100 European independent firms, our first stop is the Iberian peninsula.

In spite of the M&A downturn both globally and in the healthcare industry in particular, 2008 saw a twofold increase in the volume of deals involving biotech firms.

Chilean firm Carey has helped Israeli electricity generation company IC Power obtain a loan from Santander.

It's unusual for a CORFO-backed venture capital fund to invest in a foreign company.

PLMJ – Law Firm is pleased to announce the arrival of Bruno Ferreira at its Lisbon office.

New ranking of law firm brands in Iberia reveals that Uría Menéndez and PLMJ are the top brands in Spain and Portugal respectively.

Survey of in-house lawyers at leading Iberian companies also shows that Cuatrecasas has strengthened its brand in both Spain and Portugal.

PLMJ's Italian Desk has once again been shortlisted for the TopLegal awards, which are now in their ninth edition.

While law firms in Spain that successfully navigated the crisis may be breathing a huge sigh of relief, they face a new set of challenges.

Arbitration is a widely used method of resolving commercial and investment disputes globally, valued for its neutrality, confidentiality, and procedural flexibility.