David Sanz

David Sanz is a partner in Garrigues' Administrative Law Department and is responsible for environmental law matters in the Barcelona office. He has extensive experience in providing legal advice to companies and Public Administrations on public procurement, the environment and regulated sectors. In addition to the lines of work described above, he also provides general advice on administrative law (disciplinary proceedings, contentious-administrative proceedings, expropriations, public domain and special properties, etc.). He holds a degree in Law from the University of Barcelona, a PhD in Administrative Law and has been recognised as a researcher (cum laude). Professor at the University of Barcelona since 1995 and author of several publications in his area of specialisation. He lectures at various university institutions and participates as a speaker at conferences, seminars, master's and postgraduate courses in his speciality. He also takes part in research projects promoted by the Department of Administrative Law at the University of Barcelona.

David Sanz has been a partner in the Administrative Law Department of Garrigues since 2010, having joined the firm in 1999. He has also been a lecturer in the Department of Administrative Law at the University of Barcelona since 1995. From the outset, his research work in the university sphere focused on the in-depth study of Administrative Law and its peculiarities, paying particular attention, as his publications attest, to the systems of prior administrative control over potentially polluting activities and the mechanisms of collaboration between the public authorities and companies. To this academic and research training must be added his experience in legal advice to companies and Public Administrations in different areas linked to Administrative Law and, specifically, in all matters relating to public procurement, regulated sectors, legal implications derived from environmental protection regulations and contentious-administrative proceedings, intervening both as a plaintiff and in defence of administrative action.