Company lawyers in Portugal and Spain are increasingly working within pan-Iberian teams. Victor Tuborg reports on a legal community coming of age
As with neighbours everywhere, the warmth of feelings between Spain and Portugal has ebbed and flowed. Despite sharing one of Europe’s longest borders, the economic, political and social integration of the two countries has been limited for much of their history. The two Iberian neighbours have been separate states since Portuguese independence was finally established through the Treaty of Lisbon in 1668. Since then they have coexisted, but Spain traditionally looked to France economically, while Portugal looked to the UK.
