Short notes and studies on the matters that bear on business in Portugal — disputes, insolvency and restructuring, M&A and investment, international contracts and compliance. Written with the rigour our Portuguese and international colleagues expect, and the brevity their time demands.
Directive (EU) 2026/1021 strengthens European harmonisation in the fight against corruption and anticipates new requirements for companies, management bodies and compliance officers. Directive (EU) 2026/1021 of the European Parliament and [...]
→The European Union has taken a further step in strengthening the fight against corruption, with a direct impact on how companies and organisations should approach their compliance programmes. The recent [...]
→1. Introduction The application of competition law to labour markets can no longer be regarded as a peripheral issue. For a long period, competition-law analysis was predominantly built around sales [...]
→Subtitle: Between the protection of the commercial agent, Directive 86/653/EEC, the Rome I Regulation and the Ingmar/Unamar case law Suggested SEO title: Choice of law in international commercial agency agreements [...]
→Imagine an international transaction between a supplier and a buyer from different countries. Through fraudulent interference by third parties — a BEC fraud — the buyer is induced to [...]
→1. Entering the Portuguese market through commercial representatives The appointment of a commercial representative in Portugal is often the first step for a foreign company seeking to test or develop [...]
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