Borja Carvajal

Borja is a partner of Public Law and Regulated Sectors at Gómez-Acebo & Pombo.

He specialises in regulated sectors, chiefly in energy and infrastructure, and has advised many public and private companies on regulatory aspects of their activities and in the context of complex transactions.

He has wide experience in advising on the tendering, design, financing, construction and commissioning of energy and infrastructure projects, both in Spain as well as abroad. He has also advised companies operating in various regulated sectors such as transport, energy and TMT on numerous administrative and contentious-administrative proceedings at all stages.

He holds a Degree in Law and Business Science from San Pablo CEU University has done master’s degree coursework in Urban Planning and Management at Centro de Estudios Garrigues.

Borja has been recognised by the prestigious legal directory Chambers & Partners as one of the leading professionals in the market both in Public Law as well as in Energy and Natural Resources.
He is also a regular speaker and columnist on various subjects in the field of Public Law.

Areas and sectors in which he collaborates

Energy Infrastructures Planning Public Law and Regulated Sectors

Sustainability

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Experience

I have carried out numerous transactions with Gómez-Acebo & Pombo.

2024 2023 2022

GA_P advises Sanitas on its investment in MIMO Biosciences, spin-off of CIMA University of Navarra, 2024 – The team has been formed by David González, Diana Linage, Laura Roda and Nicolas Otero, partner, counsel and associates of the Corporate team; Mariana Díaz-Moro and Carla Fandiño, partner and associate of the Tax team; Irene Fernández-Puyol and Marta Rey, partner and associate of the Public team; Lourdes Escassi, Carmen Abad, Laura Calva and Ignacio Luis Campos; counsel and associates of the Labour team; Bárbara Sainz de Vicuña and Diego Ibañez; counsel and associate of the IP team; Andrew Ward, partner of the Competition team; Isabel Silva, Joaquín Beltrán and Patricia González de Huelbes, associates of the Banking team.

GA_P advises Cellnex on the signing of a PPA with Elawan, 2024 – The Gómez-Acebo & Pombo team was formed by Borja Carvajal Borrero, partner of Public and Regulated Sectors; José Francisco Canalejas, senior associate of Banking and Finance; Ignacio Castellanos, senior associate of Public and Regulated Sectors and Nuria Vila and Ángela Atienza, counsel and associate of Tax.

GA_P advises Castellana Properties on the structuring of its photovoltaic self-consumption project for its shopping centres., 2024 – Gómez-Acebo & Pombo has assisted Castellana Properties in its joint venture with Sunbird to develop the ‘Castellana Green’ project, which aims to deploy up to 40MW of self-consumption photovoltaic installations on the roofs and canopies of the car parks of all its commercial assets. It is estimated that the commissioning of the installations of the…

GA_P advises Sanitas on its investment in MIMO Biosciences, spin-off of CIMA University of Navarra, 2024 – Gómez-Acebo & Pombo has advised Sanitas on its investment in MIMO Biosciences (Modelling Immunotherapy In Oncology), a spin-off of CIMA University of Navarra. Sanitas, a company specialising in healthcare, joins forces with two private investors in the field of research and becomes a shareholder in the MIMO Biosciences project, a spin-off company arising from the […]

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GA_P advises Cabify Group in Pre-litigation Case C-50/21, 2023 – Gómez-Acebo & Pombo has advised Prestige and Limousine, one of the companies of the Cabify Group specialised in transport, in the Preliminary Judicial Review C-50/21. This has been resolved by the Court of Justice of the European Union in its Judgment of 8 June, in which certain restrictions on VTC services provided for in the…

GA_P advises Enagás on its incorporation into the Hanseatic Energy Hub project, 2023 – Gómez-Acebo & Pombo has led the legal advice to ENAGÁS in its incorporation to the HANSEATIC ENERGY HUB (HEH) project through the purchase of a 10% stake in the capital in substitution of FLUXYS. ENAGÁS’ investment aims to make it the operator of the future LNG plant in Stade (Germany), which will have an annual…

GA_P advises Cabify in a contentious-administrative proceeding whose judgment validates its small goods delivery service in passanger vehicles., 2022 – Gómez-Acebo & Pombo has advised the Cabify Group in a contentious-administrative proceeding before the High Court of Justice of the Community of Madrid regarding the guarantee of the unity of the market, whose judgment is pioneering for the provision of last mile delivery services of small goods in passenger cars dedicated to the activity of…

GA_P advises Kartesia on the sale of a majority shareholding in Portsur Castellón, 2022 – Gómez-Acebo & Pombo has advised Kartesia on the sale of a majority shareholding in the company Portsur Castellón, which is the bulk terminal of the Port of Castellón, to another partner of the company Gimeno Servicios Portuarios. PortSur Castellón is a company dedicated to the provision of logistics services in the port of Castellón. Grupo…

Gómez-Acebo & Pombo advised Incus Capital on the structuring and formation of a consortium with Reolum, 2022 – Gómez-Acebo & Pombo advised Incus Capital on the structuring and formation of a consortium with Reolum for the design, financing and development of a 49.9 MW biomass power plant on the former site of the La Robla Thermal Power Plant (León). The consortium formed by both companies received 46.1 MW in the third energy auction…