Uría Menéndez

Senior Partner: Jesús Remón

Managing Partner: Salvador Sánchez-Terán

Number of partners: 133

Number of lawyers: 572

Languages: Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish

Firm Overview:

Uría Menéndez is one of the most prestigious independent law firms in the Iberian market. Founded in the 1940s, it comprises 133 partners, and over 400 associates in 12 offices in the most important financial centres in Europe and the Americas.

The firm’s international structure allows them to provide Spanish, Portuguese and EU legal advice to clients on their investments in the Iberian Peninsula and abroad.

The firm focuses on banking and capital markets, company and commercial, environment, litigation and arbitration, infrastructures, project finance, private equity, telecommunications, EU and competition, intellectual property, labour, tax, maritime, transport, logistics and real estate.

Main Areas of Practice:

Corporate & Commercial:

■ Covers all areas of corporate and commercial law, including M&A, commercial contracts, energy and utilities and food and beverages

Key Contact: Carlos de Cárdenas

Tel: +34 91 586 07 90

Email: [email protected]

Financial:

■ Handles all matters relating to banking, corporate finance insurance, investment funds, project finance, securities and securitisation

Key Contact: Ángel Pérez López

Tel: +34 91 587 09 11

Email: [email protected]

Restructuring & Insolvency:

■ Active role in complex debt restructuring and refinancing transactions, advising both borrowers and lenders

Key Contact: Ángel Alonso Hernández

Tel: +34 91 586 07 57

Email: [email protected]

Tax:

■ Covers advice on all areas of tax law, focusing on: M&A, financial products and capital markets, international tax planning, real estate, project finance, insurance and pension funds, family businesses and high net worth individuals and tax investigation and disputes, including criminal-tax issues

Key Contact: Víctor Viana Barral

Tel: +34915864556

Email: [email protected]

Competition & EU:

■ The firm is experienced in all areas of competition law, ranging from preventive advice to representing and defending clients in administrative sanction proceedings, appeals and claims before Spanish, Portuguese and EU bodies

Key Contact: Antonio Guerra Fernández

Tel: +34 91 586 04 66

Email: [email protected]

Intellectual Property:

■ Covers all aspects of industrial and intellectual property issues, trademarks, patents, copyright, data protection, pharmaceuticals, etc.

Key Contact: Carles Vendrell

Tel: +34 91 586 45 79

Email: [email protected]

Telecommunications, Media & Entertainment:

■ The firm has a vast experience in dealing with ecommerce, information technology, media and entertainment, sports and leisure, telecommunications and advertising

Key Contact: Pablo González-Espejo

Tel: +34 91 586 04 09

Email: [email protected]

Litigation & Arbitration:

■ Covers civil and commercial proceedings, local and international arbitration, administrative and constitutional law, contentious-administrative proceedings, tax and criminal law

Key Contact: Jesús Remón

Tel: +34 91 586 03 71

Email: [email protected]

Key Contact: Gabriel Bottini

Tel: +34 91 587 08 31

Email: [email protected]

Key Contact: Javier García Sanz

Tel: +34 91 586 06 92

Email: [email protected]

Real Estate/Urban Planning:

■ Provides advice covering all aspects of real estate, including sale, leasing and purchase of land, project management, investment and financing and urban planning

Key Contact: Fernando Azofra Vegas

Tel: +34 91 586 45 64

Email: [email protected]

Environment:

■ Advises companies and public entities on all types of environmental issues assisting clients at every phase of sanction proceedings deriving from alleged infringements of environmental regulations

Key Contact: Juan Antonio Loste Madoz

Tel: +34934165121

Email: [email protected]

Energy:

■ Provides comprehensive advice on every aspect of the energy sector, from regulatory and contractual issues to financing and acquisitions

Key Contact: Juan Ignacio González

Tel: +34 91 586 03 81

Email: [email protected]

Employment & Pensions:

■ Advises on a wide range of issues including contracting, collective negotiation, corporate restructuring, litigation and pension fund management

Key Contact: Mario Barros García

Tel: +34 91 586 45 54

Email: [email protected]

Maritime & Transport:

■ Provides advice on administrative and regulatory proceedings, finance and insurance to companies in the maritime and transport industries

Key Contact: Carlos López-Quiroga

Tel: +34 91 586 07 68

Email: [email protected]