Strong pipeline of Iberian deals for 2020 underpins cautious optimism for M&A

From a political point of view, stability in Portugal should continue to be the hallmark for 2020, Duarte Schmidt Lino, partner and co-head of the corporate M&A practice at PLMJ, said.

The global economic environment in 2020 is likely to be shadowed by uncertainty due to the lacklustre behaviour of the eurozone, particularly of the German economy, to the effects of Brexit, as well as to the trade dispute between the US and China, Schmidt Lino said.

From a political point of view, stability in Portugal should continue to be the hallmark for 2020, Duarte Schmidt Lino, partner and co-head of the corporate M&A practice at top-ranking Portuguese law firm PLMJ, said. The global economic environment in 2020 is likely to be shadowed by uncertainty due to the lacklustre behaviour of the eurozone, particularly of the German economy, to the effects of Brexit, as well as to the trade dispute between the US and China, Schmidt Lino said.

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