Pablo Mayor

Pablo Mayor

Partner

Email

pablo.mayor@aoshearman.com

Phone

+34 91 782 98 48

Offices

Madrid

V-CARD
Pablo has wide experience in advising the Administration and private entities in questions related to telecommunications, media, energy, transport, gambling, infrastructure, public procurement and public law litigation.

He has been a State Lawyer since 1990 and in 1996 was appointed junior minister of the Public Works Ministry, which held the competences over the infrastructure, telecommunications and transport sectors. He's been member of the Board of Directors of RENFE, AENA, GIF and ENATCAR. He is the author of numerous publications on the sectors previously mentioned.

He is also a specialist in Sports law. He was member for seven seasons of the Competition Committee of the royal Soccer Spanish Federation. Since 2000 he has been a member of the Social Committee of Resources of the Soccer League as well as member of the Spanish Court of Arbitration of Sports. He has been a member during two seasons of the Spanish Basketball Federation.

In the infrastructure field, he is an expert in the preparation of tender offers and a Draft Bill on the legal regime regarding administrative contracts, negotiation of contracts of concessions, contract resolutions, etc. Pablo is highly recommended for his excellent work in the main legal directories such as Chambers & Partners.

Experience

Representative matters

Crea Madrid Nuevo Norte on all the administrative law issues (included the implementation of the partial reform plan of Paseo de la Castellana, the main North-South avenue in Madrid). 

Cellnex on all matters relating to the services provided by the company. Such advice includes consultations, administrative proceedings and contentious administrative proceedings before the courts. 

BBVA on all the administrative law issues (included the implementation of the partial reform plan of Paseo de la Castellana, the main North-South avenue in Madrid). Pablo Mayor, in turn, is the Secretary of the Board of CMNN. CMNN is a private initiative project to extend the avenue. This is one of the most important urban development plans taking place in recent years and has important environmental issues for the city of Madrid. 

Cellnex on all matters relating to the services provided by the company. Such advice includes consultations, administrative proceedings and contentious administrative proceedings before the courts. 

MTV, the basic cable and satellite television channel, with ongoing advice on all regulatory and administrative matters in Spain. 

Disney Channel, the television channel, with ongoing advice on all regulatory and administrative matters in Spain. 

Abertis on all matters regarding their public contracts, concessions in Spain, consultations, administrative proceedings and contentious administrative proceedings before the courts. 

JCDecaux, the leading outdoor advertising company worldwide, with integral advice on all matters regarding their public contracts in Spain.

Alsa (National Express) on all its regulatory and contractual issues. Alsa is the largest bus operator in Spain and it is integrated in National Express, worldwide leader in public transportation. 

Orange Espagne (France Telecom España) on all regulatory matters including access and connection conflicts, radio-electrical public domain, media, and other areas. Our advice includes consultations, administrative proceedings before the CNMC and the Ministry and contentious administrative proceedings before the courts.

T-Systems with ongoing advice on all regulatory and administrative matters in Spain.

