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We are recognised nationally and internationally for our legal services, management, client service, innovation and technical excellence.
Legal 500 2024. Public Law
‘Lawyers need to have in-depth knowledge of applicable regulations and availability. My experience with GAP has been very good. The work specifically carried out by partner Juan Romero is excellent.’
Legal 500 2024. Public Law – Spain
‘Professionalism, closeness, experience, knowledge, security characterise the firm.’
Legal 500 2024. Public Law – Portugal
“I have absolute trust in the team.”
Chambers & Partners, Europe 2024 – Public Law
“Gómez-Acebo & Pombo provides excellent service with a full dedication as if they where part of our own team.”
Chambers & Partners Europe 2024. Public Law
“Pedro has the creativity to find solutions that meet our needs. He has the ability to address them proactively.”
Chambers & Partners Europe 2024. Restructuring/Insolvency: Insolvency
“Rodrigo is an extremely capable lawyer with tons of experience in the restructuring arena. He is commercially minded.”
Chambers & Partners Europe 2024. Restructuring/Insolvency – Portugal
“She is a very insightful business partner.”
Legal 500 2024. Public Law – Portugal
“Ricardo Campos is professional and always available.”
Legal 500 2024. Public Law
‘What makes this practice unique are the people. Specifically, Pedro Soto. He has been our reference lawyer in this matter, and we have followed him to every firm he has gone to. We had never worked with GA-P until he arrived.’
The Legal 500 2023. Public Law – Portugal
“I’d highlight Ricardo Campos.”
Chambers & Partners Global 2023. Public Law
Chambers & Partners Europe 2023. Public Law
“He knows the ins and outs of our business. Not only does he know the laws of the sector but also its processes, which can be quite strictly regulated.”
Chambers & Partners Europe 2023. Public Law
“Pedro has a lot of technical knowledge.”
Chambers & Partners Europe 2023. Public Law
Chambers & Partners Europe 2023. Public Law
“She is very technical.”
Chambers & Partners Europe 2023. Public Law
“Irene is efficient, decisive, versatile and has a high capacity to propose and analyse different alternatives to the problems that arise in tenders and in the execution of contracts.”
Chambers & Partners Europe 2023. Public Law
Chambers & Partners Europe 2023. Public Law
“Borja is very creative when it comes to finding solutions to the problems that we face.”
Chambers & Partners Europe 2022. Public Law
“He is very knowledgeable, so he always has the answer”
Chambers & Partners Europe 2022. Public Law
“He’s really a public law sage; I think that he knows about every aspect of public law”
Chambers & Partners Europe 2022. Public Law
«ability to “explain legal matters to any listener; she is very versatile.”»
Chambers & Partners Europe 2022. Public Law
“She is always able to bring solutions to each of the questions that arise and is able to come up with different viable options in order to obtain the best possible answer.”
Chambers & Partners Europe 2022. Public Law
“enormously efficient and solution-oriented”
Chambers & Partners Europe 2022. Public Law
“great knowledge of Spanish administrative law, his analytical skills and his ability to find solutions to the most complex problems”
The Legal 500 2022. Public Law – Portugal
«Ricardo Campos is recommended.»
Chambers & Partners Europe 2022. Public Law
“commercial and has good negotiation skills, which means he is able to find a way for the parties to sign an agreement”
Chambers & Partners Europe 2022. Public Law
“he’s very detailed in his analysis.”
Chambers & Partners Europe 2022. Public Law
“He is able to put things in a very simple way, though in reality they are very complex.”
Chambers & Partners Europe 2022. Public Law
«Interviewees highlight his “commercial and practical approach”»
Chambers & Partners Europe 2022. Public Law
“One of his main qualities is that he has a global and strategic vision of cases”
Chambers & Partners Europe 2022. Public Law
“His level of knowledge and engagement on our file is always perfect”
Chambers & Partners Europe 2022. Public Law
“share with the client the details of every proceeding, share their knowledge and act in an agile way”
Chambers & Partners Europe 2022. Public Law
“He is also very accessible and adopts a pro-deal approach”
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Another step taken towards putting into operation the Voluntary Carbon Market in Portugal. Ministerial orders laying down rules, criteria and requirements for implementation of the Voluntary Carbon Market
Ministerial orders defining specific and necessary aspects for the implementation of the Voluntary Carbon Market (‘VCM’) in Portugal, pursuant to Decree-law no. 4/2024 of 5 January (which creates the VCM in Portugal, encouraging projects that reduce or sequester greenhouse gas emissions throughout the country), have been published on 2 October.
09 Oct, 2024 
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Mais um passo em direção à operacionalização do Mercado Voluntário de Carbono em Portugal. As portarias que estabelecem as regras, os critérios e os requisitos necessários à implementação do Mercado Voluntário de Carbono.
Publicadas, em 2 de outubro, as portarias definem aspetos específicos e necessários à implementação do Mercado Voluntário de Carbono (‘MVC’) em Portugal, dando cumprimento ao Decreto-Lei n.º 4/2024, de 5 de janeiro (que institui o Mercado Voluntário de Carbono em Portugal, promovendo projetos de redução e sequestro de emissões de GEE em território nacional).
09 Oct, 2024
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Pharma & Healthcare No. 40
25 Sep, 2024
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Radio spectrum (700 MHz band) auctioned for 5G technology development in Spain
Publication of Order ETD/534/2021, of 26 May, approving the technical specifications and the terms and criteria for award by auction of concessions for the non-shared use of the radio spectrum in the 700 MHz band and giving notice of the relevant auction
01 Jun, 2021
PUBLICATION
Brexit. Spanish Royal Decree Law 38/2020 of 29 December on the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement of 24 December 2020
Introduction to the key aspects of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement of 24 December 2020 and the corresponding Spanish Royal Decree Law 38/2020 of 30 December.
15 Jan, 2021
PUBLICATION
Administrative liability of the members of a listed company’s audit committee for serious errors or inaccuracies in the audited annual accounts
The Supreme Court’s judgment of 8 October 2020 confirms the administrative liability of Audit Committee members for the inaccuracy or lack of veracity of consolidated annual accounts that have been externally audited
13 Nov, 2020
PUBLICATION
Boosting and curbing of the renewable energy sector in Spain
The Spanish government amends the rules governing renewable energy facilities in order to avoid the feared “bubbles” whilst promoting the electrification of the economy.
11 Sep, 2020