Uría Menéndez continues to lead the way in Spain according to Chambers Europe 2015
The firm is ranked in band 1 in 24 practice areas
April 30, 2015Uría Menéndez continues to lead the Spanish legal market according to the 2015 edition of the Chambers Europe guide published by Chambers & Partners. For the ninth consecutive year, the firm comes first overall being ranked it band 1 in 24 practice areas, band 2 in three practice areas and band 3 in one practice area. This year the Insurance and Real Estate practice moved into to band 1.
The novelty in this year’s edition is that Restructuring and Insolvency are analysed as two separate areas. In both areas the firm is ranked in band 1. Moreover, the directory also analyses Employment and Insolvency in Barcelona.
Uría Menéndez - Proença de Carvalho was among the top firms in Portugal with recommendations in most practice areas analysed. In the 2015 edition, the firm improved its ranking in Capital Markets and Public Law.
With regard to individual rankings, Luis de Carlos again received a special mention as Eminent Practitioner in Capital Markets (Equity) and Jaime Folguera, Ignacio García-Perrote and Agustín González as Stars in Competition, Labour and Intellectual Property (Copyrights) respectively. This year’s edition also featured the most important lawyers in Barcelona in a spotlight table. In Portugal Daniel Proença de Carvalho in Litigation and Corporate Crime and Duarte Garín in Real Estate were ranked as Stars.
SPAIN
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| 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
| Banking and Finance | Band 1 | Band 1 | Band 1 |
| Capital Markets | Band 1 | Band 1 | Band 1 |
| Corporate M&A | Band 1 | Band 1 | Band 1 |
| Corporate Compliance | Band 1 | Band 1 | Not analysed |
| Competition | 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 |
| Insolvency | Band 1 | Band 1 | Band 1 |
| Restructuring | Band 1 | Not analysed | Not analysed |
| 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 |
| Tax | Band 1 | Band 1 | Band 1 |
| Life Sciences | Band 1 | Band 1 | Band 1 |
| Energy and Natural Resources | Band 1 | Band 1 | Band 1 |
| TMT: Information Technology | Band 1 | Band 1 | Band 2 |
| Planning | Band 1 | Band 2 | Band 2 |
| Insurance | Band 1 | Band 2 | Not analysed |
| Wealth Management | Band 2 | Band 2 | Band 2 |
| Project Finance | Band 2 | Band 2 | Band 2 |
| TMT: Media | Band 2 | Band 2 | Band 2 |
| Sports | Band 3 | Band 2 | Band 2 |
* Private Equity: Mid-Market has not been taken into account.
BARCELONA
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| 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
| General Business Law: Corporate | Band 1 | Band 1 | Band 1 |
| General Business Law: Dispute Resolution | Band 1 | Band 1 | Band 1 |
| General Business Law: Tax | Band 1 | Band 1 | Band 1 |
| General Business Law: Insolvency | Band 1 | Not analysed | Not analysed |
| General Business Law: Employment | Band 2 | Not analysed | Band 1 |
PORTUGAL
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| 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
| Real Estate | Band 1 | Band 1 | Band 1 |
| Dispute Resolution | Band 1 | Band 1 | Band 1 |
| Competition | Band 1 | Band 1 | Band 2 |
| Capital Markets | Band 1 | Band 2 | Band 2 |
| Public Law | Band 1 | Band 2 | Band 2 |
| Banking and Finance | Band 2 | Band 2 | Band 2 |
| Insurance | Band 2 | Band 2 | Not analysed |
| Tax | Band 2 | Band 2 | Band 2 |
| Insolvency | Band 2 | Band 2 | Band 1 |
| Private Equity | Band 2 | Band 2 | Band 2 |
| Corporate M&A | Band 2 | Band 2 | Band 2 |
| Proyects | Band 2 | Band 2 | Band 2 |
| General Business Law Oporto | Band 2 | Band 2 | Band 2 |
| Employment | Band 2 | Band 2 | Band 2 |
| Energy and Natural Resources | Band 3 | Band 3 | Band 2 |
| TMT | Band 4 | Band 3 | Band 3 |
| Intellectual Property | - | Band 4 | Band 3 |
| Shipping | - | - | Band 3 |
BRUSSELS
This year the firm is ranked in band 6 in Belgium for Competition/European Law and Edurne Navarro is ranked in band 3 in the category for lawyers.
EUROPE-WIDE
In the general European ranking, the firm is ranked in band 5 for Corporate/M&A.