Counsel for the state on leave of absence; specialist in public law and regulated sectors.

Félix Plasencia specializes in public law (e.g., public procurement, expropriation and concessions) and in regulated sectors (e.g., energy and financial regulatory), as well as in complex arbitration proceedings and civil lawsuits relating to the public-regulatory sector.

Before joining Cuatrecasas, he was managing partner of the legal department of a leading international law firm. He was also the partner in charge of public law and regulated sectors at a leading national law firm.

Counsel for the state on leave of absence, he has held several important positions in public administration, including coordinator of the financial regulatory area of the judicial review division at the Central Criminal and Administrative Court.

He lectures in the Master in Energy Law at the Spanish Energy Club and in the Master in Public Law at Instituto de Estudios Cajasol.

He has written several legal publications on administrative law and energy law.

He is a member of the Madrid Bar Association.

Education

  • Bachelor of Laws
    Universidad de Extremadura, Spain, 1994

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