Ramón Nicolas Vázquez del Rey Villanueva | Fieldfisher
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Professional background

Professional background

I specialise in the energy, natural resources, infrastructure, environment, urban planning and public procurement sectors. I have been practising law since 1999, and throughout my career I have participated in due diligence processes, analysing permitting issues and identifying regulatory, environmental and urban planning risks.

My experience has enabled me to support the structuring of permitting and economic processes for the implementation of renewable generation facilities (wind, photovoltaic and self-consumption), as well as high-efficiency cogeneration. I have also advised on supply contracting (water, gas and PPAs).

I have worked on project implementation procedures on public, endowed and private land. I specialise in regulatory matters (authorisations and sectoral registries), public procurement, public-private cooperation, and concession rebalancing. I have also advised on subsidies, grants and loans, as well as on compulsory purchase, urban, territorial, environmental and cultural heritage protection matters.

I am an expert in public and private contractual rebalancing procedures and in administrative liability matters, particularly in the field of urban planning. I have experience litigating before the courts, including in accounting, constitutional and EU law matters.

I primarily advise companies in the construction, infrastructure, industrial and energy sectors (electricity, gas, hydrocarbons, etc.), as well as in transactions involving the purchase and sale of assets, concessions and authorisations.

In 2019 and 2020, I was ranked among the best lawyers in Europe in the area of Energy and Natural Resources by Chambers and Partners.

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Energy and Natural Resources
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Why gas still matters as Europe’s power demand grows

30.07.2026
Europe’s energy transition is entering a new phase, one defined not only by decarbonisation targets, but by rapidly changing patterns of electricity demand. At the centre of this shift is the growth of AI, cloud computing and hyperscale data centres, all of which are increasing pressure on already constrained power systems.
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The new regulation of defective products: the EU Directive 2024/2853

10.12.2024
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A nighttime scene of a power plant with four large cooling towers emitting steam. The towers and emission are illuminated in pink and white light, reflecting vividly in the calm water body in the foreground. The sky is a deep blue, fading towards the horizon.
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Update of the national integrated Energy and Climate Plan 2023-2030

26.09.2024
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A row of wind turbines standing in calm water during sunset, with blurred blades indicating movement. The sky transitions from light blue to peach and pink near the horizon. Hills are faintly visible in the background.
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The new offshore wind regulation

26.09.2024
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Energy and Natural Resources
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Possibility to claim IEH refund for biogas and natural gas

25.09.2024
The Spanish Supreme Court has ruled in its judgments of 8, 22, and 24 July 2024 that the removal of the exemption from the Special Tax on Hydrocarbons (IEH), applicable to natural gas used for the production of electricity or the cogeneration of electricity and heat, established by Spanish Law 15/2012 on Fiscal Measures for Energy Sustainability, is contrary to European Union law.
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