Practice Areas

Key areas of expertise:

• Insurance
• Reinsurance
• Commercial law
• Shipping
• International trade

Examples of our work include:

Non-contentious

• M&A advice for international media group LAGARDERE, rail
  engineer TAFESA, CISCO SYSTEMS FINANCE INTERNATIONAL,
  US pharmaceutical enterprise GILEAD SCIENCES, logistics group
  GEODIS and KING’S GROUP
• Providing legal advice to Group PORTUGAL TELECOM, S.A.
  
• Advising DUAL IBÉRICA Riesgos Profesionales, S.A. as the
  Portuguese Legal Bar’s Insurance Company
• Setting up the Portuguese Legal structure for OTERIN Portugal
• Advising the Building Group of Companies SOUSA PEDRO SGPS, S.A.
• Providing legal advice to WINTHERTUR – London
• Drafting building contracts for BOUYGUES International
• Advising GLOBAL MARINE on a maintenance contract concerning
  communication cables

Contentious

• Advising American reinsurers in respect of numerous court actions arising from the Aznalcollar ecological disaster
• Providing CAR advice to the French insurers of an entertainment park in Southeast Spain
• General counsel for a number of London based insurers and Lloyd's syndicates
• Advising British insurers in respect of marine and non-marine cargo claims
• Defending Japanese Fire All Risks insurers in relation to the biggest industrial fire in the Madrid area in 2005
• Monitoring proceedings in Portugal for the professional liability insurers of the Portuguese Bar
• Acting for London reinsurers in relation to Financial Institutions and D&O claims
• Advising American company TENNANT N.V. in respect of
  numerous Court actions
• Advising Group Banco Espírito Santo, S.A. in respect of several
  Court procedures concerning debt collections

Other commercial work

• Debt management advice to Spanish broadcasting corporation TVE
• Acting for shareholders in the bankruptcy proceedings of major Spanish retailer Galerías Preciados
• Acting for the shipping group Boluda in the bankruptcy proceedings of Navicon
• Defending the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) on various liability claims
• Providing legal assistance in Administrative Law to the Madeira
  based Building Group GRUPO VASCONCELOS
• Advising Medical Professionals SAS on tax matters