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Luis Acuña

Uría Menéndez

SpainCorporate / M&A, Banking & FinancePortuguese, English

About

Partner at Uría Menéndez based in Madrid who joined the firm in 1995 and became a partner in 2005. He focuses on M&A, corporate, banking and capital markets work and has led the firm's New York and São Paulo offices while advising clients on transactions into Latin America, particularly Brazil.

Practice areas

Corporate / M&ABanking & FinanceCapital MarketsCommercial

Office

Expertise

Advising credit institutions on financial instruments (preference shares, subordinated debt, convertible/exchangeable bonds)Divestment of portfolios of non-performing assetsCross-border investments into Latin America (particularly Brazil)Corporate and banking transactions

Education

  • Law Degree, Universidad Pontificia Comillas - ICADE E-3, Madrid, 1995
  • Economics Degree, Universidad Pontificia Comillas - ICADE E-3, Madrid, 1996

Admissions

  • Madrid Bar Association
  • São Paulo Bar Association (foreign legal consultant)

Languages

PortugueseEnglish