Uría Menéndez, Real Estate | Chambers Europe Profile

About

Provided by Uría Menéndez

We provide legal advice and transactional support to the main players in the real estate sector, delivering solutions that align with their business objectives and encompass the design, implementation and execution of their projects.

Our in-depth understanding of our clients’ activities and objectives, excellent knowledge of the law and the market, creativity and capacity to organise multidisciplinary teams enable us to offer alternative solutions for real estate and planning transactions.

We work with the main players in the real estate market (investment funds, asset managers and local partners, real estate investment trusts and owners of all types of assets, real estate developers and banks) to design and implement their projects:

- Sale, purchase and assignment of credit and property portfolios.
- Sale and purchase via asset deals and share deals and leasing of all types of trophy assets (residential, commercial, hotels, industrial, logistical, offices and land).
- Real estate financing.
- Development, construction and turnkey contracts.
- Joint ventures to develop real estate projects.
- Distressed real estate.

Chambers Review

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Real Estate - Spain

Band 1

What the Team is Known For

Uría Menéndez's stellar team is consistently instructed on top-level mandates by an impressive list of investment funds and developers. The firm assists with the creation of joint ventures between Spanish developers and international real estate asset managers. It advises on the acquisition or disposal of diverse real estate assets, including logistics warehouses and industrial sites. The firm benefits from strong planning and tax capabilities, which are often called upon to support the acquisition of sites under development. It acts for developers on agreements for the forward funding of residential or mixed-use developments.

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Work Highlights

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Uría Menéndez assisted Corpedificacions with the sale of BCN Housing Place for the development of a build-to-rent portfolio in Barcelona.

Strengths

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It is one of the best firms in the Spanish market.

Real Estate respondent
Europe

Uría provides total availability to the customer.

Real Estate respondent
Europe

Uría Menéndez has a strong team with a deep bench and very strong local relationships.

Real Estate respondent
Europe

Uría offers a great service and high responsiveness.

Real Estate respondent
Europe

It is one of the best firms in the Spanish market.

Real Estate respondent
Europe

Uría provides total availability to the customer.

Real Estate respondent
Europe

Uría Menéndez has a strong team with a deep bench and very strong local relationships.

Real Estate respondent
Europe

Uría offers a great service and high responsiveness.

Real Estate respondent
Europe

Notable Practitioners

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Diego Armero

Band 1

Diego Armero co-heads the department and has experience in real estate asset deals and in a wider range of corporate mandates that facilitate the structuring of real estate investments. Among his mandates there are establishments of joint ventures and acquisition of assets in the logistics and hospitality sectors.

Diego has connections in the market and has seen it all.

He is an excellent professional that is very supportive of his client's interests.

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Fernando Azofra

Band 1

Fernando Azofra advises leading Spanish developers in relation to build-to-rent projects. He also has proven real estate finance expertise, acting for lenders on the financing of new developments.

Fernando has very robust technical knowledge.

He is an excellent expert.

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Juan Antonio Pérez Rivarés

Band 6

Juan Antonio Pérez Rivarés has experience in advising real estate joint ventures as well as the launch of new real estate funds.

Each time you need something, you get an answer. You can rely on Juan Antonio.

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Rafael Jiménez

Band 6

Rafael Jiménez acts on the firm's highlight deals, especially in sales and acquisitions in the hospitality sector. He is also well placed to advise on hotel management agreements.

Rafael is a reliable lawyer, technical and very practical in negotiations. He provides a very good service, is always available and understands our business well.

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