Led by Jaime Almenar, the environmental team at Clifford Chance provides legal support to a variety of clients, including life sciences, energy and mining companies, in wide range of matters, namely compliance, legislative issues, litigation transactions and large-scale projects. In recent years, due to the growing interest from foreign investors in the Spanish renewables sector, the firm’s combined environmental, corporate and finance offering has secured it an increasing number of instructions from international clients seeking assistance with acquisitions of wind, solar and hydroelectric power plants. José Luis Zamarro is a key figure in the energy and renewables sector.
Testimonials
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'The quality of the work and proposals was excellent.’
‘We have worked with Jaime Almenar, and the experience has been outstanding.'
'They always had the work and the proposals to discuss with sufficient advance notice.'
Key clients
- Repsol
- Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners ("MSIP")
- Iberdrola
- Endesa
- Hydeal Asturias
- Red Eléctrica Española (REE)
- Fertiberia
- Gestión y Técnicas del Agua (Gestagua)
- Griñó Ecologic
- Mubadala (Matsa)
- Denarius Metal
- ACS
- China Three Gorges
- Norges Bank
- Sterling Square Capital Partners (SAS)
- Grenergy
Work highlights
- Advised Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners on the financing of the acquisition from Sacyr of Valoriza Servicios Ambientales for an enterprise value of €734m.
- Advised Fertiberia in relation to the provision of a guarantee of €65.9m required by the Spanish National Court (Audiencia Nacional) to ensure the execution of restoration/environmental regeneration works under the project to close decanting basins in Huelva (Andalusia, Spain), which were historically used by the company.
- Represented Spanish TSO REE in the expropriation proceedings regarding two new high-voltage transmission lines in the Spanish autonomous community of Valencia (more than 60 claims).
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Jaime Almenar, José Luis Zamarro