Public and Regulatory Law

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In the field of public law Andersen has wide experience and provides specialist legal advice, both to private individuals and companies and the public authorities and the public sector.

Our advice includes writing reports, taking part in negotiations, drafting contracts, as well as providing legal defence to our clients in all administrative proceedings as well as in contentious-administrative files in the different scopes of our practice (urban planning, public contracts, compulsory expropriations, public service, administrative organization and local governing rules, assets held by public administrations, subsidies, infrastructures, regulated sectors, etc.).

Specifically, we have extensive experience delivering recurrent advice to public authorities and other public-sector entities in matters related to their organization and functioning, drafting laws and regulations, managing their proprietary assets, and in matters relating to their personnel.

In public sector contracting matters, we assist public administrations and public entities by drawing up contract instructions, including terms and conditions sheets, advising in public contracts bidding and execution. In the private sectors, we advise bidders in their submission of bids, the execution, amendment and termination of contracts, and when challenging bidding decisions, also assisting in court where necessary.

In regulated sectors, we have extensive experience in many Administrative Law areas, including water, coasts, energy, mining, telecoms, tourism and transportation.

We advise also in cases involving compulsory expropriation, liability, public aids and, generally, in all areas of Regulatory Law.

Public services

Public procurement

  • Preparation of reports and legal opinions on the regulations governing public procurement.
  • Proceedings before the public authorities and in the administrative law courts.
  • Due Diligences.
  • Preparation of individual procurement specifications.
  • Classification procedures.
  • Legal advice for the implementation of models of private sector involvement in the development of public infrastructure projects (PSI).
  • Special appeals in public procurement matters.

Compulsory purchase

  • Preparation of reports.
  • Legal representation in compulsory purchase procedures.
  • Proceedings before the public authorities and the courts.
  • Advice in dealings with local compulsory purchase boards in determination of compensation.
  • Advice and handling of appraisal reports in compulsory purchase procedures.
  • Attendance at initial hearings and negotiation of agreements.
  • Advice on drafts of joint valuations.
  • Advice to beneficiaries of compulsory purchase orders.
  • Advice on revaluation procedures.
  • Advice on reversion procedures.

Infrastructures

  • Preparation of individual procurement specifications.
  • Representation before the public authorities in bidding procedures.
  • Experience in projects for highways, railways, ports, airports, public buildings, hospitals, energy recycling plants, etc.

Claims for damages against the public authorities

  • Preparation of reports.
  • Claims for damages before the public authorities.
  • Proceedings before the public authorities and the courts.

Regulatory Law services

In regulatory matters we have experience in matters of water resources, coasts, ports, transport, telecommunications, energy, health, trading, etc.

  • Preparation of reports on specific matters.
  • Processing of permits, authorisations and concessions.

Andersen provides legal advice on environmental matters, advising on the obtaining of environmental permits and authorisations, the carrying out of Due Diligences and also provides auditing services to clients reviewing their legal-environmental position or providing environmental impact studies, the introduction and operation of integrated waste management services, etc.

Publications

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