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Santiago Urrecha

Managing associate ––– Madrid
Member no. 131307 of the Madrid Bar Association
Languages
  • English

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Profile

Santiago is a managing associate in the corporate – M&A group of Uría Menéndez’s Madrid office. He joined the firm in 2018 and between September 2024 and March 2025, he was part of the M&A team at Slaughter and May in London as visiting lawyer.

His practice focuses on commercial and company law, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, banking and securities law, including the following areas:

  • M&A transactions involving both listed companies and private equity funds.
  • Joint ventures and corporate restructuring transactions.
  • Regular advice to financial institutions.
  • Regular advice to listed companies.
  • Advice to boards on corporate governance and remuneration matters.
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Education

  • Master’s Degree to Access the Legal Profession. Universidad Carlos III, Madrid, 2018.
  • Double Degree in Law and Business Administration. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 2017.
Education

Professional associations

  • Madrid Bar Association

Teaching activity

Lecturer in Corporate Governance and M&A transactions, Expert Diploma in Corporate Governance and M&A Transactions, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

Recent publications

  • Juan Alti, Santiago Urrecha. In Actualidad. Derecho mercantil 2023. Enrique Ortega Burgos (Director), Federico Pastor Ruiz (Director), María Enciso Alonso-Muñumer (Coordinador), Manuel García-Villarrubia (Coordinador), Casto González-Páramo Rodríguez (Coordinador), Jacobo Lavilla Pons (Coordinador), Juan Piquer Altarriba (Coordinador), Alejandro Rey Suañez (Coordinador), Eugenio Ribón Seisdedos (Coordinador). Valencia: Tirant lo Blanch, 2023