Lawyers specialising in subsidies and grants

Administrativando Abogados is a firm specialising in complex cases involving subsidies and grants

Operamos en toda España y tenemos oficinas -no propias-, a través de diversas colaboraciones, en Madrid, Barcelona, Sevilla y Córdoba. Si bien no contamos con delegaciones en el resto de territorios, podemos atender su asunto con máxima solvencia.

Concept of subsidies

Subsidies are monetary contributions made by the General State Administration, the entities that make up the Local Administration or the Administration of the Autonomous Communities in favour of public or private persons, implying a transfer of economic resources from the former to the recipient, for the fulfilment of the object determined by the aid in question.

Our lawyers in subsidies and grants have the maximum experience in the defence of matters related to this type of matter.

Legal principles of subsidies

The granting of subsidies is subject to a series of principles to be followed, namely:

The principle of budgetary legality

The provision of money is a public expenditure that has to be foreseen in the budget in accordance with Article 133.4 of the Magna Carta, and a subsidy granted without prior budgetary appropriation, or with an insufficient appropriation, is null and void.

The principles of publicity, objectivity and equality

Grants must be awarded in a transparent manner, following a public call for applications in a selective procedure, with equal competition among the applicants to be chosen as beneficiaries, and the selection criteria set out in the public call for applications must be objective.

The principle of efficiency and economy in public spending

The implementation of the public expenditure involved in the subsidy must be carried out in accordance with criteria of good administration and economic rationality.

The neutrality of the effects of subsidies on market competition

The granting of subsidies may not distort or distort market competition.

The limitation of the amount of the subsidy to the cost of the activity being promoted

The amount of the grant may not be such that, alone or together with other public subsidies, it exceeds the cost of the activity.

Eligibility for grants

In order for a grant to be awarded, the following requirements must be met:

  • That the delivery is made without direct consideration from the beneficiaries.
  • That the delivery is subject to the fulfilment of a certain objective.
  • The project, action, conduct or situation financed must be aimed at promoting an activity of public utility or social interest or promoting a public purpose.

Controversial subsidy cases

The following are a sample of the main controversial cases in this area:

  • Procedures for the rejection of subsidies, once they have been applied for by the interested parties.
  • Procedures for the reimbursement of subsidies after they have been granted. This type of procedure is initiated when the Administration in question considers that the aid has not been duly justified, and therefore requires the beneficiary to repay the amounts that were paid to him/her plus the corresponding interest for late payment.
  • Procedures for refusal of payment of the grant (when the administration, for whatever reasons it may determine, considers that payment to the beneficiary of the grant awarded to him/her is not appropriate).

What do we do as public subsidy lawyers?

Our intervention as expert subsidy lawyers includes both the administrative defence of these procedures -by means of the formalisation of the appropriate allegations and the filing of the appropriate administrative appeals-, as well as the defence in the subsequent judicial phase, by means of the filing of the corresponding administrative litigation appeal.

Our lawyers specialised in subsidies, have the maximum expertise and knowledge to resolve any issue within this field of action, accompanying the client throughout the process in order to obtain the best possible result for the benefit of their interests.

Our firm
Administrativando Abogados is a national boutique of reference dedicated exclusively to Administrative Law and Administrative Litigation (Contencioso-Administrativo). We operate throughout Spain and have offices, through various collaborations, in Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, Badajoz and Cordoba.

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Adela Merino León

Associated

After working for other firms where she acquired a solid legal background, Adela joined Administrativando Abogados, participating in the defence of all types of administrative law proceedings.

Among other matters, she intervenes in procedures related to water law, civil servants, asset liability, administrative sanctions, public procurement, planning law and all kinds of administrative litigation appeals.

In addition to advising national and international companies, she participates in the defence of countless Public Administrations and Public Authorities.

She has also been in charge of the design and preparation of different teaching sessions on Administrative Law at the Administrativando Business School.

Nuria Carrasco Sánchez

Financial Director and Institutional Relations

After studying Business Administration and Management at the Faculty of Economics and Business Studies ETEA (currently Loyola), during more than twenty years of professional practice, she has been in charge of financial and accounting management in national and international companies dedicated to different sectors of activity.

At the same time, in many of these companies, she has been responsible for carrying out institutional representation functions.

María José Amo Gago

Director

After obtaining an extraordinary prize at the University of Cordoba and preparing for the competitive examinations for the judicial and prosecutorial career, she joined Aguayo Abogados, a firm specialising in Administrative Law (now part of Ejaso ETL Global). Subsequently, she joined Garrigues.

As a result of her extensive professional experience of more than ten years, she participates in the guidance and defence of those administrative and administrative litigation procedures of special technical difficulty, both nationally and internationally. She is also a specialist in dealing with administrative litigation appeals, for protection before the Constitutional Court and before supranational bodies such as the European Court of Human Rights.

She has also intervened in administrative litigation proceedings of major social relevance such as the Alvia Case or the challenge to the tender for the centralised purchase of Personal Protective Equipment by the Community of Madrid, among many others.

She holds the position of institutional relations coordinator at Administrativando Business School.

Natalia Montero Pavón

Asociada

Tras preparar las oposiciones a la carrera judicial y fiscal, se incorporó al Departamento de Derecho Administrativo de la conocida firma Sanguino Abogados.

Defiende procedimientos de suma relevancia en la totalidad de áreas que configuran el Derecho Administrativo. Entre otras materias, es especialista en aguas, minas, medio ambiente, función pública, responsabilidad patrimonial, expropiación forzosa, contratación pública, urbanismo y procedimientos sancionadores.

Igualmente, interviene de forma regular ante la jurisdicción de lo Contencioso – Administrativo en todas sus instancias.

Asimismo, compagina su labor como docente impartiendo puntualmente máster class sobre derecho público en la Universidad Loyola Andalucía.

También ha asumido la dirección y orientación de diferentes cursos de experto en Derecho Administrativo, principalmente en las materias de responsabilidad patrimonial, expropiación forzosa y contencioso – administrativo.

Ostenta el cargo de coordinadora académica en Administrativando Business School.

Antonio Pérez Valderrama

Director

He is a lecturer in Administrative Law and Public Procurement at the Instituto Superior de Derecho y Economía in Madrid.

Previously, he has been a member of international law firms, such as Martínez Echevarría & Rivera Abogados, with management positions in the Administrative Law Department.

He has recently co-authored the “Manual sobre el Contrato Menor”, published by Editorial Aranzadi.

He is also a lecturer in the Administrative Law Section of Economist & Jurist and Administrativando Abogados. Among other events, it is worth highlighting the training on the possible nullity of administrative sanctions imposed during states of alarm as a result of Covid-19.

He has defended all types of Administrative and Administrative Litigation Law proceedings before any court.

He holds the position of executive director at Administrativando Business School.

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