Uría Menéndez leads again in Spain according to Chambers Europe 2009

The firm occupies the first position in 20 practice areas.

April 24, 2009

Uría Menéndez has once again been ranked the leading law firm in the Spanish market according to Chambers Europe 2009, the third edition of the international ranking published by Chambers & Partners. The firm is ranked in band 1 in 20 practice areas, band 2 in seven practice areas, and band 3 in two.

Chambers Europe 2009 also ranks Uría Menéndez as one of the leading firms in Portugal and recommends the firm in the majority of the practice areas analyzed by the directory.

The directory mentions 96 Uría Menéndez lawyers in Spain and Portugal, up from the 78 mentioned last year.

Spain

	2009	2008	2007
Banking and Finance	1^st position	1^st position	1^st position
Capital Markets: Equity*	1^st position	1^st position	1^st position
Corporate M&A	1^st position	1^st position	1^st position
Corporate M&A: Tax	1^st position	1^st position	Not analysed
Competition / European Law	1^st position	1^st position	1^st position
Employment	1^st position	1^st position	1^st position
Public Law	1^st position	1^st position	1^st position
Dispute Resolution	1^st position	1^st position	1^st position
Real Estate	1^st position	1^st position	1^st position
Private Equity	1^st position	1^st position	1^st position
TMT: Telecommunications	1^st position	1^st position	1^st position
Environment	1^st position	1^st position	1^st position
Environment: Climate Change	1^st position	-	Not analysed
Restructuring/Insolvency	1^st position	1^st position	1^st position
Shipping	1^st position	1^st position	1^st position
Shipping: Finance	1^st position	1^st position	1^st position
Financial Services: Regulatory	1^st position	1^st position	Not analysed
Intellectual Property	1^st position	1^st position	2^nd position
Corporate Crime	1^st position	1^st position	2^nd position
Project Finance	1^st position	2^nd position	1^st position
Tax	2^nd position	1^st position	1^st position
Energy & Natural Resources	2^nd position	1^st position	1^st position
Life Sciences	2^nd position	2^nd position	2^nd position
Planning	2^nd position	2^nd position	2^nd position
Capital Markets: Debt*	2^nd position	2^nd position	1^st position
Capital Markets: Securitisation	2^nd position	2^nd position	1^st position
Wealth Management	2^nd position	3^rd position	Not analysed
TMT: Information Technology	3^rd position	-	Not analysed
Sports and Entertainment	3^rd position	3^rd position	Not analysed

* Banking and Finance US/UK - qualified experts excluded.

* In 2007 the Capital Markets area was not divided and we achieved the first position.

Portugal

	2009	2008	2007
Real Estate	1^st position	1^st position	1^st position
Banking and Finance	1^st position	2^nd position	2^nd position
Private Equity	2^nd position	1^st position	1^st position
Capital Markets	2^nd position	2^nd position	2^nd position
Corporate / M&A	2^nd position	2^nd position	2^nd position
Dispute Resolution	2^nd position	2^nd position	2^nd position
Energy & Natural Resources	2^nd position	2^nd position	2^nd position
Projects	2^nd position	2^nd position	2^nd position
General Business Law Porto	2^nd position	2^nd position	Not analysed
Competition / European Law	3^rd position	2^nd position	2^nd position
Intellectual Property	3^rd position	3^rd position	3^rd position
Public Law	3^rd position	3^rd position	3^rd position
Tax	3^rd position	3^rd position	3^rd position
Telecommunications / Media / Technology (TMT)	3^rd position	3^rd position	3^rd position
Employment	3^rd position	3^rd position	Not analysed
Transportation: Shipping	3^rd position	-	-

Belgium

This year the directory ranked Uría Menéndez in fourth position in Belgium for Competition and European Law, highlighting Edurne Navarro in particular.