Uría Menéndez, a leading law firm in the Iberian market according to IFLR1000 2018
The firm is ranked in band 1 in eight practice areas in Spain and Portugal.
October 18, 2017Uría Menéndez continues to be amongst the highest ranked law firms in the Iberian Peninsula according to the 2018 edition of IFLR 1000, published by the renowned publication Euromoney. In Spain, the Firm is ranked in band 1 in seven categories and in band 2 in one, while in Portugal Uría Menéndez-Proença de Carvalho is ranked in band 1 in one category and in band 2 in five.
In this edition, the directory has included an analysis of Project Development, in which Uría Menéndez is ranked in band 1 in Spain and band 2 in Portugal.
Spain
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| 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
| Banking | Band 1 | Band 1 | Band 1 |
| Capital markets: equity | Band 1 | Band 1 | Band 1 |
| M&A | Band 1 | Band 1 | Band 1 |
| Restructuring and insolvency | Band 1 | Band 1 | Band 1 |
| Project finance | Band 1 | Band 1 | Band 1 |
| Capital markets: debt | Band 1 | Band 1 | Band 1 |
| Project development | Band 1 | Not analysed | Not analysed |
| Capital markets: structured finance and securitisation | Band 2 | Band 2 | Band 2 |
Portugal
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| 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
| M&A | Band 1 | Band 1 | Band 2 |
| Project finance | Band 2 | Band 2 | Band 2 |
| Capital markets | Band 2 | Band 2 | Band 2 |
| Banking | Band 2 | Band 2 | Band 2 |
| Restructuring and insolvency | Band 2 | Band 2 | Band 2 |
| Project development | Band 2 | Not analysed | Not analysed |
EU Competition
Uría Menéndez continues to be ranked in band 3 in the EU Competition category.
China
In China, the firm retains its band 4 ranking in the M&A - Foreign category and it is included in the “other notable firms” band in the Banking - Foreign category.