Mr Eduardo Rodríguez-Rovira > Uría Menéndez > Madrid, Spain > Lawyer Profile

Uría Menéndez
PRÍNCIPE DE VERGARA 187
PLAZA RODRÍGUEZ URÍA
28002 MADRID
Spain

Work Department

Insolvency and Financial Distress, Banking and Finance, Merger and Acquisition.

Career

Eduardo Rodríguez-Rovira joined Uría Menéndez in 1990. He became a partner in 2000.

From March 2001 to September 2003, Eduardo was based in our Buenos Aires office, where he was principally involved in advising foreign and Spanish clients on their investments in Latin America. He has been the head of the Latin America practice group since his return to Spain. He specialises in debt restructuring, corporate acquisitions and financial regulatory matters, including undertakings for collective investment.

Languages

English; French.

Memberships

International Bar Association; International Swap Dealers Association.

Education

Law Degree, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 1988; Business and Economic Sciences Degree, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, 1989; Licence Spéciale en Droit Européen, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1990.

Lawyer Rankings

Latin America: International firms > Corporate and M&A

Uría Menéndez has worked on a range of seminal deals in Latin America and together with Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uria (its associated regional firm which has offices in Colombia, Chile and Peru), it has extensive coverage of the region. It continues to advise a multitude of Spanish and Iberian businesses in connection with their interests and acquisitions in the region, along with other multinationals, investors and a growing number of Latin American clients. It advised Telefónica on its joint acquisition (with Telecom Italia and America Movil) of the mobile assets of Oi, as part of the judicial reorganisation of the Brazilian telecom operator. Eduardo Rodríguez-Rovira has decades of experience in Latin America M&A transactions. Pablo González-Espejo specialises in Brazil transactions, having previously been resident there; and Juan Martín Perrotto is another expert on the region, particularly in relation to investments from Asia and Europe. All named individuals are based in Madrid.