Mr Pablo González-Espejo > Uría Menéndez > Madrid, Spain > Lawyer Profile

Uría Menéndez handles a signicant volume of deals involving Latin America. Much of this is down to its long-term focus on the region from its Madrid office and its presence in the continent through Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría (its associated regional firm which has offices in Colombia, Chile and Peru). The firm’s deal flow in Iberia often involves a Latin America connection, and it frequently advises large European corporates on their investments and acquisitions in the region; the firm recently advised Publicis on its acquisition of 100% of Practia Group, one of Latin America’s leading independent technology companies with operations in Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Peru, Brazil, Colombia and Spain. The firm is also noted for its expertise in corporate reorganisations and restructurings, as well as for its experience acting for private equity funds and other financial sponsors. Eduardo Rodríguez-Rovira heads the Latin America practice group, which includes Juan Martín Perrotto and Pablo González-Espejo, the latter specialising in Brazil investments. Rafael Jiménez is also active in Latin America deals, particularly in Chile.

With expertise in intangible assets, e-health, and fintech, the TMT group at Uría Menéndez specialises in technology matters, with a focus on transactions. The team is capable of handling complex, cross-border matters on behalf of an impressive and extensive client roster which is comprised of notable names from the digital services sector. Heading up the practice are regulatory and commercial experts Pablo González-Espejo and Leticia Lopez-Lapuente. Espejo stands out for his experience advising multinational audiovisual, telecoms, and IT companies on joint ventures, acquisitions, and IPOs, while López-Lapuente is noted for her aptitude assisting technology companies with M&A deals, e-commerce matters, and contracts.

With a robust offering covering data protection implementations, privacy, and cyber security matters, Uría Menéndez‘ counts businesses from the technology, media and entertainment, and automotive sectors on its client roster. Heading up the team is Leticia Lopez-Lapuente, who specialises in e-commerce personal data protection, and also has experience representing clients before the Spanish Data Protection Agency in data privacy and protection proceedings. Other notable names in the department include Pablo González-Espejo and Borja Sainz de Aja, both of whom are adept at handling outsourcing matters.