Published Work

  • Co-author of "Comment on articles 98 to 102 of Hydrocarbon Law", Civitas, 2010.
  • "The legal system governing the construction, extension and maintenance of airports", The Master Plans' Ed. Civitas, 2005.
  • Co-author of "Internet, a prophecy", Editorial Ariel, 2002.
  • Co-author of "Comments on the Constitution: The Jurisprudence of the Constitutional Court", 926 pages of systematic comment, article by article, regarding our Fundamental Regulations, CEURA, S.A, 1993.
  • "Fundamental lessons of Public Law (general part and special part)", Thomson Reuters, 2015. Chapters 68 and 69.
  • "Public works in the Community of Madrid: roads, railways and airports", included in a new edition of the comments on the Statute of the Autonomous Community of Madrid, 2004.
  • "Sport and law", chapter in the book "Sport … and more", Editorial La Ley, 2003.
  • "Outlook of Telecommunications in Spain", chapter included in the book "Cable Telecommunications", El Consultor, 2000.
  • "Reflections on the situation of the State Lawyer as a member of the Board of Directors of the Port Authorities", chapter included in the book "Legal Aid to the State and Public Institutions", Editorial Aranzadi, 2000.
  • "Telecommunications Law", chapter included in the book, "The new legal framework for The New Telecommunications and Audio-Visual Services", co-ordinated by Gloria Calvo, Cuaderno de Derecho Judicial, 1999, pages 81 to 123.
  • ­Co-ordinator of "The liberalisation of telecommunications in a global world", Editorial la Ley-Actualidad. Author of the following chapter thereof: "New perspectives in the regulation of telecommunications in Spain",1999, pages 37 to 52.
  • "The control exerted by the Constitutional Court over the Government and the Administration. Conflicts of competence", included in the book, "Public Administrations and the Constitution, Reflections on the 20th Anniversary of the Spanish Constitution", INAP, 1999, pages 761 to 776.
  • "Jurisdiction regarding public works, transportation and infrastructures", included in the book "Observations on the Statute of Autonomy of the Community of Madrid", CAM, 1999, pages 727 to 757.
  • "Regulatory Framework for Railway Transport", chapter included in the book "Railway Infrastructures of the Third Millenium", Cedecs Editorial, 1999.
  • "Comments on the Public Administration Contracts Law" edited by the Ministry of Justice, Ministry for Development and the Official State Gazette, 1997, Article 86 to 91 and 94, pages 313 to 341.
  • "The penalising regime under Telecommunications Ordinance Law", included in the book "Telecommunications Law", co-ordinated by Mr Cremades, La Ley 1997, pages 681 to 702.
  • "Satellite Telecommunications", chapter included in the book, "Ordinance of Telecommunications", published in Cuadernos de Derecho Judicial by the C.G.P.I., 1997, co-ordinated by C. Chinchilla Martín, 1997, pages 151 to 174.
  • Co-ordinator of "Legal Regime for Professional Football" and author of three chapters thereof: "The organisation the professional football competition within Sports Law and its developing legislation" (pages 53 to 74), "Public Limited Sports Companies: positive nature. Consequences of their legal regime", (pages 95 to 124), "Discipline in sport: its configuration under our regulations", (pages 275 to 310), Editorial Civitas, 1997.
  • "Participation in the training of the Executive", included in the book "The European Parliaments and the European Parliament", 1997, pages 187 to 199.
  • "Services contracts. General regime and excluded contracts", European  Union News, 2010.
  • "There are no legal doubts in the ≠novullpagar", La Vanguardia, 29 May 2012, page 5.
  • "Mortgages: Legal security and justice", ABC, 3 April 2011, page 7.
  • "Private Financing of Infrastructures", Expansión, 2003.
  • "Protection of Fundamental Rights and EU law" presentation given at the Directorate General of the State Legal Service Seminar in 1993, on "The Spanish Constitution and EU Law", published in the Official State Gazette, 1996.
  • "On the joint liability of legal entities and their administrators on administrative sanctioning law (special reference to the securities market)", article published in issue 87 of the Spanish Journal of Administrative Law, July-September 1995, 
  • "Reflections on the role of a national judge in view of the contradiction between domestic law and EU law", article published in issue 135 of the Journal of Public Administration, September-December, 1994.

Leadership Positions And Professional Affiliations

  • Member, Madrid Bar Association
  • State Lawyers Association
Recognition
“Pablo is an excellent professional with solid knowledge and a strategic vision.”
Chambers & Partners, 2023
“Pablo Mayor is an exceptional partner with great technical knowledge of public law and administration. Both stand out for their availability to the client and for their great knowledge of the sector in which the clients operate.”
Legal 500, 2023

Qualifications

Admissions

Spain, 1988, Admitted as solicitor

Academic

Degree in Law, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 1988

Premio Extraordinario de Licenciatura 1988, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Languages

English, French, Spanish
Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.