Uría Menéndez, Banking & Finance | Chambers Europe Profile

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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Project Finance - Spain

Band 2

What the Team is Known For

One of Spain's top law firms, Uría Menéndez houses a highly established banking and finance practice. The department boasts considerable expertise in distressed finance mandates, including standout mandates on the lender side of high-profile debt restructuring operations. Additionally, clients benefit from the firm's prowess in handling complex NPL portfolio sales and large acquisition finance cases. The team is regularly appointed to act for lenders on the negotiation of syndicated loans in favour of Spanish borrowers, with proven experience in real estate, hospitality and energy project finance mandates. Uría Menéndez is a top choice for a broad spectrum of clients and mandates.

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Work Highlights

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Uría Menéndez assisted Eurazeo and PSP with the EUR73.8 million financing for the acquisition of five hotels owned by FST Hotels.

Strengths

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"The firm has the capacity to create bespoke solutions. They have strategic thinking, and they deliver tailored solutions that fit specific requirements of our company."

Project Finance respondent
Europe

"They have a very strong and extensive team."

Project Finance respondent
Europe

"The firm has the capacity to create bespoke solutions. They have strategic thinking, and they deliver tailored solutions that fit specific requirements of our company."

Project Finance respondent
Europe

"They have a very strong and extensive team."

Project Finance respondent
Europe

Notable Practitioners

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Carlos de Cárdenas Smith

Band 1

Carlos de Cárdenas Smith remains one of Spain's top banking and finance practitioners and advises borrowers and lenders on financing agreements and capitalisation and restructured financing.

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Ángel Pérez López

Band 2

Head of department Ángel Pérez López handles a multitude of deals ranging from loan agreements to NPL portfolio sales. He is also sought after for his expertise in project finance mandates, especially in the real estate and energy sectors.

"Ángel Pérez López is very focused on business and covering all the risks."

"He's willing to answer any questions throughout the year."

"He has an immediate response capacity."

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Sebastián Sáenz de Santa María

Band 3

Sebastián Sáenz de Santa María continues to be recognised for his expertise in banking and finance mandates. He advises large banking syndicates on financing and restructuring transactions.

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Isabel Aguilar

Up and Coming

Co-head of the banking and finance regulation department, Isabel Aguilar is recognised for her involvement in complex mandates ranging from product launches and transaction structuring to strategic partnership agreements linked to regulatory matters.

"Isabel Aguilar is able to assist both the in-house legal and business teams and represent the interests of the client before the regulator."

"She is able to deal with all complex matters and handle any issue that may arise during the project's execution."

"She's able to explain."

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Luis Jimenez López

Up and Coming

Luis Jimenez López advises clients on construction financing mandates, where he acts for lending syndicates comprising pre-eminent domestic banks, as well as on acquisition financing agreements.

"Luis Jimenez López offers a high level of service and delivery."

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