Mr Ismael Clemente > Uría Menéndez > Madrid, Spain > Lawyer Profile
Uría Menéndez Offices
PRÍNCIPE DE VERGARA 187
PLAZA RODRÍGUEZ URÍA
28002 MADRID
Spain
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Mr Ismael Clemente
Work Department
Corporate Crime and Internal Investigations
Career
mael Clemente is a partner in the Madrid office of Uría Menéndez. He joined the firm in 1999.
He specialises in white-collar crime and has represented clients in some of the most significant criminal proceedings conducted in Spain in recent years concerning:
- Large-scale commercial and bank fraud.
- Corporate crime and corrupt practices.
- Bankruptcy fraud.
- Tax fraud (especially VAT fraud and “missing trader” investigations).
- Environmental crime.
- Work-related accidents, advising on both criminal and employment law aspects.
- Doping in sports (he has represented clients in the most important proceedings conducted in Spain).
He handles cases before the Audiencia Nacional, the Supreme Court and all other criminal courts.
He has also advised on civil litigation matters (most notably, damages claims).
Languages
English.
Memberships
Madrid Bar Association.
Education
Law degree, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 1997.
Lawyer Rankings
Spain > White-collar crime
(Leading individuals)Boasting a wealth of experience in cases concerning money laundering, fraud, corruption and tax offences, Uría Menéndez is a key point of contact for clients, particularly financial institutions, seeking representation in the defence of high-profile criminal proceedings. The department is overseen by highly regarded Jaime Alonso, who specialises in white-collar crime matters, and Ismael Clemente, ‘an excellent professional’ who not only ‘studies cases carefully’ but is ‘brilliant in the way he defends them’. The ‘exceptional criminal lawyer’ Alberto Gómez Fraga also stands out.
Lawyer Rankings
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- Banking and finance
- Capital markets: Debt
- Capital markets: Equity
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Environment
- EU and competition
- Industry focus: Food
- Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences
- Industry focus: TMT
- Private equity
- Public law
- Real estate and construction
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax
- White-collar crime