Garrigues Sustainable Newsletter (January 2023)
In this newsletter we compile the most relevant legal news on ESG matters in Spain, published by Garrigues. DOWNLOAD NEWSLETTER
Altano Energy to build 107 MW renewables portfolio, with G-advisory acting as technical and environmental adviser of the financing
Altano Energy has completed a long-term non-recourse financing deal of approximately €90 million with Santander Corporate & Investment Banking for a 107 MW renewables portfolio. The portfolio includes hydro assets in operation and a ready-to-build PV plant in Spain and will supply more than 80,000 homes with clean energy. G-advisory acted as technical and environmental…
G-advisory, technical advisor in the financing of two important photovoltaic projects in Colombia carried out by Solarpack
This is the largest package of financing through Project Finance of photovoltaic plants ever carried out in Colombia G-advisory has acted as technical advisor in the financing of the La Unión and La Mata photovoltaic projects carried out by the Spanish company Solarpack. This is the largest package of financing through Project Finance of photovoltaic…
Juan Cruzate, new partner at G-advisory
Juan Cruzate joins the 16 new partners, half of them women, that the firm has appointed in several offices The Garrigues Partners’ Meeting has appointed Juan Cruzate Romero as the new partner of G-advisory, Garrigues’ consulting arm, offering technical, economic and strategic advice on energy and ESG matters, at its Madrid office. The firm has…
Green bonds, an opportunity for fostering sustainable tourism
Partners from Garrigues met with Meliá and Azora executives to discuss the role green bonds can play in the tourism industry, in the latest Garrigues Sustainable Dialogs encounter. Sustainable financing is now, and will continue to be, one of the leading ways to fund and invest in the real estate, tourism and hotel sectors. José…
G-advisory participates in a seminar on the impact on the energy market of the measures included in the National Plan in response to the war in the Ukraine
G-advisory partner Antonio Baena took part in a round table discussion held under the framework of the Introduction to the Electricity market Course organized by Enerclub and held on May 4, 5 and 6. The participants also included Juan Bogas (OMIE), José María González Moya (APPA) and Elena Mateos (Naturgy). Those taking part in the seminar…
Up for debate: the role of green public procurement in mobilizing efforts towards more sustainable development
Garrigues partners Juan Manuel Cabeza and Javier Fernández Rivaya together with Rafael Domínguez Olivera, chief government lawyer in the Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda, examine in the Garrigues Sustainable Dialogs series the course taken by green public procurement in Spain. Public procurement governed by green and sustainable selection criteria or conditions increased by…
Garrigues featured in The Legal 500 Global Green Guide for its contribution to the green transition
The Legal 500 has published its first ever Legal 500 Global Green Guide, which showcases the firms with an outstanding contribution to the green transition. Garrigues is one of the three Spanish firms selected from 200 submissions for the list. The Green Guide features key firms advising on issues around climate change and sustainability, while also…
Labor relations and the commitment to sustainability under debate in ‘Garrigues Sustainable Dialogs’
Sustainability in labor relations, which covers aspects such as respect for human rights and responsibility in the value chain of companies, is occupying an increasingly bigger strategic space in corporate agendas. Moreover, future European initiatives on due diligence and decent work, as well as legislative developments in this regard, which are due to be brought…