Uría Menéndez, Spain

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With 647 lawyers (including 122 partners) and more than 98 trainees, Uría Menéndez is Spain’s leading law firm. The firm carries on an extensive domestic and international practice from its offices in Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Bilbao, Brussels, London, Lisbon, Porto, New York, Buenos Aires, Santiago de Chile, Lima, São Paulo, Mexico City and Beijing.

Uría Menéndez provides general advice and legal defense in the following areas of law: administrative; arbitration; aviation and transport; banking; civil; competition and antitrust; constitutional; construction; criminal; distribution; dealerships and concessions; energy; environmental; European Union law; food; finance; general corporate and commercial; intellectual property; infrastructure; insolvency and bankruptcy; insurance; Internet; labor; litigation; maritime; mergers and acquisitions; project finance; real estate; securities; urban planning; tax; and telecommunications.

Faithful to the tradition begun by the late Professor Uría, the firm continues to combine the day-to¬day practice of law with its scholarly study and is actively taking part in the new challenges posed by the legal practice in the evolution of the Spanish legal system. A significant number of the firm’s practitioners actively participate in academic and university life, are the authors of numerous legal publications and contribute to the evolution and dissemination of the law.

Uría Menéndez aims to distinguish itself through the quality of its legal advice and service, its capacity for innovation, its ability to assist its clients to achieve their business objectives and its honesty, decency and strict compliance with high ethical and professional standards. The aforementioned skills contribute in large measure to the firm’s success in establishing enduring relationships with its clients.

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