There is also a sense of well-being at SRS at the moment.

Headcount at joint-biggest firm VdA grows by more than a fifth, while Cuatrecasas reports biggest increase in lawyer numbers as ranks grow by 28 per cent

Foreign direct investment doubled between 2014 and 2016 as assets in the Portuguese finance, insurance, science and technology sectors changed hands.

After years of relying heavily on business in Lusophone Africa as the main driver of growth, lawyers in Lisbon now anticipate that the domestic Portuguese market will offer better opportunities in the immediate future.

We are very honoured to announce that Professor Mariana França Gouveia has joined PLMJ Arbitration. Mariana França Gouveia earned her law degree from the Faculty of Law of Universidade Nova de Lisboa where she is associate professor.

Law firm training programmes now include more instruction in non-legal skills due to worries that law courses are "woefully inadequate" preparation for a career in a modern law firm

Although the proportion of women partners at law firms in Iberia is on the rise, only one in six partners in Spain, for example, is a woman – given that most law graduates are women...

Employment lawyers are benefitting from a rise in M&A transactions in Iberia as well as a rise in litigation – meanwhile, the start-up sector and the ‘gig economy' are also generating opportunities

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...

With competition intensifying, and greater commoditisation of services, making compliance a profitable area of practice is, for some firms, increasingly hard work.

Often the services they offer are superior to the services offered by international firms and there is no loss of quality.

The Iberian financial sector is generating plenty of disputes, but while this may be lucrative work for lawyers in Lisbon, it is less so for those in Madrid

Law firms that defend clients in class actions are buckling under the weight of the thousands of claims they have to contend with – consequently they face the choice of turning down work due to lack of resources or bolstering their teams to meet demand

While law firms report some growth litigation, the increase in arbitration has been much more dramatic.

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Employment lawyers say they are doing less collective dismissal-related work, but does this mean the economy is recovering or are clients simply more inclined to handle employment matters in-house?

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

The banking and finance sector is generally considered to evolve at a very slow pace, but could there be a revolution on the horizon?