Uría Menéndez leads the Spanish business law market according to Chambers Europe 2013
The firm ranks in the first band in 20 practice areas
April 26, 2013Uría Menéndez continues to lead the Spanish legal market according to the 2013 edition of the Chambers Europe guide published by Chambers & Partners. For the seventh consecutive year, the firm has achieved more first band rankings than any other firm, with 20 first bands and six second bands. Of note is the improvement of the Tax practice area to the first band and the Planning practice area to the second band.
As a novelty in the 2013 edition, Chambers & Partners included an exclusive ranking for Barcelona analysing General Business Law under the following categories: Corporate; Dispute Resolution; Employment; Intellectual Property; Life Sciences; and Tax. The firm was placed in the first band for all categories.
In Portugal, Uría Menéndez - Proença de Carvalho placed among the top firms in the country with recommendations in the majority of the practice areas analysed. In the 2013 edition, the firm improves its positions in Energy and Natural Resources and Tax.
Spain
| 2013 | 2012 | 2011 |
Banking and Finance | 1st band | 1st band | 1st band |
Capital Markets | 1st band | 1st band | 1st band |
Corporate M&A | 1st band | 1st band | 1st band |
Competition | 1st band | 1st band | 1st band |
Employment | 1st band | 1st band | 1st band |
Public Law | 1st band | 1st band | 1st band |
Dispute Resolution | 1st band | 1st band | 1st band |
Real Estate | 1st band | 1st band | 1st band |
Private Equity | 1st band | 1st band | 1st band |
TMT: Telecommunications | 1st band | 1st band | 1st band |
Environment | 1st band | 1st band | 1st band |
Environment: Climate Change | 1st band | 1st band | 1st band |
Restructuring/ Insolvency | 1st band | 1st band | 1st band |
Shipping | 1st band | 1st band | 1st band |
Shipping (Finance) | 1st band | 1st band | 1st band |
Intellectual Property | 1st band | 1st band | 1st band |
Corporate Crime | 1st band | 1st band | 1st band |
Project Finance | 2nd band | 1st band | 1st band |
Life Sciences | 1st band | 1st band | 1st band |
Energy and Natural Resources | 1st band | 1st band | 2nd band |
Tax | 1st band | 2nd band | 2nd band |
Wealth Management | 2nd band | 2nd band | 2nd band |
TMT: Information Technology | 2nd band | 2nd band | 2nd band |
TMT: Media | 2nd band | 2nd band | 2nd band |
Sports | 2nd band | 2nd band | 2nd band |
Planning | 2nd band | 3rd band | 2nd band |
* Banking & Finance US/UK has not been taken into account.
BARCELONA
| 2013 |
General Business Law: Corporate | 1st band |
General Business Law: Dispute Resolution | 1st band |
General Business Law: Employment | 1st band |
General Business Law: Intellectual Property | 1st band |
General Business Law: Life Sciences | 1st band |
General Business Law: Tax | 1st band |
PORTUGAL
| 2013 | 2012 | 2011 |
Real Estate | 1st band | 1st band | 1st band |
Banking and Finance | 2nd band | 1st band | 1st band |
Dispute Resolution | 1st band | 1st band | 2nd band |
Restructuring/ Insolvency | 1st band | 1st band | 2nd band |
Private Equity | 2nd band | 2nd band | 2nd band |
Capital Markets | 2nd band | 2nd band | 2nd band |
Corporate M&A | 2nd band | 2nd band | 2nd band |
Projects | 2nd band | 2nd band | 2nd band |
Public Law | 2nd band | 2nd band | 2nd band |
General Business Law Porto | 2nd band | 2nd band | 2nd band |
Competition/European Law | 2nd band | 2nd band | 2nd band |
Employment | 2nd band | 2nd band | 3rd band |
Shipping | 3rd band | 3rd band | 3rd band |
Energy and Natural Resources | 2nd band | 3rd band | 3rd band |
Tax | 2nd band | 3rd band | 3rd band |
TMT | 3rd band | 3rd band | 3rd band |
Intellectual Property | 3rd band | 3rd band | 4th band |
BRUSSELS
The 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 5 for Corporate/M&A.