Planning
Europe Guide 2024 : Spain
Band 2
Contact number
+34 781 35 28About
Provided by GTA VILLAMAGNA
Within the Planning Area, the Firm has a broad and long-time experience focused on, among others, the following matters:
- Drafting of legal aspects with regard to urban planning instruments required in Real Estate development operations.
- Appeal of urban plans through administrative and judicial channels.
- Drafting of urban planning management and implementation instruments and processing for their approval, in particular, urban agreements.
- Granting of licenses and environmental permits.
- Drafting of legal texts on urban planning matters.
Chambers Review
GTA VILLAMAGNA's team is recognised as a strong choice to handle sophisticated planning law matters on behalf of varied clients. The firm acts for Spanish real estate developers and compensation boards on the drafting of new planning instruments. The team advises on contentious-administrative appeals against actions taken by city councils to block new developments. The lawyers also assist with the due diligence of potential acquisition targets in order to identify any potential planning law risks.
Work Highlights
- GTA VILLAMAGNA defended Junta de Compensación de Valdecarros against a lawsuit brought by Más Madrid in which its agreement with the Madrid City Council concerning the building deadlines and warranties of its project was contested.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"GTA VILLAMAGNA always find a satisfactory way of dealing with complicated cases. Their service levels and responsiveness are very remarkable."
"The size of the GTA VILLAMAGNA team assigned for each project is always adequate. Its lawyers demonstrate a high knowledge of the issues to be addressed, and always offer the most appropriate solution."
"The team at GTA VILLAMAGNA are highly trained and committed, and offer immediacy and effectiveness in their service."
"GTA VILLAMAGNA's commercial awareness goes hand in hand with the needs of our company."
"The GTA VILLAMAGNA team is well structured, and its lawyers respond to their clients in a clear and concise way. They know their clients' goals and adjust their responses accordingly."
"GTA VILLAMAGNA always find a satisfactory way of dealing with complicated cases. Their service levels and responsiveness are very remarkable."
"The size of the GTA VILLAMAGNA team assigned for each project is always adequate. Its lawyers demonstrate a high knowledge of the issues to be addressed, and always offer the most appropriate solution."
"The team at GTA VILLAMAGNA are highly trained and committed, and offer immediacy and effectiveness in their service."
"GTA VILLAMAGNA's commercial awareness goes hand in hand with the needs of our company."
"The GTA VILLAMAGNA team is well structured, and its lawyers respond to their clients in a clear and concise way. They know their clients' goals and adjust their responses accordingly."
Notable Practitioners
Ernesto García-Trevijano is one of the most high-profile public lawyers in Spain, and his experience extends into the planning law field. He advises compensation boards and real estate developers on varied contentious and non-contentious planning law matters.
"Ernesto is a magnificent professional who is close to the reality and situation of our company."
Marta Plaza González leads many of the firm's most important planning law mandates, including those that enable the construction of residential or leisure sector projects.
"Marta Plaza's ability to solve issues of high complexity has always been very remarkable. Her answers are agile, grounded and concise."
"Marta Plaza amply demonstrates her worth, professionalism and involvement to the maximum in all the contracted issues, reporting periodically on the progress obtained."
"Marta offers a very good, fluid service. She understands our needs very well."
"Marta is a magnificent professional who is 100% predisposed to help and solve our company's issues."
"Marta gives peace of mind to her clients for the speed and value of her responses, as well as for the quality of her treatment."