Thank you for visiting the Professor Uría Foundation website. It's a real pleasure to welcome you, as the Foundation’s chair.
The Foundation was founded by Rodrigo Uría Meruéndano and Uría Menéndez Abogados, the law firm he led at the time, in memory of his father, the jurist Rodrigo Uría González, and as an expression of the firm’s founding partners’ commitment to charitable work.
Our mission is simple: to put the Foundation’s resources at the service of those who need them most, with particular attention to children, young people, immigrants and prisoners. We carry out this work through volunteers, most of them from within Uría Menéndez, and I want to thank them sincerely. It is they who, by giving their knowledge, time and effort to the people the Foundation supports, truly make this work possible. These words are a tribute to them and to the part they play in allowing the Foundation’s work to continue.
I must also thank Uría Menéndez for its steady and growing financial support, which, together with contributions from a number of generous individuals, allows us to carry out many of our projects.
The Board of Trustees is committed to continuing the Foundation’s educational work in public schools, prisons, immigration centres and employment workshops, so that the legal system is seen and respected as a tool for peaceful coexistence. We will also keep coordinating legal advice from Uría Menéndez staff to non-profit organisations, and providing financial support to them where appropriate and feasible. And we will continue to study and raise awareness of art law, an area close to the hearts of our founders, as a mark of our respect for them.
We aim to carry out this work as efficiently as possible, and with the utmost discretion.
Luis de Carlos
Chair
Rodrigo Uría González (Oviedo, 1906 - Madrid, 2001) was widely considered one of the leading and most illustrious authorities on commercial law due to his key role in reforming commercial law studies in Spain.
Rodrigo Uría was awarded his degree in law (summa cum laude) from the Universidad de Oviedo in 1927, before going on to receive his doctorate in law from the Universidad Central in 1930. He was appointed professor at the Universidad de Salamanca in 1943 and Universidad de Madrid in 1952, and received honorary doctorates from various other universities. His writings have helped shape various generations of lawyers and jurists, with his Manual on Commercial Law at the forefront of his work.
He held the following key positions and offices during his lifetime:
The following are some of his awards and accolades:
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