M&A false starts

• Localización: The Lawyer, ISSN-e 0953-7902, Vol. 30, Nº. 37 (11/2/2015), 2015
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Special report Portugal Portugal's lawyers have been busy this year on a number of big deals, but not all have succeeded. Why? Q How have the high-profile and complex deals in the Portuguese market in the past year affected your outlook and strategy? Antonio Villacampa Serrano, partner, Urla Menendez: Our strategy and outlook have not changed as such. We continue to have and create balanced teams made up of young lawyers, most of whom started off as trainees in the firm, working hand-in-hand with experienced partners.

    Our departments have seen balanced levels of growth in the past year due to the increasing number of M&A and finance transactions, as well as litigation and tax matters. We have been involved in some of the most significant deals of the year and are confident in our ability to grow sustainably.

    Diogo Leonidas Rocha, partner, Garrigues: Those deals involved several parties including bidders, sellers, the government and financial advisers. We have been involved in almost all of them. The opportunities are a result of events related to the bailout programme, banking capital adequacy improvement requirements and the collapse of Banco Espirito Santo