Administrative Law

We advise clients on all areas of Public Law including:

Regulated Industries

• Providing comprehensive advisory services on operation in regulated network industries such as the power, gas, renewable energy, telecommunications, audiovisual, transport and other industries
• Assistance in entry in an industry and adequate positioning within it
• We can resolve conflicts connected to fulfilment of the access, interconnection, public service and other obligations of operators
• We advise on the decisions of the Spanish National Commission for Markets and Competition and defence against disciplinary proceedings.

Subsidies and Public Aids

• We advise on applying for European Union, State and regional subsidies and aids
• We provide advice on the management and justification of subsidised projects
• And counsel on procedures for the repayment of aids and subsidies and against connected penalties.

Asset Liability of the Administration

• We process claims for asset liability derived from all kind of damages
• And we advise and process claims against the legislating State for damages caused by the approval of regulations with the rank of Law.

Public Contracting

• We advise on all the phases of public contracting procedures (tenders, bids, negotiation, and later execution of public contracts), with both private companies and with Public Administration entities
• We negotiated and advise regarding on partnerships with the Administration for the implementation of any business project
• Administrative concessions
• We advise public entities on the drafting of Administrative Specifications and other contractual documents
• We advise private companies on the negotiation and monitoring of their construction and engineering contracts, both as awardees and as subcontractors in infrastructure projects
• We provide legal counsel in administrative and contentious-administrative proceedings derived from public contracting proceedings and/or the execution of public contracts.

Financing of Projects and Large Infrastructures

• We provide support on infrastructure works and projects in the transport, energy and telecommunications industries
• And advise on the structure of privatisation and financing models for public infrastructures and services
• We advise on the legal aspects of PPP and PPI projects, in general, for the implementation of public infrastructures (roads, railways, ports, airports, or other services), with private-sector participation
• We created joint ventures and other partnership agreements among private companies for infrastructure projects
• We negotiate finance contracts for the construction of public infrastructures and equipment supply
• And we provide legal defence in all kinds of expropriation proceedings connected to the deployment of large infrastructures.

Urban Planning and Environment 

• We provide advisory services on procedures for the drafting of planning instruments, both land regulation and urban planning (general, special, and sectoral plans)
• We advise on urban planning management and execution: Expropriation, compensation, and cooperation systems
• We help clients obtain urban planning licences (urban development, construction, works) and activity licences (installation and opening licences)
• We can defend against urban planning disciplinary proceedings (restoration of urban planning legality and penalties)
• We advise clients on the environmental impact of projects when they start: Integrated environmental authorisation, authorisation for greenhouse gas emissions, environmental impact analysis and evaluation
• We advise on authorisations and penalties connected to water supply, spillage, and waste
• We advise clients in disciplinary and environmental liability proceedings
• And we provide urban planning and environmental compliance reports.