Uría Menéndez, Capital Markets | Chambers Global Profile

About

Provided by Uría Menéndez

In today’s global economy, we have cemented our position as leaders in capital markets transactions, advising the main players of the Ibero-American markets – companies, financial institutions and regulatory authorities – and delivering valuable solutions while maintaining the highest standards.

We lead the pack when it comes to fixed-income and equity transactions and complex financial instruments. With our extensive experience and capacity for dialogue with the main regulatory authorities, we can provide advice of the highest calibre to issuers, selling shareholders, investment banks, private equity firms, financial advisers and offerors and companies affected by takeovers.

Among all the firms in the Iberian Peninsula, our multidisciplinary team and practice is unparalleled in its balanced representation of issuers and underwriters, winning us credibility and recognition in the market for advising:

- Issuers, bookrunners and underwriters on flotations, share offers, capital increases and accelerated bookbuild offerings, the issuing and buy-back or cancellation of all types of debt instruments (simple, convertible, high-yield and hybrid) and the registration of issuance programmes, both at a domestic and cross-border level and from or to the Iberian Peninsula - Offerors and companies affected by takeovers or M&A transactions involving a listed company
- On corporate governance and capital markets regulation

Chambers Review

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Capital Markets: Debt - Spain

Band 3

What the Team is Known For

Uría Menéndez is widely considered a powerhouse in the Spanish capital markets world, with undisputed expertise in equity transactions ranging from IPOs and large capital increases to share buy-back programmes and voluntary tender offerings. The ECM team predominantly acts for Spanish issuers, including corporate clients and real estate investment trusts. Furthermore, the law firm is well equipped to handle DCM mandates, including green and hybrid bonds as well as note issuances and commercial paper programmes, often acting for Spanish banks. Increasingly, the firm is present on securities transactions including rate-guaranteed and convertible instruments. Headquartered in Madrid, Uría Menéndez frequently collaborates with UK and US firms on matters that have a key foreign law component.

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Work Highlights

Uría Menéndez represented Banco Sabadell as the target of BBVA's voluntary tender offer over its entire share capital. The matter was quoted at EUR12.2 billion.

Strengths

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The team at Uría Menéndez are extremely technical, super smart, solutions-oriented and very easy to deal with. They always anticipate issues and provide commercial solutions.