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Preparation and processing of urban plans:

  • General development plans.
  • Derivative development plans: partial, urban renewal and special plans.


Preparation and processing of urban management instruments:

  • Equitable distribution (reparcelling, compensation, etc.).
  • Expropriation.
  • Creating and advising compensation boards and other entities associated with urban development (co-operation, maintenance).
  • Drafting and processing integrated and urban action plans for urban development agents.


Negotiating, drafting and processing of urban development agreements and management agreements


Advice on processing of permits:

  • Specific permits (rural land, commercial and tourist permits, among others).
  • Municipal urban permits (building, business and access permits, among others).


Real estate projects (planning due diligence):

  • Analysis of the legal regime aplicabble to the affected property.
  • Initial and ongoing control of administrative processes for urban developments.
  • Verification of required permits.
  • Analysis of compliance with sector-specific legislation.
  • Verification of the existence of sanctioning and restoration of legality administrative proceedings.
  • Advice on urban legality protection, closure orders and sanctions.


Drafting legislative texts and legal opinions


Administrative and judicial review proceedings related to the approval of urban plans and urban management instruments, the denial of building permits and the imposition of administrative penalties

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Planning - Spain

2
Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Pareja & Associats assists real estate developers and industrial companies with the drafting of modifications to urban plans, often in support of new developments in and around Barcelona. The law firm acts for landowners raising objections to new town plans. It advises companies and public bodies on appeals against court rulings in which new planning instruments have been scrapped. The team also advises investors on the planning-focused due diligence of acquisition targets.

Work Highlights

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  • Pareja & Associats advised Prezero España on the expansion of its landfill in Catalonia.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Carles Pareja i Lozano
2
Carles Pareja i Lozano
Head of Planning
2
Band 2
Carles Pareja i Lozano is a highly respected public law expert with significant experience in planning law matters. He is based in Barcelona and often assists with the drafting of planning instruments for clients wishing to develop new industrial sites or healthcare facilities.

Carles offers humanity and technical knowledge.

Carles has great knowledge of the legislation.

He is a visible leader of his department.

Elvira Fernández Lozano
4
Elvira Fernández Lozano
4
Band 4
Elvira Fernández Lozano is an experienced lawyer who handles urban development mandates.

The experience with Elvira is very positive.

Gemma Segura López
4
Gemma Segura López
Head of Planning
4
Band 4

Gemma Segura López drafts modifications to Catalan planning instruments and assists with the due diligence of potential real estate acquisitions.

Gemma is a great connoisseur of urban planning legislation and is proactive. She is a very involved lawyer with a brilliant mind.

Gemma is always pertinent in her answers and has an optimal business vision.

Ranked Lawyers at
Pareja & Associats

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Carles Pareja i Lozano
2
Carles Pareja i Lozano
Head of Planning
2
Band 2
Elvira Fernández Lozano
4
Elvira Fernández Lozano
4
Band 4
Gemma Segura López
4
Gemma Segura López
Head of Planning
4
Band 4

Members

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Albert Llop Martí

Carles Pareja i Lozano

Carles Pareja i Lozano

Head of Department

Gemma Segura López

Gemma Segura López

Head of Department

Jorge Herrera Castillo

Júlia Arbós Aguilar

Mireia Pérez Costal

Sergi Ferragut Maixenchs

Xavier Nadal Puig

Xavier Soy Ros

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