Uría & Menéndez: Law Firm of the Year in Spain

According to Chambers Global 2001-2002, the international guide for world’s leading lawyers published by Chambers & Partners, Uría & Menéndez has been elected Law Firm of the Year in Spain. This independent research-based ranking reflects the opinions and recommendations of lawyers and clients gathered throughout the year 2000.

July 19, 2001

Chambers Global ranks Uría & Menéndez in the Spanish Legal Market as follows:

RANKING

AREA

1

Banking and Finance

1

Communications

1

Competition/Antitrust

1 (unmatched)

Corporate /M&A

2

Intellectual Property

3

Tax

 

At the same time, Chambers conducted a survey on the 'Best Business Lawyer' in each country. In Spain, the top three choices for best lawyer were from Uría & Menéndez. Quoting Chambers:

'A successful year for Spain’s Uría & Menéndez. Spanish businesses clearly favoured this classy firm over Spanish and foreign alternatives. Uría & Menéndez was not only elected firm of the year, but also provided the top three choices for best lawyer. Survey results gave the instinctively commercial lawyer Salvador Sánchez -Terán a narrow victory. His strong performing colleagues were capital markets lawyer Luis de Carlos Bertrán, for one client 'one of the top business lawyers in Spain' and corporate specialist Juan Miguel Goenechea'.

'…What really defines Uría, however, is an almost endless list of star lawyers: Juan Miguel Goenechea, Salvador Sánchez-Terán, Luis de Carlos and many others are perceived to be quality epitomised'.

Apart from the three aforementioned lawyers, this Guide also recommends:

AREA

LAWYER

Banking and Finance

Emilio Díaz

Rafael Sebastián

Communications

José Pérez Santos

Jesús Remón

Fernando Pérez de la Sota

Competition/Antitrust

Jaime Folguera

José Pérez Santos

Corporate /M&A

Rodrigo Uría

Juan Luis Iglesias

Intellectual Property

José Massaguer

Tax

Jesús López Tello

Rafael Fuster

Rafael García Llaneza

 

In Latin America,the ranking of the firms associated with U&M is also remarkable:

LAW FIRM

AREA

RANKING

Marval, O’ Farrell & Mairal

(Argentina)

Banking and Finance

Communications

Competition/Antitrust

Energy and Natural Resources

1

1

1

2

Estudio Uría, Abogados

(Peru)

Banking and Finance

2

Philippi, Yrarrázabal, Pulido y Brunner

(Chile)

Banking and Finance

Corporate /M&A

1

1

Frank, Galicia y Robles, S.C.

(Mexico)

Corporate /M&A

Banking and Finance

1

2