Uría Menéndez maintains its leading position in Spain in the 2009 edition of Legal 500
Uría Menéndez achieves the top ranking in twelve practice areas analysed by the prestigious legal directory.
March 31, 2009Uría Menéndez maintains its leadership in Spain after obtaining the top ranking in the 2009 edition of the prestigious international legal directory Legal 500.
Uría Menéndez is ranked first in the categories of Banking and Finance, Project Finance, Real Estate, Employment, Capital Markets, Corporate and M&A, Environment, Dispute Resolution, TMT, EU and Competition and, for the first time, Shipping and Intellectual Property after being ranked second in those categories in 2008.
SPAIN
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| 2009 | 2008 | 2007 |
| Banking and Finance | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Project Finance | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Real Estate | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Employment | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Capital Markets | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Corporate and M&A | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Environment | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Dispute Resolution | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| TMT | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| EU and Competition | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Shipping | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Intellectual Property | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Tax | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Insurance | 2 | 2 | 3 |
PORTUGAL
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| 2009 | 2008 | 2007 |
| Banking and Finance | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Project Finance | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Real Estate | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Capital Markets | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Dispute Resolution | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Public Law | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| EU and Competition | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Corporate and M&A | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Employment | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Oporto: Leading commercial firms | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| TMT | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Tax | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Shipping and Transport | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Intellectual property | N/A | N/A | N/A |
*N/A: No mention of the firm in this area.
In Portugal, the firm is included in most of the practice areas analysed by the publication. The firm is ranked first in Banking and Finance, Project Finance and Real Estate, second in Corporate and M&A, Dispute Resolution, Public Law, EU and Competition, Capital Markets, Employment, Oporto and TMT (the last three involving a higher ranking than last year) and third in Tax.
BELGIUM
In this year’s analysis of the Belgium market, the directory placed Uría Menéndez at fifth in Competition.
UK
In the area of European firms in London the directory ranks Uría Menéndez first in the Spain section.