José Félix Zaldívar de la Rica
Global Guide 2024
Expertise Based Abroad : Banking & Finance
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About
Provided by José Félix Zaldívar de la Rica
Practice Areas
Energy and Natural Resources, Banking and Finance and Insolvency and Financial Distress
Career
José-Félix Zaldívar joined Uría Menéndez in 2010 and he was named partner in 2021. Between January and December 2013, he was based in Uría Menéndez’s office in São Paulo (Brazil). From September 2018 to August 2019 he joined the M&A team at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP in New York as a foreign associate attorney.
He has over 10 years of experience advising on M&A and finance transactions, mainly in the energy, infrastructure and real estate sectors. He has also advised creditors and debtors on restructuring the debt of some of Spain’s biggest companies.
He focuses his practice on corporate, acquisition and project finance as well as restructuring, sales and acquisitions in the energy sector, and sales and acquisitions of non-strategic assets of financial institutions, such as non-performing loans, real estate assets and property management platforms.
Professional Memberships
Madrid Bar Association
Personal
English, Portuguese and French
Chambers Review
Global
José Félix Zaldívar de la Rica has a growing presence in project finance mandates, especially those concerning renewable energy projects across Spain, where he acts for both borrowers and lenders.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"José Félix Zaldívar de la Rica is a very talented and deal-oriented advisor with a 360 degrees vision of the business and legal implications."
"José Félix Zaldívar de la Rica is a very talented and deal-oriented advisor with a 360 degrees vision of the business and legal implications."