Rafael Jiménez

Practice Areas

M&A, Real Estate and Finance.

Career

Rafael Jiménez joined Uría Menéndez in 2000 and was made a partner in 2012.

Rafael was is Uría Menéndez’s first resident partner in the Santiago de Chile office of the Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría with the dual role of assisting with the smooth integration of the firms and of contributing his considerable experience to the new firm’s corporate practice.

Rafael has extensive experience in the field of corporate law and specializes in financing and real estate transactions. In recent years his work has focused on the refinancing and restructuring of real estate firms, sale and purchase agreements of malls, office buildings, logistical warehouses and hotels, and on structuring club deals as an alternative source of funding acquisitions and projects. He has experience in infrastructure projects, syndicated financing, corporate acquisitions, acquisitions of extensive asset portfolios (mainly properties and mortgage loans), sale and leasebacks and joint ventures for the development and financing of projects. His involvement in real estate transactions means he also has a great deal of knowledge about public and private building contracts and the provision of technical services.

Professional Memberships

Madrid Bar Association

Urban Land Institute Europe (ULI)

Personal

Lenguages: Spanish and English.