About

Provided by Uría Menéndez

Our team’s experience in business, international finance and banking regulation provides us with a holistic view of our clients’ interests and enables us to deliver pioneering solutions and advise on the full spectrum of financial products and transactions.

Our clients trust us to handle the transactions that are currently shaping the Ibero-American financial markets. We have extensive experience advising on Spanish and Portuguese law, as well as English law through the Financing Hub, a bilateral group created in collaboration with Slaughter and May. Our strong international focus is reinforced by our presence in all the main financial centres (London, New York and Brussels) and in Latin America through PPU’s offices in Chile, Colombia and Peru.

We work with borrowers and lenders (or buyers and sellers in the case of NPAs) to find truly balanced solutions and support the market’s main players (banks, funds, real estate investment trusts, listed companies, large corporate groups, infrastructure and energy funds and asset-management platforms) in all types of financing:

- Corporate finance

- Acquisition finance

- Project finance

- Real estate finance

- Asset finance

- Refinancing and debt restructuring

- Sale and purchase of NPAs

- Direct lending

- Securitisation

Chambers Review

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Banking & Finance - Portugal

3
Band 3

What the Team is Known For

Uría Menéndez is admired for its expertise in the banking and finance arena. It has acted on the buy side of several high-value NPL transactions and acquisitions of loan servicing platforms. It advises on the negotiation of credit facilities in support of residential developments. Uría Menéndez is also well placed to advise on diverse matters that entail interaction with the Portuguese financial services regulator, including the establishment of new payment services companies in Portugal.

Work Highlights

Provided by Uría Menéndez

  • Uría Menéndez advised Tikehau Capital on the refinancing of a large residential portfolio.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Miguel Rodrigues Leal
4
Band 4

Miguel Rodrigues Leal is able to assist with refinancings and project finance mandates as well as NPL-related matters. He also has experience with the restructuring of real estate and corporate financing.

Miguel Rodrigues Leal has very good drafting skills.

Miguel Rodrigues Leal is great at understanding his client's goals and needs.

José António Reymão Nogueira
Associates to watch

José António Reymão Nogueira has experience in real estate refinancing matters and also in corporate finance structures. He is also engaged in the sale of NPLs.

He is a promising lawyer who focuses on real estate finance and has great knowledge.

Ranked Lawyers at
Uría Menéndez

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Portugal

Banking & Finance

4
Miguel Rodrigues Leal
4
Band 4
José António Reymão Nogueira
Associates to watch