Uría Menéndez

Portugal, Spain135 lawyers2 offices

About

Uría Menéndez is an independent Iberian law firm founded in the 1940s, comprising more than 130 partners and over 400 associates across 12 offices in Europe and the Americas. The firm advises on Spanish, Portuguese and EU law and focuses on areas including banking and finance, capital markets, corporate and commercial matters, litigation and arbitration, project finance and related corporate practice areas.

Practice areas

Banking and FinanceCapital MarketsCorporate and CommercialLitigation and ArbitrationProject FinancePrivate EquityEU Law and CompetitionIntellectual PropertyEmployment and LabourTaxReal EstateInfrastructure

Offices

Spain

Barcelona, Bilbao, Madrid, Valencia

106 lawyers

Portugal

Lisbon, Oporto

29 lawyers

Lawyers at this firm

Adriano Squilacce

Partner · Litigation

Afonso Choon

Counsel · Public Law

Agustín Capilla Casco

Litigation

Alexandre Mota Pinto

Partner · Litigation

Alexandre Pedral Sampaio

Counsel · Real Estate

Alfonso Gutiérrez Hernández

Competition

Alfonso Ventoso

Corporate / M&A

Ana Alós

Employment

André Pestana Nascimento

Partner · Employment

Angel Alonso Hernández

Insolvency

Antonio Guerra

Competition

Antonio Gómez Cid

Real Estate

Antonio Villacampa

Partner · Corporate / M&A

António Castro Caldas

Partner · Tax

Beatriz Cocina

Healthcare & Life Sciences

Bernardo Diniz de Ayala

Partner · Public Law

Borja Sainz de Aja

Intellectual Property

Carles Vendrell

Litigation

Carlos Costa Andrade

Partner · Capital Markets

Carlos López-Quiroga

Shipping & Maritime

Carlos Paredes

Corporate / M&A

Carlos de Cárdenas Smith

Corporate / M&A

Carolina Albuerne

Banking & Finance

Catarina Tavares Loureiro

Partner · Corporate / M&A

Christian Hoedl

Private Equity

Cristian Gual Grau

Litigation

Cristina Areces

Competition / Antitrust

Cándido Paz-Ares

Corporate / M&A

Darya Budova

International Trade

David López

Tax

David Sequeira Dinis

Partner · Litigation

David Vilches

Tax

Diego Armero

Real Estate

Diego Pérez

Banking & Finance

Eduardo Bagaría

Corporate / M&A

Eduardo Geli Fernández-Peñaflor

duardo Geli joined Uría Menendez in 1988 and has been a partner of the firm since 1998. In 2000 he was appointed head partner of the firm’s New York office and he returned to Barcelona to coordinate the Corporate Practice Area. His practice is focused on M&A, banking and finance, securities and corporate law, and has included advising: on mergers and acquisitions (of both private and listed corporations) and joint ventures; private equity funds, sellers and management in private equity transactions; listed and non-listed companies on corporate governance matters; on regulatory aspects of acquisitions in regulated sectors; shareholding and financial restructurings, including pre-insolvency; companies and banks on structured finance transactions, project finance, refinancing and issuers of debt and hybrid instruments; and contractors and financial institutions on significant bids for public works projects. · Corporate / M&A

Eduardo Rodríguez-Rovira

Insolvency & Restructuring

Enrique Nieto

Capital Markets

Enrique Rodríguez Celada

White-Collar Crime

Eva Ferrada

Corporate / M&A

Fernando Aguilar de Carvalho

Partner · Litigation

Fernando Azofra

Real Estate

Filipe Romão

Partner · Tax

Francisco Brito e Abreu

Partner · Corporate / M&A

Francisco Javier García

Intellectual Property

Francisco San Miguel

Corporate / M&A

Gabriel Bottini

International Arbitration

Gabriel Núñez Fernández

Capital Markets

Gloria Marin

Tax

Gonçalo Andrade Sousa

Managing Associate · Public Law

Gonçalo Reino Pires

Partner · Real Estate

Guillermo Canalejo

Tax

Guillermo San Pedro

Insurance & Reinsurance

Heidi López Castro

Heidi López is a partner in the International Arbitration and Litigation Department of Uría Menéndez. She joined the firm in 2007 and from March to September 2012 she was seconded to the Paris office of Bredin Prat. Heidi has participated in more than seventy international commercial and investment arbitration proceedings with seats in multiple jurisdictions, both ad hoc and under the rules of various international arbitration institutions such as the ICC, LCIA, ICSID and CAM. Heidi also acts as arbitrators in cases administered by national and international arbitration courts. She handles cases under the legislation of several countries, of both civil law and common law, in Spanish, English and French. Heidi has notable experience in complex dispute across a number of sectors, with particular focus in energy, construction and corporate disputes. Heidi is also a pro bono counsel for an international cooperation foundation. · International Arbitration