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Administrative Law, Regulated Sectors and Competence

Our Administrative Law Department has a broad experience in handling issues concerning the interpretation and application of administrative legislation. In particular, any relationship of our clients with any Public Administration, and especially, any matter related with Real Estate, Construction, and Urban Planning, or with Energy and Telecommunications (Utilities) legislation. This department also intervenes in all types of administrative proceedings, filing appeals and offering any complementary advice required.

  • Administrative Law
    • Drafting of legislative pre-projects.
    • The civil servant and other systems of public employment.
    • Administrative organisations and inter-administration relations.
    • Redesign of procedures.
    • Electronic administration.
    • The contractual and economic liability of the Administration.
    • Assets of Public Administration.
    • Compulsory purchase procedure.
    • Services and economic activities of the Administration like water management, coastal areas, ports and port services, mining and mountain land use, land transport, tramways, railways and airports.
    • Projects for the private financing of public infrastructures.
    • Subsidies and aids.
    • Defence in administrative procedures and in appeals in the administrative courts.

  • Real Estate, Planning and Zoning
    • Sale and purchase of real estate of all kinds (office buildings, shopping malls, hotels, leisure parks, tourist residential buildings, industrial plant and buildings, etc.), and real estate companies.
    • Construction and related services (technical, engineering, etc.).
    • Real estate project finance.
    • Leases.
    • Management, administration, marketing and maintenance.
    • Review of the legal status of real property and ancillary rights.
    • Town and rural planning.
    • Plans and instruments for territorial planning.
    • Instruments for public policies on land and housing.
    • Public assets consisting of housing and land.
    • Town Plans, general or for implementation.
    • Action programs and definition of scope of development.
    • Systematic town planning management by the classic systems or through the figure of the developer agent.
    • Compensation for changes in planning or for individual associations.
    • Urban planning and management agreements.
    • Town planning discipline.
    • Relocation of large industries and their financing against unoccupied land.
    • Management of permits in large services projects.
    • Permits for large shopping areas.

  • Regulated Sectors (Energy and telecommunications (Utilities))
    • Mergers, acquisitions, strategic alliances and joint ventures.
    • Regulatory advice.
    • Turnkey, supply, plant, operation and maintenance projects.
    • Construction and rollout of networks, infrastructures, rights of way, infrastructure sharing, equipment supply.
    • Access to networks (electricity or gas), long-term regasification, storage, transport, distribution and sale.
    • Hydrocarbons exploration and production.
    • Oil & gas up-, mid- and downstream.
    • Access to telecommunication networks, subscriber loops, interconnection.
    • Rent of capacity, lines, broad band, ADSL, IRU’s, submarine cables.
    • Radio, television and satellite.
    • Legal protection of computer programmes.
    • Legal protection, contracts for the use and distribution of data bases.
    • Legal protection of websites. Electronic signature and certification entities.
    • Proceedings before Supervisors CNE, CMT.

  • Antitrust and Competition
    Representation and defence before the Spanish courts, the EU courts and the European Human Rights Tribunal on EU and antitrust Law. Concentration control procedures. Administrative anti-trust procedures before the national and EU authorities. Procedures for the establishment and review of antidumping rights. Contracts and agreements relating to antitrust law (distribution, supply, technology licences, price and discount policies, etc.). Advice on the application of EU legislation in Spanish law.