Area de Practica - Uría Menéndez

09/05/2019 - Newsletter on Financial Regulation

We are pleased to announce the launch of the March & April issue of Uría Menéndez’s Newsletter on Financial Sector Regulation

07/03/2019 - Financial contingency measures in view of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union

On 2 March 2019, Royal Decree-Law 5/2019 of 1 March adopting contingency measures in different areas in view of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Colony of Gibraltar from the European Union was published in the Official State Gazette, without the agreement provided for in Article 50.(2) of the Treaty on European Union having been reached.

16/01/2019 - Newsletter on Financial Regulation

We are pleased to announce the launch of the second issue of Uría Menéndez’s Newsletter on Financial Sector Regulation

27/11/2018 - News on market abuse introduced by Royal Decree-Law 19/2018 of 23 November

On 25 November 2018, Royal Decree-Law 19/2018 of 23 November on payment services and other urgent financial measures entered into force.

11/10/2018 - Implementation of MIFID II

On 29 September 2018, Royal Decree-law 14/2018 of 28 September, amending the Consolidated Text of the Securities Market Law was published in the Official State Gazette.

09/03/2018 - Uría Menéndez receives award for its role as legal adviser in the European Transport Deal of the year at the IJGlobal Awards 2017

The firm received this award for its legal advice on the sale of Empark to MIRA (Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets)

29/11/2017 - Royal Decree-Law 19/2017 on basic payment accounts, account switching and comparability of payment account fees

This Royal Decree-law transposes Directive 2014/92/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on the comparability of fees related to payment accounts, payment account switching and access to basic payment accounts.

03/07/2017 - New European Regulation on the prospectus when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading

On 30 June 2017, the Official Journal of the European Union published Regulation No. 2017/1129 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading on a regulated market, and repealing Directive 2003/71/EC.

16/06/2017 - Uría Menéndez, named Best Law Firm of the Year in the second edition of the Expansión Jurídico awards

The Firm came away with a total of five awards.

06/10/2016 - Uría Menéndez, most innovative Law Firm in Europe in General Legal Expertise according to Financial Times

The prestigious publication ranks the firm as the most innovative Spanish law firm.

28/10/2015 - Uría Menéndez leader in Capital Markets and M&A in Spain

Uría Menéndez closed the third quarter of 2015 as the leading firm for Capital Markets work according to TTR - Transactional Track Record.

13/02/2015 - Uría Menéndez praised by China Business Law Journal for its involvement in the “Deal of the Year 2014”

Uría Menéndez has been praised for its involvement in one of the deals of the year included in the special report published in the December/January issue of the China Business Law Journal (CBLJ).

08/03/2013 - Uría Menéndez, praised by the China Business Law Journal for its involvement in the “Banking and Finance deal of the year”

In its Deals of the Year report, the Asian journal commends the work of the firm as legal adviser of CDB and ICBC in the USD 1.2 billion financing of Telefónica, S.A.

06/02/2012 - Royal Decree-Law 2/2012 of 3 February, on the banking sector reform

Royal Decree-law 2/2012 of 3 February, on the banking sector reform, entered into force and was published in Spain’s State Official Gazette on 4 February 2012.