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Fernando Azofra

Uría Menéndez

SpainReal Estate, Banking & FinanceEnglish, Portuguese

About

Partner in the Madrid office of Uría Menéndez; admitted to the Madrid Bar in 1992 and joined the firm in 1993, and he set up and headed the firm's Lisbon office from 1998 to 2001. He advises domestic and foreign companies on real estate and banking matters—including asset finance, mortgage-backed, project and structured financings—and has assisted in corporate and real estate deals with aggregate consideration of over EUR 38 billion (including financings over EUR 15.3 billion).

Practice areas

Real EstateBanking & FinanceInsolvency & Financial DistressAsset FinanceMergers & AcquisitionsProject FinanceStructured FinanceMortgage-Backed Finance

Office

Expertise

Property investments and divestmentsReal estate financingMortgage-backed financingsStructured financingsAsset financeReal estate M&ACross-border real estate transactions

Education

  • Law Degree (with Honours), Universidad Pontificia Comillas (ICADE), 1992
  • Business Administration Degree, Universidad Pontificia Comillas (ICADE), 1993
  • Ph.D. in Law, summa cum laude, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 2014
  • Special prize to the best doctorate student, 2015

Admissions

  • Admitted to the Madrid Bar, 1992

Languages

EnglishPortuguese