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 130 partners, and over 500 associates in 12 offices in the most important financial centres in Europe and the Americas.

The firm’s international structure allows it 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

Contact: Carlos de Cárdenas Smith

Tel: +34 91 586 0790

Email: [email protected]

Financial:

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

Contact:Ángel Pérez López

Tel: +34 91 587 0911

Email: [email protected]

Restructuring & Insolvency:

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

Contact: Ángel Alonso Hernández

Tel: +34915860432

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

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

Contact: Antonio Guerra

Tel: +34 91 586 0466

Email: [email protected]

Intellectual Property:

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

Contact: Montiano Monteagudo

Tel: +34 93 416 5164

Email: [email protected]

Contact: Agustín González

Tel: +34 91 586 0754

Email: [email protected]

Telecommunications, Media & Entertainment:

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

Contact: Pablo González-Espejo

Tel: +34 91 586 0409

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

Contact: Jesús Remón

Tel: +34 91 586 0371

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

Contact: Fernando Azofra Vegas

Tel: +34 91 586 4564

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

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

Contact: Juan Ignacio González

Tel: +34 91 586 0381

Email: [email protected]

Employment & Pensions:

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

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

Contact: Carlos López-Quiroga

Tel: +34 91 586 0768

Email: [email protected]