Paulo Olavo Cunha, partner, and Cristina Melo Miranda, associate, write an article dedicated to the implementation of the Directive (EU) 2017/828 relatively the long-term Shareholder Engagement Directive (SHRD II) in Portugal for the May edition of the Legal Business Magazine.

In this article, whose main focus are the implications of this directive on the governance of listed companies in Portugal, the lawyers explain that, “The SHRD II requires EU member states to put in place, until 10 June 2019, certain mechanisms with a view to, among other things, increase the engagement of shareholders with trading companies listed in the member states.” And that in Portugal, “the transposition of SHRD II is still underway”.

Read the article here.