Garrigues offers clients ‘immediate, precise and accurate attention’. Its core areas of focus include administrative proceedings before regulators and government authorities, where it acts for clients in highly regulated sectors, such as telecoms, public law issues pertaining to public infrastructure projects, public procurement, bidding processes and sanctioning procedures. Of counsel Victor Baca leads the team, bringing over 25 years’ experience to the team and acting for both public and private entities in administrative law, planning and zoning; he is particularly experienced in the energy and natural resources sectors. Principal associates Eduardo Ortega and Johanna Holz are also noted, as are senior associates Giancarlo Vignolo and construction and project development expert Lissy Vega Centeno.
Testimonials
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- ‘Garrigues' advice is excellent. They know how to deal wonderfully with the client's problems, understanding their needs and comprehensively covering all possible risks and areas of the problem.'
- 'Víctor Baca and Giancarlo Vignolo stand out clearly in the practice of public regulatory affairs, linked to education.'
Key clients
- Federación de Instituciones Privadas de Educación Superior - FIPES
- Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola - USIL
Work highlights
- Advised Sociedad Nacional de Pesquería on the drafting of a law creating incentives to promote the scrapping of fishing vessels.
- Advised Prodemex in bidding processes called by ProInversión, which led it to be considered as a prequalified company to develop two projects.