Mr Javier Yáñez > Uría Menéndez > Madrid, Spain > Lawyer Profile
Uría Menéndez Offices
PRÍNCIPE DE VERGARA 187
PLAZA RODRÍGUEZ URÍA
28002 MADRID
Spain
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Mr Javier Yáñez
Work Department
Litigation, Insolvency and Financial Distress.
Career
Javier Yañez joined the Madrid office in 2014 as counsel in the litigation and arbitration area. Formerly a member of the judiciary, he sat in many courts before specialising in company and commercial law in 2008, after which he presided over Commercial Court No 9 of Madrid until 2014.
He practices in the field of civil litigation and commercial law. He has extensive experience in litigation, particularly in the corporate and insolvency field, thanks to his many years as a judge. He also has extensive experience in consumer contracts and associated disputes, especially related to financial products.
Javier also specialises in the application of competition law and regulations governing unfair competition to private law relationships.
Languages
English.
Memberships
Madrid Bar Association.
Education
Law Degree, Universidad de Castilla La Mancha, 1996.
Lawyer Rankings
Spain > Restructuring and insolvency
Uría Menéndez‘s restructuring and insolvency practice is renowned for its deep expertise in a variety of high-profile contentious and non-contentious matters, encompassing company and group restructurings, debt refinancings, direct lending, special situations, as well as general insolvency proceedings and related litigation. The client roster includes both creditors and borrowers, who represent leading Spanish and multinational banks, corporates, and financial institutions. The practice is co-led by Carlos de Cárdenas Smith
and Ángel Pérez López, both of whom possess a successful track record in finance and restructuring transactions. Other key team members include corporate and insolvency litigation specialist Javier Yáñez and Sebastián Sáenz de Santa María, who focuses his practice on banking law.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- 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