Practice area

Public Law and Regulated

Sectors

“Gómez-Acebo & Pombo provides excellent service with a full dedication as if they where part of our own team.”

Chambers & Partners Europe 2024 (Band 1)

Our outstanding Public Law and Regulated Sectors team is widely recognized as a leader in Spain, both for its solid structure and the diversity and quality of services it offers. This claim is supported by the team’s positioning in band 1 of the prestigious legal directory Chambers & Partners and by consecutive nominations for best public law team in Spain at the El Confidencial awards, as well as other related mentions, such as the best sustainable transformation firm award given by Expansión. These recognitions reflect the professional excellence of our team members, true experts not only in public law but also in complementary areas such as energy, infrastructure, and the environment.

Our team is composed of lawyers who have held positions of great administrative responsibility, giving us a profound understanding of the Public Administration and its internal dynamics. Additionally, we have a select group of professors from the country’s leading universities whose academic prestige enables us to tackle the challenges posed by constant regulatory changes with solidity and efficiency.

The cohesive integration of our teams, combined with our firm commitment to thoroughly understand our clients’ businesses, has allowed us to gain extensive experience in all regulated sectors. This enables us to offer the highest level of legal advice tailored to the specific needs of each client and the demands of a constantly evolving regulatory environment.

Our areas of expertise in this field include:

Energy (electricity, gas, hydrocarbons), telecommunications, transportation and postal services, agri-food, pharmaceutical and healthcare, defense, gambling.

Merger control and sanctioning procedures for restrictive practices, abuse of dominant position.

Atmospheric protection and climate change, environmental impact.

Planning, urban management.

Tenders, appeals, contract execution.

Roads, airports, ports, railways, hospitals, educational centers, residences.

Water (concessions, services, project processing, taxation), waste management, health services.

Meet the team

Acknowledgements

We are recognised nationally and internationally for our legal services, management, client service, innovation and technical excellence.

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Legal 500 2024. Public Law – Portugal
Legal 500 2024. Public Law – Portugal
“Ricardo Campos is professional and always available.”
Legal 500 2024. Public Law
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.’
Legal 500 2024. Public Law
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
Legal 500 2024. Public Law – Spain
‘Professionalism, closeness, experience, knowledge, security characterise the firm.’
Legal 500 2024. Public Law – Portugal
Legal 500 2024. Public Law – Portugal
“I have absolute trust in the team.”
Chambers & Partners, Europe 2024 – Public Law
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
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
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
Chambers & Partners Europe 2024. Restructuring/Insolvency – Portugal
“She is a very insightful business partner.”
The Legal 500 2023. Public Law – Portugal
The Legal 500 2023. Public Law – Portugal
“I’d highlight Ricardo Campos.”
Chambers & Partners Global 2023. Public Law
Chambers & Partners Global 2023. Public Law
Chambers & Partners Europe 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
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
Chambers & Partners Europe 2023. Public Law
Chambers & Partners Europe 2023. Public Law
“She is very technical.”
Chambers & Partners Europe 2023. Public Law
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
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.”
The Legal 500 2022. Public Law – Portugal
The Legal 500 2022. Public Law – Portugal
«Ricardo Campos is recommended.»
Chambers & Partners Europe 2022. Public Law
Chambers & Partners Europe 2022. Public Law
“he’s very detailed in his analysis.”
Chambers & Partners Europe 2022. Public Law
Chambers & Partners Europe 2022. Public Law
«Interviewees highlight his “commercial and practical approach”»
Chambers & Partners Europe 2022. Public Law
Chambers & Partners Europe 2022. Public Law
“His level of knowledge and engagement on our file is always perfect”
Chambers & Partners Europe 2022. Public Law
Chambers & Partners Europe 2022. Public Law
“He is also very accessible and adopts a pro-deal approach”
Chambers & Partners Europe 2022. Public Law
Chambers & Partners Europe 2022. Public Law
“He is very knowledgeable, so he always has the answer”
Chambers & Partners Europe 2022. Public Law
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
Chambers & Partners Europe 2022. Public Law
«ability to “explain legal matters to any listener; she is very versatile.”»
Chambers & Partners Europe 2022. Public Law
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
Chambers & Partners Europe 2022. Public Law
“enormously efficient and solution-oriented”
Chambers & Partners Europe 2022. Public Law
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”
Chambers & Partners Europe 2022. Public Law
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
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
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
Chambers & Partners Europe 2022. Public Law
“share with the client the details of every proceeding, share their knowledge and act in an agile way”
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