About

Provided by Uría Menéndez

Innovation, experience and knowledge of the market: we understand and anticipate our clients’ needs.

We offer comprehensive advice that takes a multidisciplinary approach, placing our experience across all areas of law and unparalleled working standards at the disposal of our clients. They can rely on lawyers with training in finance and business – as well as chaired university professors of commercial, civil and employment law – to address all legal and business aspects of their activity.

We tailor our teams to each transaction with lawyers from other practice areas to ensure the advice we deliver covers all aspects of M&A transactions, no matter the sector and whether they are domestic or cross-border. Our established presence in finance and industry enables us to provide the highest-quality advice on how to design, implement and execute transactions and achieve business objectives.

Knowing our clients and their businesses means we can anticipate the impact that changes in legislation and case law will have in their field and offer creative and innovative solutions to complex problems.

We invest long-term in our relations with clients and accompany them through each transaction with top-quality advice and a practical, efficient and creative approach.


Chambers Review

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Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability - Spain

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Band 1

What the Team is Known For

Uría Menéndez is an exceptional Spanish firm with a wide range of experience gained from exposure to some of the highest-profile M&A deals in the market, with expertise in carve-out operations, voluntary tender offers and corporate governance matters. The law firm has a strong reputation in key Latin American jurisdictions and coordinates multinational transactions across the continent. The department is adept at handling transactions in heavily regulated sectors including the energy, industrial and financial services industries as well as entertainment. The team draws further strength from a strong M&A team in Portugal to assist with cross-border transactions.

Work Highlights

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  • Uría Menéndez advised Global Racing on the EUR4.2 billion sale of Dorna Sports to Liberty Media.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Salvador Sánchez-Terán
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Salvador Sánchez-Terán
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Eminent Practitioners
Salvador Sánchez-Terán acts as managing partner and is a longstanding practitioner who advises on corporate transactions.
Manuel Echenique
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Manuel Echenique
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Band 1
Top-ranked Manuel Echenique advises listed and non-listed corporates on portfolio acquisitions as well as sales. He is particularly popular among banks, telecommunications companies and private equity companies.

Manuel is an excellent professional who adds great value to operations.

Christian Hoedl
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Christian Hoedl
4
Band 4
Christian Hoedl is adept at advising private equity funds on multi-jurisdictional acquisitions.
Francisco San Miguel
5
Francisco San Miguel
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Band 5

Francisco San Miguel retains his ranking due to solid market support. He advises banking and financial clients on domestic and cross-border acquisitions and corporate reorganisations.

Juan Martín Perrotto
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Juan Martín Perrotto
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Band 6

Juan Martín Perrotto is well versed in assisting clients with the formation of joint ventures and with investment transactions.

Juan is very technical, with great devotion to his clients.

Rafael Núñez-Lagos
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Rafael Núñez-Lagos
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Band 6

Rafael Núñez-Lagos assists clients with strategic contracts, as well as being active on domestic and cross-border mergers and sales.

We trust Rafael with everything. He is also technically exceptional.

Tomás José Acosta Álvarez
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Tomás José Acosta Álvarez
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Up and Coming

Tomás José Acosta Álvarez offers particular expertise in advising clients, most notably from the renewables sector, on domestic acquisitions.

Tomás is a magnificent lawyer. He truly cares and always advises me well.

Tomás Acosta is a very complete lawyer who brings depth to his analysis.

Juan Carlos Machuca
Juan Carlos Machuca
Expertise Based Abroad

Resident partner in the firm's London office, Juan Carlos Machuca advises private equity and investment funds on M&A transactions and restructuring matters in the Iberian and Latin American markets.

Ranked Lawyers at
Uría Menéndez

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Spain

Corporate/M&A

Juan Carlos Machuca
Juan Carlos Machuca
UK expertise based abroad
Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability

Salvador Sánchez-Terán
E
Salvador Sánchez-Terán
E
Eminent Practitioners
Manuel Echenique
1
Manuel Echenique
1
Band 1
Christian Hoedl
4
Christian Hoedl
4
Band 4
Francisco San Miguel
5
Francisco San Miguel
5
Band 5
Juan Martín Perrotto
6
Juan Martín Perrotto
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Band 6
Rafael Núñez-Lagos
6
Rafael Núñez-Lagos
6
Band 6
Tomás José Acosta Álvarez
U
Tomás José Acosta Álvarez
U
Up and Coming

Members

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Alex Birchman

Antonio Herrera

Eduardo Bagaría

Jaime Pereda

Juan Francisco Falcón

Juan Martín Perrotto

Pedro Ravina

Rafael Núñez-Lagos