Uría Menéndez, Real Estate | Chambers Europe Profile

About

Provided by Uría Menéndez

We provide legal advice and transactional support to the main players in the real estate sector, delivering solutions that align with their business objectives and encompass the design, implementation and execution of their projects.

Our in-depth understanding of our clients’ activities and objectives, excellent knowledge of the law and the market, creativity and capacity to organise multidisciplinary teams enable us to offer alternative solutions for real estate and planning transactions.

We work with the main players in the real estate market (investment funds, asset managers and local partners, real estate investment trusts and owners of all types of assets, real estate developers and banks) to design and implement their projects:

- Sale, purchase and assignment of credit and property portfolios.
- Sale and purchase via asset deals and share deals and leasing of all types of trophy assets (residential, commercial, hotels, industrial, logistical, offices and land).
- Real estate financing.
- Development, construction and turnkey contracts.
- Joint ventures to develop real estate projects.
- Distressed real estate.

Chambers Review

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Real Estate - Spain

Band 1

What the Team is Known For

Uría Menéndez's stellar team is consistently instructed on top-level mandates by an impressive list of investment funds and developers. The firm assists with the creation of joint ventures between Spanish developers and international real estate asset managers, and it has experience in the establishment and listing of Spanish REITs. It advises on the acquisition or disposal of diverse real estate assets, including logistics warehouses and industrial sites. The firm benefits from strong planning and tax capabilities, which are often called upon to support the acquisition of sites under development. It has acted for developers on agreements for the forward funding of residential or mixed-use developments. The team also has experience in the sale of REO portfolios.

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Work Highlights

Provided by Uría Menéndez

Uría Menéndez represented Tempore Property SOCIMI in the EUR260 million amendment and restatement of a mortgage-backed financing of over 4,000 residential units.

Strengths

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"They are very strong technically and from a business point of view. They understand our way of working, our needs, and they add value to us by being proactive and providing solutions to complex situations."

Real Estate respondent
Europe

"Uría Menéndez team is always available and timely with responses."

Real Estate respondent
Europe

"Uría Menéndez team is always available and timely with responses."

Real Estate respondent
Europe

Notable Practitioners

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Diego Armero

Band 1

Diego Armero co-heads the department and has experience in real estate asset deals and in a wider range of corporate mandates that facilitate the structuring of real estate investments. Among his mandates there are establishments of joint ventures and acquisition of assets in the logistics and hospitality sectors.

"He is thorough, pragmatic and provides creative solutions."

"Diego is respected in the real estate sector. He is always pushing for the client's interests and moves the transaction as fast as possible."

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Fernando Azofra

Band 1

Fernando Azofra advises leading Spanish developers in relation to build-to-rent projects. He also has proven real estate finance expertise, acting for lenders on the financing of new developments.

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Juan Antonio Pérez Rivarés

Band 6

Juan Antonio Pérez Rivarés has experience in advising real estate joint ventures as well as the launch of new real estate funds.

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Rafael Jiménez

Band 6

Rafael Jiménez acts on the firm's highlight deals, especially in sales and acquisitions in the hospitality sector. He is also well placed to advise on hotel management agreements.

"He is a partner with a lot of experience and strength."

"He is technical, meticulous and creative."

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