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The Spanish public law and regulatory practice, led by partner Iria Calviño, possesses an in-depth knowledge of general public law and regulated sectors. This expertise enables the team to offer consultative and contentious advice in these areas and provide essential support in corporate and financing transactions and projects undertaken in those sectors. The Spanish team provides specialist legal advice to both public and private entities and institutions in the context of domestic and international transactions, as well as specific matters of general administrative law and regulated sectors. The lawyers are experts in pre-contentious and contentious matters with a public law and regulatory component, including energy disputes, environmental offences, disciplinary proceedings, expropriations, subsidy reimbursement actions, liability of public administrations, and economic rebalancing of public contracts. They act as lead counsel in administrative and contentious-administrative proceedings. The industry focus is mainly on the energy, environment, telecommunications, and infrastructure sectors. The team comprises Of Counsel José Ramón Mourenza, Manuel Rivero, Esther Lumbreras, Miguel Ángel Barroso and academic consultant Javier Guillén.

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What the Team is Known For

Herbert Smith Freehills' public law practice is predominantly built around energy regulatory and environmental matters. The firm has won instructions from important mining and electricity companies on applications for operating permits, and it defends subsequent challenges brought on environmental grounds. The team challenges sanctions imposed by sector regulators for alleged non-compliance with specific regulations. Herbert Smith Freehills often advises on corporate or finance mandates that have important public law implications, with a particularly strong caseload of energy sector deals.

Work Highlights

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  • Herbert Smith Freehills advised SOERMAR on its contribution to the approval procedure for the new Royal Decree to regulate the granting of aid to the shipbuilding sector for research and development purposes.

Strengths

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"Herbert Smith Freehills' team has been a great support and has strengthened our defence arguments."

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"The team always stays fully dedicated to the client's needs."

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Notable Practitioners

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Iria Calviño
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Iria Calviño
Head of Public Law
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Band 3

Iria Calviño has a broad public law practice that spans contentious energy regulatory or environment law matters and advice on the acquisition of heavily regulated businesses.

"Iria is focused on the detail."

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Iria Calviño
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Iria Calviño
Head of Public Law
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Members

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Esther Lumbreras

Iria Calviño

Iria Calviño

Head of Department

Javier Guillén

José Ramón Mourenza

Manuel Rivero

Miguel Ángel Barroso

Industries

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Energy

Environment

Infrastructure

Natural resources

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