Silvia San Felipe Menéndez

Silvia is a diligent lawyer with extensive experience and a solid technical background. Her excellent interpersonal skills, her ability to understand the issues at hand and to communicate even in matters of great technical and legal complexity, make her a highly recognized and valued professional. She is used to organizing and managing a heavy workload, often in collaboration with other areas, and coordinating advice to ensure that the client receives a reliable and timely service. Silvia leads on advising a wide range of companies on regulatory matters, particularly in the energy sector, as well as on dealings with public bodies and the relevant administrative procedures and courts. She also advises on project and facility sales transactions.

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Highlights of the work

Advice to companies in the energy sector, particularly to companies engaged in the promotion and development of renewable energy projects and/or entities focused on investment in this type of assets. We provide expertise in regulatory matters, general administrative law issues, all types of appeals and management of litigation proceedings.

Advice to public sector infrastructure and construction companies on public sector contracting matters, as well as administrative and contentious-administrative defense in proceedings with individual amounts ranging from tens of millions to hundreds of millions.

Advising an important group of international businessmen on European law matters and acting as counsel in the appeal brought before the Court of Justice of the European Union for the non-contractual liability of the Union for damages caused by the European Commission in the exercise of its functions. The amount of the claim exceeded 50 million euros, although the overall economic interest of the case is considered incalculable.

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