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Francisco Bengoetxea

Experience

Francisco is a partner in the Real Estate and Urban Development Department of the Madrid office. He joined the Firm as a partner in 2011 after having spent most of his career at Uría Menéndez, where he practised in the Real Estate, Environment and Planning Department beginning in 2002. Previously Francisco worked at the architecture firm of Ezquiaga Arquitectura Sociedad y Territorio, SL, directed by José María Ezquiaga Domínguez, Professor of the Escuela de Arquitectura de Madrid, where he advised on the drafting of territorial and urban zoning documents and projects for subdividing and expropriation.

His work has focused mainly on urban development, real estate, government/public sector law and litigation, advising private and public sector clients in a wide range of matters including the processing of documents for urban development zoning and management; participation in proceedings to safeguard the legality of urban development; drafting contractual documentation to acquire land on which to construct residential, commercial, office and logistics projects; and drafting due diligence reports.

Francisco also leads contentious-administrative appeals in matters of sanctions, expropriations, authorisations, permits, orders to shut down and against urban development planning and management documents.

He also has a solid background in advising on the development, execution and project finance of renewable energy projects on land deemed unsuitable for building.

Education

Law Degree, University of the Basque Country, 1999.

Diploma in Urban Development, Escuela Vasca de Estudios Territoriales y Urbanos, 2000.

Masters Degree in Territorial and Urban Development Policy, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, 2001.

Teaching

Professor in the Master of Urban Planning and Environment, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos de Madrid (2011-2012).

Honorary Professor of Government/Public Sector Law, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (2010).

Francisco regularly participates as a speaker in legal seminars and conferences related to his professional expertise.

Publications

“La desafectación y venta de edificios administrativos y su ocupación en arrendamiento por el Estado.” [Release from the public domain and sale of public administration buildings and their occupation via lease by the Spanish State] Diario La Ley, 2011.

“La suficiencia de recursos hídricos y sus efectos sobre los nuevos desarrollos urbanísticos.” [The sufficiency of water resources and effects on new urban development] Circular de Urbanismo de Uría Menéndez, 2011.

“Los efectos de la jurisprudencia del TJS de Cataluña en la instalación de parques eólicos e instalaciones fotovoltaicas en suelo no urbanizable." [Effects of Catalonian high court case law on the installation of wind farms and photovoltaic plants on land deemed unsuitable for building] Revista de Derecho Urbanístico y Medioambiente, 2010.

“La ejecución de proyectos de energías renovables en el suelo rústico de Canarias." [The execution of renewable energy projects in rural areas of the Canary Islands] Co-authored with Jesús Sedano and Ruyman Torres. El Consultor de los Ayuntamientos y de los Juzgados, 2010.

“El nuevo Reglamento de Disciplina Urbanística de Andalucía." [The new Andalusian regulations on urban development] El País, 2010.

“Estudio de reciente jurisprudencia sobre gestión urbanística." [A study of recent case law in urban planning] Revista de Derecho Urbanístico y Medioambiente, 2009.

“Las servidumbres aeronáuticas y su incorporación a los instrumentos de ordenación territorial y urbanística." [Aeronautical easements and their inclusion in territorial and urban development zoning regulations] Co-authored with Antonio Gómez Cid. El Consultor de los Ayuntamientos y de los Juzgados, 2009.