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Uría Menéndez

Insurance

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Our multidisciplinary capabilities, extensive experience and in-depth knowledge of the insurance industry enable us to support clients faced with a complex regulatory framework, challenging market conditions and digitalisation programmes, and major changes to distribution channels. We tackle the legal and business issues that can arise when designing and executing corporate and financing transactions, along with regulatory and commercial strategy issues to reinforce market share, capital position and commercial performance.

Our team is made up of expert lawyers who handle all legal aspects of insurance and reinsurance in litigation and commercial, tax, employment, data protection, administrative and competition law.

Our profound understanding of the sector and litigation capabilities enable us to advise policyholders, insurers, and insurance and reinsurance companies in all types of pre-litigious proceedings and litigation.

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Insurance - Spain

Band 1

What the Team is Known For

The legal team at Uría Menéndez leverages strong ties to the banking sector to attract instructions on significant bancassurance and M&A mandates. It advises on the restructuring of multinational insurance groups, including cross-border mergers involving a number of European jurisdictions. Its lawyers are experienced in advising on the formation and dissolution of joint ventures. The law firm also acts on terminations of agreements between insurance alliances as well as major acquisitions. The team also acts for claimants against insurers in civil liability proceedings.

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Work Highlights

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  • Uría Menéndez advised Helvetia Schweizerische Versicherungsgesellschaft on the tripartite merger-by-absorption of Helvetia Seguros and Helvetia Holding Suizo by CASER, a transaction with a combined value of over EUR1.8 billion.

Strengths

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  • The firm takes a very structured and proactive approach, and provides highly competent, customer-centric advice.

    Insurance respondentEurope

  • Uría Menéndez brings extensive knowledge of the subject matter and high-quality advice to both the procedures and the documents generated.

    Insurance respondentEurope

  • Uría is recognised as an undisputed leader, with a reputation that transcends borders. It is an expert at closing complex deals with surgical precision, achieving terms others consider impossible.

    Insurance respondentEurope

  • The firm stands out for its rigour, commitment, professionalism, excellent business knowledge, capacity for innovation and the agile resolution of complex issues.

    Insurance respondentEurope

  • Uría Menéndez has extensive technical knowledge and experience in all aspects of a deal. It also has excellent delivery capabilities and very effective management of diverse stakeholders.

    Insurance respondentEurope

Notable Practitioners

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  • Guillermo San Pedro
    Guillermo San Pedro

    Guillermo San Pedro

    Guillermo San Pedro is highly esteemed for his expertise in complex domestic and cross-border M&A, bancassurance mandates and restructuring processes. He has extensive experience in the insurance sector and frequently assists prominent Spanish banks and insurers.

    • Guillermo San Pedro led the project flawlessly. He personally embodies and champions all the qualities that make the firm stand out in our relationship, including extensive technical knowledge.

      Insurance respondentEurope

    • He is very professional, an excellent lawyer and very proactive.

      Insurance respondentEurope

    • Guillermo is an excellent professional, with a very high level of regulatory knowledge and a highly commendable ability to adapt to the client's needs.

      Insurance respondentEurope

    • Guillermo is unbeatable as a lawyer.

      Insurance respondentEurope
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  • Jaime del Fraile
    Jaime del Fraile

    Jaime del Fraile

    Counsel Jaime del Fraile is well regarded for assisting with domestic and cross-border M&A, corporate restructuring and insurance product distribution agreements. He is involved in significant bancassurance mandates with prominent Spanish banks.

    • Jaime del Fraile is very professional and a very good lawyer.

      Insurance respondentEurope

    • Jaime is very responsive and provided great execution.

      Insurance respondentEurope
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