Find Lawyers in Spain for Energy Law
Practice Area Overview
Energy law practitioners must have a deep knowledge of the legal framework applicable in Spain, and shall also be in permanent awareness of the legislative updates, as this is one of the legal practices with more regulatory amendments introduced by the Spanish Government and Parliament. Indeed, abrogation of previous legal regimes (e.g. old renewable legal framework) and frequent enactments of new regulations are provoking many litigation processes at the Courts launched by the relevant stakeholders that challenge those regulatory amendments that impact negatively on their businesses.
Energy lawyers deal with all legal matters regarding the production, transportation, commercialization, and consumption of the different sources of energy (oil, gas, and electricity, including renewables). This practice covers a large variety of legal advice, such as the legal assistance in the development of new energy projects (oil and gas E&P – conventional and non conventional – renewables, gas and electricity infrastructures, thermal power production, etc.) including advice on permitting that usually involves long and complex procedures; legal advice on M&A transactions (due diligence processes, contract negotiation, etc.); public procurement; subsidies and feed-in tariffs; legal defense both at administrative and judicial levels against penalty proceedings; or regulatory compliance legal advice, among others.
As the energy sector is an open market in Spain (except for very few exceptions), clients demanding legal services are of very diverse nature: public and private operators, multinationals, local and foreign investors, as well as energy intensive industries.
Practice areas Corporate/M&A. Alejandro Alberte has extensive experience in advising on all types of corporate transactions (LBOs, MBOs, mergers, acquisitions, restructurings, joint ventures), mainly with an international component. More recently, he has developed a strong energy and infrastructure practice, with a particular focus on investment funds in these sectors. He has also advised on other M&A transactions with private equity funds and big national and international industrial...
Practice areas: Corporate/M&A, Capital Markets, Funds Javier Carvajal specialises in takeover bids, M&A transactions, private equity, corporate restructurings, joint ventures and IPOs. He advises national and international groups on transactions in the energy, infrastructures, financial and industrial sectors. Javier joined Pérez-Llorca as partner in 2017. He has over 20 years' experience in Corporate law. Law degree with a specialisation in Business law (Universidad Complutens...
Practice Areas Administrative Law. Ana has extensive experience consulting on energy matters, which she acquired while working as Head State Advocate at the Secretariat of State for Energy and coordinating the Mutual Legal Assistance Agreements signed with the Spanish Energy Commission, the Spanish Commission on Markets and Competition (Energy area), the Nuclear Safety Council and the Institute for Diversification and Saving of Energy (IDAE). In addition, Ana has taken part in international a...
Covadonga del Pozo is founder and managing partner of DEL POZO & DE LA CUADRA and practises in environmental, energy and natural resources law. She has wide experience in all environmental areas (waste, water, air, climate change, polluted soils, protected áreas, fauna & flora, REACH, etc.), as well as in the electricity (conventional and renewable resources), gas, oil and mining regulated markets.She advises her clients on a large diversity of matters, such as M&A transact...
Practice areas: Real Estate, Banking & Finance, Projects and M&A, Energy Fausto Romero-Miura advises national and international clients on real estate, M&A and energy sector-related deals. He advises on project development, financing and acquisition, and on acquisitions within the debt and banking sectors. He advises hedge funds and investment funds on acquisitions in Spain. Fausto joined Pérez-Llorca in 2000 and made partner in 2007. Law degree (Universidad Complutense, Ma...
Francisco Solchaga, Araoz & Rueda partner since 2007, joined the firm as an associate in 2000 after two years as an associate at Uría Menéndez, where he acquired experience in mergers and acquisitions and securities markets. Francisco is specialized in energy, advising on numerous projects relating to the promotion and financing of wind and solar plants. He has also extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions and securities markets.
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