Víctor Viana is a lawyer of the Tax Practice Groupof Uría Menéndez’s Madrid office. He joined the firm in 2000 and became a partner in 2008.

Víctor specialises in corporate tax law and regularly advises on mergers and acquisitions transactions, corporate restructuring transactions, real estate transactions and tax proceedings. During the course of his career he has also been involved in tax proceedings and tax planning for both foreign investments in Spain and Spanish investments abroad. Some of his most recent transactions include advising:

• shareholders on the sale of an important transport group;

• a leading Spanish insurance company on the sale of its Spanish subsidiary;

• promoters on the development and sale of shopping centres in Spain;

• international groups regarding their real estate investments in Spain;

• international investment banks on adequate structures to attract finance;

• Compensation Boards (“Juntas de Compensación”) in relevant real Estate developments;

• clients on tax litigation issues, including tax investigations, tax disputes and criminal tax offences.