Uría Menéndez started operating in the City in the early nineties and established a permanent base in 1992. Since then the Uría Menéndez London office provides comprehensive legal advice on Spanish law to a wide variety of clients based throughout the United Kingdom, as well as in another jurisdictions. It is also a link between our extensive network of offices worldwide. Moreover, our lawyers maintain close relationships with other European and American law firms which also have a presence in London.

The decision to open the office was perceived at the time as a necessary step to stablish a presence in one of the most active and exciting legal markets in the world. Today, with the benefit of hindsight, the decision has certainly proved to be the right one. Particularly, with the ever-growing influence of London as the world’s financial capital, we have benefited from the city’s capacity to innovate, generate trends and launch new products into the market.

The Uría Menéndez practice in London has traditionally being focused on capital markets, private equity and mergers and acquisitions for crossborder transactions. However, it is not restricted to these areas. It often advises, with the support of its other offices when necessary, on a broad range of matters. Moreover, in the last two years, Uría Menéndez’s London office has extended its local practice to shipping, logistics and transport related matters by permanently assigning to the office a representative from the Shipping, Transport and Logistics practice group in Spain. It also regularly receives Portuguese lawyers on secondment from our offices in Portugal. Therefore, advice on Portuguese law is also provided.

Clients of the Uría Menéndez London office include major commercial and investment banks, private equity funds, hedge funds, companies and world-class UK and international companies.