Uría Menéndez
Client SatisfactionClients, who often come from the food and beverages, automotive, construction and healthcare sectors, turn to Uría Menéndez for its ‘large team of excellent litigators’, corporate, competition, IP and regulatory specialists. In the Madrid office Borja Sainz de Aja is the trusted adviser to national and foreign companies seeking litigation advice, Teresa Paz-Ares leads the firm’s health law practice and is skilled in transactional matters, while Patricia Vidal, who possesses a strong background in EU and competition law, is well versed in cartel proceedings. The Barcelona office is home to Jaime Calvo who brings over two decades’ experience in public law and environmental matters.
Testimonials
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‘Uria has a large team of excellent litigators who are able to handle a high volume work. They are well-connected to the legal community. They continuously seek ways to handle cases in a more efficient way to the benefit the client.’
Work highlights
- Advising Laboratorios Farmacéuticos Rovi on its key capacity expansion contract with ModeRNA for a ten-year term large-scale production of ModeRNA’s mRNA vaccine candidates in Rovi’s manufacturing premises in Spain.
- Advising Nissan on all strategic issues relating to the shutdown of its three automobile manufacturing plants in Catalonia after 40 years in operation and in the subsequent reindustrialisation plan affecting its production sites in Zona Franca Barcelona, S. Andreu de la Barca and Montcada i Reixach.
- Advising a number of trucks and car manufacturers on a significant number of damages claims proceedings brought in Spain.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Borja Sainz de Aja, Teresa Paz-Ares, Patricia Vidal, Alex Ferreres, Jaime Calvo