Chambers Europe 2012: Uría Menéndez leads Spanish ranking for sixth consecutive year
The firm is ranked in band 1 in 20 practice areas.
May 16, 2012Uría Menéndez continues to lead the Spanish legal market according to the 2012 edition of the Chambers Europe guide published by Chambers & Partners. It has been ranked in band 1 for 20 practice areas, band 2 for five practice areas and band 3 in one area. Of particular note is the improvement in the Energy practice area ranking, where this year the firm is positioned in band 1.
In Portugal, Chambers Europe 2012 places Uría Menéndez - Proença de Carvalho among the top firms in the country with recommendations in the majority of the practice areas analysed. Excellent results were achieved in the areas of Dispute Resolution and Restructuring and Insolvency, where the firm is ranked in band 1. The firm has also improved in Employment, climbing from band 3 to band 2, and Intellectual Property, where it rises from band 4 to band 3.
The directory highlights 102 lawyers from Uría Menéndez in Spain and Portugal
SPAIN
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| 2012 | 2011 | 2010 |
| Banking & Finance | Band 1 | Band 1 | Band 1 |
| Capital Markets | Band 1 | Band 1 | Band 1 |
| Corporate/M&A | Band 1 | Band 1 | Band 1 |
| Competition/European Law | Band 1 | Band 1 | Band 1 |
| Employment | Band 1 | Band 1 | Band 1 |
| Public Law | Band 1 | Band 1 | Band 1 |
| Dispute Resolution | Band 1 | Band 1 | Band 1 |
| Real Estate | Band 1 | Band 1 | Band 1 |
| Private Equity | Band 1 | Band 1 | Band 1 |
| TMT: Telecommunications | Band 1 | Band 1 | Band 1 |
| Environment | Band 1 | Band 1 | Band 1 |
| Environment: Climate Change | Band 1 | Band 1 | Band 1 |
| Restructuring/Insolvency | Band 1 | Band 1 | Band 1 |
| Shipping | Band 1 | Band 1 | Band 1 |
| Shipping: Finance | Band 1 | Band 1 | Band 1 |
| Intellectual Property | Band 1 | Band 1 | Band 1 |
| Corporate Crime | Band 1 | Band 1 | Band 1 |
| Project Finance | Band 1 | Band 1 | Band 1 |
| Energy & Natural Resources | Band 1 | Band 2 | Band 2 |
| Life Sciences | Band 1 | Band 1 | Band 2 |
| Tax | Band 2 | Band 2 | Band 2 |
| Wealth Management | Band 2 | Band 2 | Band 2 |
| TMT: Information Technology | Band 2 | Band 2 | Band 2 |
| TMT: Media | Band 2 | Band 2 | Band 2 |
| Sport | Band 2 | Band 2 | Band 2 |
| Planning | Band 3 | Band 2 | Band 2 |
* Banking & Finance US/UK has not been taken into account.
PORTUGAL
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| 2012 | 2011 | 2010 |
| Real Estate | Band 1 | Band 1 | Band 1 |
| Banking & Finance | Band 1 | Band 1 | Band 1 |
| Dispute Resolution | Band 1 | Band 2 | Band 2 |
| Private Equity | Band 2 | Band 2 | Band 2 |
| Capital Markets | Band 2 | Band 2 | Band 2 |
| Corporate/M&A | Band 2 | Band 2 | Band 2 |
| Projects | Band 2 | Band 2 | Band 2 |
| Public Law | Band 2 | Band 2 | Band 2 |
| General Business Law (Porto) | Band 2 | Band 2 | Band 2 |
| Competition/European Law | Band 2 | Band 2 | Band 3 |
| Employment | Band 2 | Band 3 | Band 3 |
| Transportation | Band 3 | Band 3 | Band 2 |
| Energy & Natural Resources | Band 3 | Band 3 | Band 3 |
| Tax | Band 3 | Band 3 | Band 3 |
| TMT | Band 3 | Band 3 | Band 3 |
| Intellectual Property | Band 3 | Band 4 | Band 4 |
BRUSSELS
This firm maintains its band 4 ranking in Belgium for Competition/European Law.
EUROPE-WIDE
In the general European ranking, Uría Menéndez is ranked in band 4 for Corporate/M&A.