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: The Elite - Portugal

2
Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Uría Menéndez assists clients with transactions across a range of key sectors such as energy, real estate, infrastructure, telecommunications, further advising prominent international investors. It combines cross-practice expertise to provide comprehensive advice on a variety of corporate matters including M&A and joint ventures, offering additional support on corporate restructuring matters. The law firm remains a strong choice for multi-jurisdictional deals owing to its wide network of offices and alliances throughout Europe and Latin America.

Work Highlights

Provided by Uría Menéndez

  • Uría Menéndez assisted KKR with its share capital acquisition of Greenvolt.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Catarina Tavares Loureiro
3
Catarina Tavares Loureiro
3
Band 3
Catarina Tavares Loureiro is an expert at handling various corporate deals. She regularly assists clients with share acquisitions, with proven experience in demergers of prominent groups.

She is very approachable and firm when necessary. She is highly knowledgeable and reactive. Her personality, technical knowledge and competence stand out.

Catarina Tavares Loureiro has excellent work capacity and skills.

Francisco Brito e Abreu
3
Francisco Brito e Abreu
3
Band 3

Francisco Brito e Abreu is often seen advising clients on investments in the agrobusiness sector. He also assists with multi-jurisdictional business sales in a variety of other sectors, including industrial.

Francisco Brito e Abreu is an efficient, clear and sharp lawyer.

He understands issues quickly, is reactive, technical and easy to speak with.

Antonio Villacampa Serrano
4
Antonio Villacampa Serrano
4
Band 4
Antonio Villacampa Serrano is dual-qualified in Spain and Portugal and is well placed to advise on cross-border transactions and add-on acquisitions.

Ranked Lawyers at
Uría Menéndez

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Portugal

Corporate/M&A

Antonio Villacampa Serrano
F
Antonio Villacampa Serrano
F
Foreign expert for Spain
Corporate/M&A: The Elite

Catarina Tavares Loureiro
3
Catarina Tavares Loureiro
3
Band 3
Francisco Brito e Abreu
3
Francisco Brito e Abreu
3
Band 3
Antonio Villacampa Serrano
4
Antonio Villacampa Serrano
4
Band 4

Members

Provided by Uría Menéndez

Duarte Garin

Head of Department

Joana Torres Ereio

Miguel Stokes