Uría Menéndez in Tier 1 in 26 of the 27 areas analysed in Spain by Legal 500
In Portugal, Uría Menéndez-Proença de Carvalho is ranked in Tier 1 for both Public Law and Criminal Law.
May 10, 2017Uría Menéndez continues to lead the way in Spain by being ranked in Tier 1 in 26 of the 27 areas analysed. In this edition, Legal 500 separates the area of Banking and Financing into three blocks: Bank Regulatory, Borrower side, and Lender or Arranger side. The directory also splits up Trademarks and Copyright under Intellectual Property, and Debt and Equity under Capital Markets. It also includes Maritime and Private Equity. The firm is ranked in Tier 1 in all of these areas except Maritime where it is ranked in Tier 2.
With regard to Uría Menéndez - Proença de Carvalho, it improves its ranking by being ranked in Tier 1 for Capital Markets. It is not ranked in Intellectual Property.
In terms of individual accolades, the directory names 35 lawyers of Uría Menéndez as Leading Lawyers.
SPAIN
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| 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Banking and Finance: Bank Regulatory | Tier 1 | - | - |
| Banking and Finance: Borrower side | Tier 1 | - | - |
| Banking and Finance: Lender or arranger side | Tier 1 | - | - |
| Retail | Tier 1 | Tier 1 | Not analysed |
| Dispute Resolution | Tier 1 | Tier 1 | Tier 1 |
| Energy and Projects | Tier 1 | Tier 1 | Tier 1 |
| Healthcare and Life | Tier 1 | Tier 1 | Tier 1 |
| Tax | Tier 1 | Tier 1 | Tier 1 |
| Corporate / M&A | Tier 1 | Tier 1 | Tier 1 |
| Real Estate and Construction | Tier 1 | Tier 1 | Tier 1 |
| Employment | Tier 1 | Tier 1 | Tier 1 |
| Environment | Tier 1 | Tier 1 | Tier 1 |
| Capital Markets: Debt | Tier 1 | - | - |
| Capital Markets: Equity | Tier 1 | - | - |
| Dispute Resolution | Tier 1 | Tier 1 | Tier 1 |
| Private Equity | Tier 1 | Not analysed | Not analysed |
| Intellectual Property: Patents | Tier 1 | Tier 1 | Tier 1 |
| Intellectual Property: Trade Marks | Tier 1 | Tier 1 | Tier 1 |
| Intellectual Property: Copyright | Tier 1 | Tier 1 | Tier 1 |
| Public Law | Tier 1 | Tier 1 | Tier 1 |
| Food | Tier 1 | Tier 1 | Not analysed |
| Manufacturing | Tier 1 | Tier 1 | Not analysed |
| Insurance | Tier 1 | Tier 1 | Tier 1 |
| TMT | Tier 1 | Tier 1 | Tier 1 |
| Transport | Tier 1 | Tier 1 | Tier 1 |
| EU and Competition | Tier 1 | Tier 1 | Tier 1 |
| Maritime | Tier 2 |
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* “Tax: The Big Four” (advice by consulting/auditing firms) have not been taken into account.
* The last two editions of Legal 500 included Capital Markets and Banking and Finance and the Firm was ranked in Tier 1.
PORTUGAL
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| 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Banking and Finance | Tier 2 | Tier 2 | Tier 2 |
| Dispute resolution | Tier 2 | Tier 2 | Tier 3 |
| Energy and Natural Resources | Tier 2 | Tier 2 | Tier 2 |
| Project Finance | Tier 1 | Tier 1 | Tier 1 |
| Tax | Tier 2 | Tier 2 | Tier 2 |
| Corporate/ M&A | Tier 1 | Tier 1 | Tier 1 |
| Real Estate and Construction | Tier 1 | Tier 1 | Tier 1 |
| Employment | Tier 1 | Tier 1 | Tier 1 |
| Capital Markets | Tier 1 | Tier 2 | Tier 2 |
| Oporto: leading commercial firms | Tier 2 | Tier 2 | Tier 2 |
| Fraud and White Collar Crime | Tier 1 | Tier 1 | Not analysed |
| Dispute Resolution | Tier 1 | Tier 1 | Tier 1 |
| Intellectual Property | Not mentioned | Tier 4 | Tier 4 |
| Public Law | Tier 1 | Tier 1 | Tier 2 |
| TMT | Tier 4 | Tier 4 | Tier 4 |
| Transport | Tier 3 | Tier 3 | Tier 3 |
| EU and Competition | Tier 2 | Tier 2 | Tier 2 |