Uría Menéndez, leading firm in Spain according to Chambers Global 2010

Uría Menéndez is ranked first in all practice areas analysed in the 2010 edition of Chambers Global.

March 12, 2010

As to the novelties in this edition, the directory introduced the area of Restructuring/Insolvency. The analysis of Capital Markets also changed. In previous years, Chambers carried out an independent study of the areas of Debt, Equity and Securitizations. However, this time, there was one ranking for the firms in this area.

This analysis did not take into account US/UK banking and finance (advice on US/UK law).

	2010	2009	2008
Banking and Finance	1^st position	1^st position	1^st position
Mergers & Acquisitions	1^st position	1^st position	1^st position
Dispute Resolution	1^st position	1^st position	1^st position
*Capital Markets¹**	1^st position	1^st position	1^st position
Concursal // Restructuring / Insolvency	1^st position	Not analysed	Not analysed

*¹ In the 2009 and 2008 editions, Chambers Global had independent rankings for Equity, Debt and Securitizations. The firm came first in Equity and second in the other two areas in both editions.

PORTUGAL

Chambers acknowledges Uría Menéndez’s presence in Portugal

In Portugal, Uría Menéndez maintains last year's results, being ranked with one first place and three second.

	2010	2009	2008
Banking and Finance	1^st position	1^st position	2^nd position
M&A	2^nd position	2^nd position	2^nd position
Dispute Resolution	2^nd position	2^nd position	2^nd position
Capital Markets	2^nd position	2^nd position	2^nd position

LATIN AMERICA

Uría Menéndez came fifth in M&A and the work of both Eduardo Rodríguez-Rovira (4^th place) and Javier Valle (4^th place) was recognised. In International Arbitration, the firm came fifth in Latin America. Furthermore, the firm was included in the area of Banking and Finance for the first time, coming fifth.

BRUSSELS

As in the previous edition, the directory praised Edurne Navarro’s work in Belgium (4^th place) and the firm for its Competition/EU law (4^thplace) practice.

EUROPE-WIDE

In the general European ranking, Uría Menéndez was ranked fourth in Mergers and Acquisitions, moving up one position since last year.