Ranked in 1 Practice Areas
2

Band 2

Public Law

Spain

6 Years Ranked

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Provided by Elena Veleiro Couto

Europe

Practice Areas

Public Law & Regulatory, Public Procurement & PPPs, Infrastructure & Rail, Administrative Litigation, Energy/Renewables Regulation, Concessions & Public Assets, Water & Environment.

Advises on procurement and concession frameworks, PPPs and expansion of rail networks, and collaboration agreements between public and private sectors. Represents public authorities and entities in administrative litigation (procurement challenges, administrative liability, environmental and water matters, enforcement of judgments). Counsels on renewable energy licensing and successive amendments to Spain’s power-sector framework. Experience includes roles within ADIF (legal manager) and internships at the Telecommunications Market Commission, Spain’s Permanent Representation to the EU and the Court of Justice of the EU.

Career

Elena is a public law and regulatory specialist and State Lawyer who achieved the highest grade nationwide in the entrance examinations. She served in León and in Madrid’s administrative courts, later at the Administrative Chamber of the High Court of Justice of Madrid (2010–2013), where she managed the advisory agreement between the State Lawyers’ Office and ADIF; she then joined ADIF as legal manager.

- 2008 Entrance examinations passed for the State Lawyers’ Corps (Abogados del Estado)

- 2004 Degree in Law, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

- 2014 Degree in Economics, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

She works in Spanish, Galician and English.

Professional Memberships

Madrid Bar Association (ICAM).

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Public Law - Spain

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Band 2
Individual Editorial

Elena Veleiro Couto stands out for her advice to construction companies on the defence of actions brought in relation to public works contracts. She also advises on claims seeking to rebalance concession contracts.

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