Uría Menéndez is an independent law firm that was founded in the forties by Professor Rodrigo Uría González. The firm has offices in Barcelona, Bilbao, Madrid, Valencia, Lisbon, Porto, Brussels, London, Warsaw and New York City. In Latin America, Uría Menéndez has both its own offices as well as partnerships with local prestigious law firms with whom it has offices in the cities of São Paulo, Buenos Aires, Lima, Mexico City and Santiago, Chile. In 2009, it will be the first Spanish and Portuguese law firm to open an office in Beijing.

With a team of over 500 lawyers, the firm provides advice on Spanish, Portuguese and European Community business law. Uría Menéndez has played a role in the most important and innovative transactions that have taken place in the Latin American and Iberian professional services markets in recent years. The firm anticipates the challenges presented by the ever-changing world of business in order to help its clients to find the best legal solutions at all times.

Uría Menéndez also supports its customers in their international transactions via its branch network and its associations with the most prestigious law firms in the world, offering the very best comprehensive and multidisciplinary advice.

Universities play an important role in Uría Menéndez. The founding partners conveyed a passion for teaching and research and many of the firm’s lawyers are actively involved in campus life as lecturers and chaired professors in the different branches of law. The firm also contributes to various humanitarian projects and promotes volunteerism among members of the firm through the Professor Uría Foundation.