About

Provided by Ramón y Cajal Abogados

Our firm is best known for its high quality services in all aspects of the planning sector:

  • Preparation and processing of urban development zoning regulations and urban development management instruments: Allotments projects, cooperation and compulsory expropriation projects.
  • Drafting, negotiation and processing of urban development agreements to be entered into between owners and public authorities. Set up and advice on compensation boards, urban development agents, conservation entities and other related entities.
  • Preparation of urban development reports and legal opinions. Drafting of urban development due diligence reports prior to financing or the acquisition of all types of real estate assets or in sale and leaseback transactions with international investors.
  • Advice on obtaining permits for works, activities, initial occupancy and start up, commercial and tourist permits, and authorisation on land non suitable for development.
  • Administrative and judicial proceedings in connection with sanctions, expropriations, authorisations, permits, closing orders and against urban development planning and management instruments appeals.
  • Advice on urban development aspects of execution and financing of renewable energy projects on land deemed unsuitable for building.

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Planning - Spain

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What the Team is Known For

Ramón y Cajal is frequently instructed by real estate developers and investment funds to assist with the planning due diligence of potential land and property acquisitions. The team advises on the acquisition of concessions to build specific assets, as well as drafting urban development agreements for developers undertaking major regeneration projects. The lawyers also assist with contentious-administrative appeals against town hall decisions.

Work Highlights

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  • Ramón y Cajal advised Repsol on its acquisition of a plot near the Port of Bilbao, utilised for the establishment of a renewable hydrogen electrolyser.

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Notable Practitioners

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Francisco Bengoetxea
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Francisco Bengoetxea
Head of Planning
3
Band 3
Francisco Bengoetxea heads the Ramón y Cajal planning department. He assists both with the planning-focused due diligence of real estate acquisitions and with standalone advisory mandates for developers undertaking urban development projects in different parts of Spain.

Francisco has a strong strategic and commercial sense and the ability to collaborate and respond to the specific needs of the company.

His attention to detail and commitment to excellence ensure high-quality results in every project.

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Francisco Bengoetxea
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Francisco Bengoetxea
Head of Planning
3
Band 3

Members

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Francisco Bengoetxea

Francisco Bengoetxea

Head of Department