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Bakers secures Spanish coup with hire of former Garrigues head
Baker & McKenzie has bolstered its Spanish practice with the hire of former Garrigues managing partner Jose Maria Alonso Puig, reports The Am Law Daily. Senior arbitrator Alonso, who spent nine years as managing partner of the 2,000-lawyer Spanish ...
08 Feb 2012 | 00:00
Nabarro signs up new Spanish firm for international alliance
Nabarro's international alliance has added a new Spanish firm with the addition of Roca Junyent, the country's fifth-largest independent law firm. The alliance, which also includes France's August & Debouzy, Germany's GSK Stockmann + Kollegen and I...
23 Jan 2012 | 11:21
European Law Firm of the Year: Garrigues
Garrigues is the largest law firm in mainland Europe and demonstrates the ambition and the capability to remain a market-leading firm in its home territory in Iberia while continuing to build a formidable international network. In China, Garrigues ...
08 Dec 2011 | 00:00 | 
European Legal Team of the Year: Abreu Advogados
The judging panel for the British Legal Awards is always impressed by projects and deals that deliver tangible end results. Portuguese firm Abreu Advogados secured the European Legal Team of the Year Award for its work advising on the establishment of...
08 Dec 2011 | 00:00 |
Gomez-Acebo & Pombo mourns passing of founding partner Fernando Pombo
Gomez-Acebo & Pombo founding partner Fernando Pombo has died at the age 68 in Madrid today (4 November). The news comes just eight months after the Iberian firm's fellow co-founder Ignacio Gomez-Acebo passed away in March this year.
04 Nov 2011 | 13:19 |
Garrigues overhauls equity ranks and announces 2010-11 financials
Garrigues has completed an overhaul of its partnership structure as the firm reports a marginal increase in revenues for the 2010-11 financial year. The results, which were announced at a partner meeting on Tuesday (25 October), have seen the leadi...
27 Oct 2011 | 15:41 |
CMS expands European reach with addition of Portuguese firm
The CMS law firm network is set to expand into Portugal with the addition of Rui Pena Arnaut & Associados (RPA). The move, which was approved by the network's executive committee on Friday (21 October), will see RPA rebrand as CMS Rui Pena & Arnaut...
24 Oct 2011 | 15:09 |
Salans signs up Linklaters partner for Madrid real estate team
Salans has recruited a Linklaters partner in Madrid in a boost for the firm's local real estate group. Jesus Varela joined Salans' Madrid office today (17 October) as a partner in the firm's banking and finance and reorganisation, restructuring and...
17 Oct 2011 | 15:45 |
CC signs up Garrigues project finance chief
Clifford Chance (CC) has added to its Spanish banking practice with the hire of Garrigues' project finance head Jose Guardo. Guardo, who is known both for his work in the banking and M&A sectors, joined CC's Madrid banking and finance practice toda...
05 Sep 2011 | 13:04 |
SNR Denton alliance firm partner appointed as Minister of Justice for Portugal
A partner at SNR Denton associate firm F Castelo Branco & Associados (FCB&A) has been appointed as Portugal's new Minister of Justice. Paula Teixeira da Cruz has taken up the position following a June election in which Pedro Passos Coelho became th...
03 Aug 2011 | 15:48 |
Uria, Linklaters and Davis Polk advise on €3bn Spanish bank IPO
Uria Menendez has taken the lead role for Spanish banking conglomerate Bankia on its €3bn (£2.6bn) initial public offering (IPO). The IPO, reportedly Spain's third-largest of all time, saw 824 million new shares made available at €3.75 per sha...
01 Aug 2011 | 13:30 |
Iberia
Optimistic lawyers in Portugal's depressed market post-bailout; and the Spanish courts' controversial decisions regarding interest rate swaps
07 Jul 2011 | 00:00 |
DLA adds restructuring partner trio with New York and Madrid hires
DLA Piper has added three partners to its restructuring teams in the US and in Spain with a Skadden hire in New York and a 13-strong team in Madrid. Roca Junyent restructuring partners Javier Diaz-Galvez and Luis Martin joined DLA's Madrid office t...
16 May 2011 | 16:20 |
Noerr recruits Hogan Lovells IP duo for Alicante office launch
Germany's Noerr is set to launch an office in Alicante with a double hire from Hogan Lovells. The office, which will open in the middle of this year, will focus on intellectual property (IP) litigation, strategic trademark management and the manage...
18 Apr 2011 | 15:28 |
Gomez-Acebo mourns deaths of founding partner and real estate head
Gomez-Acebo & Pombo is mourning the loss of two partners, including one of the firm's founders. Co-founder and honorary president Ignacio Gomez-Acebo Duque de Estrada passed away last Sunday at the age of 79. He founded the firm in 1971 alongside F...
29 Mar 2011 | 13:55 |
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