Dealing with the authorities, properly
Every company or organisation has to deal with the public authorities: applying for a licence, a permit to operate, or responding to an inspection.
Our administrative law department, within the area headed by the commercial and administrative department, handles all of these matters and the defence of fundamental rights before the relevant authorities and courts.
Areas of work
Administrative and judicial review proceedings
- Handling administrative proceedings
- Drafting submissions and pleadings
- Optional and mandatory appeals
- Challenging administrative acts and regulations
- Challenging sanctions in administrative and judicial review proceedings
Planning and development
- Permits and authorisations for development, construction and works management
- Management, execution and development of planning schemes
- Planning enforcement proceedings
- Drafting planning agreements
- Mediation in planning disputes
- Challenging planning schemes
- Licences
- Expropriation and negotiation
Public procurement
- Advice on public tender processes
- Management of public contracts
- Queries on tender specifications
- Challenging improperly awarded contracts
Public tenders
- Concessions
- Service contracts
- Management contracts
- Contracts between authorities and public undertakings
- Contracts between authorities and private companies
- Contracts between authorities and individuals
Public grants
- Preparing the application file
- Advice on the legal aspects of the application
Environmental taxes
- Management of environmental tax payments
- Processing environmental licences and authorisations
State liability and expropriation
- Compensation claims against the public authorities
- Appeals against expropriation
Tax proceedings
- Administrative tax proceedings
- Tax penalty proceedings
- Tax litigation before courts and authorities
- Local taxes: IBI, municipal capital gains tax, ICIO
- State taxes: IRPF, corporate tax, ITP, VAT
- Fees and special levies
Where we see youRambla Just Oliveras, 64, entresuelo 1ª, 08901 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat (Barcelona). In person Monday to Thursday 9 am–6 pm and Friday 9 am–2 pm; telephone service. Prices are listed under consultations and fees.
How we handle it
- First consultation. Fixed fee. We review the administrative act or decision and the deadlines for appeal.
- The administrative route before the courts. We first exhaust the optional or mandatory appeals before the authority itself; if they fail, we go to the administrative courts.
- A lawyer responsible for your matter. With continuity in follow-up and the firm’s team coordinated on pleadings, hearings and calls.
Other services
Do you need a lawyer for this?
First consultation at a fixed price. The fee is published on our fees page.