Profile
Carlos de Cárdenas joined Uría Menéndez in 1989 and has been a partner of the firm since 1998. Between 1995 and 1996 he was an international associate at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP in New York. He headed up Uría Menéndez’s New York office for three years, after which he returned to the Madrid office. Carlos was also the head of Uría Menéndez’s corporate and commercial group for more than 11 years.
He focuses his practice on M&A, banking and finance, and restructuring. Carlos has been involved in many of the most important finance and restructuring transactions in Spain.
Various international legal directories (Chambers & Partners, IFLR 1000, etc.) have referred to Carlos as a Leading Lawyer in Spain in the areas of corporate/M&A, restructuring, project finance, banking and finance, and PFI/PPP.
Education
- Law Degree, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 1989
- Leading Professional Service Firms, Executive Education, Harvard Business School, June 2008
Professional associations
- Madrid Bar Association
- American Foreign Law Association
- International Bar Association
- Licensed as a Legal Consultant, New York Bar Association, 1997-2000
- Director of the Spain-US Chamber of Commerce, 1997-2000
- Loan Market Association
Teaching activity
Carlos currently teaches in IESE Business School and has been a law lecturer at the Universidad Pontificia de Comillas (ICADE), Centro de Estudios Universitarios (CEU) and the Instituto de Empresa. He lectured on M&A on the Master’s Degree in Business Law at the Universidad de Navarra for more than ten years, and was also a member of the Advisory Council of its Faculty of Law. He is also a regular speaker and commentator at law seminars and conferences on his field of expertise.
