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Cristina Matía

Position

Senior associate

Telephone

+34 944 157 015

cmatia@ga-p.com

Nº collegiate member

7.492 ICAB (Bizkaia)

Bilbao Office

Plaza Euskadi, 5, 48009 Bilbao (España)

(+34) 94 415 70 15

bilbao@ga-p.com

Cristina is an associate in the Public Law and Regulated Sectors practice at Gómez-Acebo & Pombo. She specialises in energy and administrative law.

She holds a degree in Law and a diploma in Economic Specialty from the University of Deusto. She did the LLM Law & Economics master’s degree from Utrecht University (Netherlands).

Cristina has participated as a coauthor in several specialised legal publications.

Areas and sectors in which she collaborates

Energy Public Law and Regulated Sectors

I have carried out numerous transactions with Gómez-Acebo & Pombo.

GA_P advises Energo-Pro on the acquisition of Xallas (formerly Ferroatlántica) and Feroe companies, 2023 – Gómez-Acebo & Pombo has advised Energo-Pro, a company specialised in hydroelectric generation based in the Czech Republic, on the acquisition of 100% of the share capital of the companies Xallas Electricidad y Aleaciones (formerly Ferroatlántica) and Feroe Ventures & Investments owned by the global investment firm Sixth Street. To finance the transaction, Energo-Pro has secured…

GA_P advises Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale and Banco Santander on the financing for Garnacha Solar, 2022 – Gómez-Acebo & Pombo has advised Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale, Germany’s largest bank in the issuance of domestic and international bonds, and Banco Santander, a world leader in financing renewable energy projects and one of the three largest banks in the world by number of transactions, in a financing in favour of Garnacha Solar, as borrower, for…

GA_P advises Impax on the sale to Sonnedix of a 36 MW operating photovoltaic plant (COD), 2022 – Gómez-Acebo & Pombo has advised Impax Asset Management on the sale to Sonnedix of Fraile Hive, S.L., owner of a 36 MWp plant located in Herencia, Ciudad Real and in operational status (it has recently reached the Commercial Operation Date -COD-). UK-based Impax Asset Management acquired the rights to this project in 2019 and has…

She joins Gómez-Acebo & Pombo in 2017.

2011 | Law degree from the University of Deusto (Spain).

2011 | Diploma in Economic Specialisation from the University of Deusto.

2010 | Erasmus Programme from the Van Tilburg University, (Netherlands).

2012 | Master LLM Law & Economics from the University of Utrecht (Netherlands).

2015 | Regulatory and Competition Associate at a leading national law firm.

2017 | Associate at a leading international law firm.

Member of Bizkaia Bar Association (since 2011).

Spanish

English

French

Basque

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NEWS

Active mobility and sustainable public transport in the Basque Country Official Gazette Law 11/2023 | Estrategia Empresarial

The Official Gazette of the Basque Country Law 11/2023 aims to establish a common regulatory framework for sustainable mobility in the Basque Country. Cristina Matia, Public Law Associate, talks about the principles and objectives that should govern the actions of Basque public administrations. Read the full article

26 Jan, 2024

Cristina Matía

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GA_P advises Energo-Pro on the acquisition of Xallas (formerly Ferroatlántica) and Feroe companies

Gómez-Acebo & Pombo has advised Energo-Pro, a company specialised in hydroelectric generation based in the Czech Republic, on the acquisition of 100% of the share capital of the companies Xallas Electricidad y Aleaciones (formerly Ferroatlántica) and Feroe Ventures & Investments owned by the global investment firm Sixth Street. To finance the transaction, Energo-Pro has secured…

06 Oct, 2023

Guillermo Guerra, Irene Carreño, Irene Fernández Puyol, Carlos Vázquez, Cristina Matía, Miguel Troncoso, Ruth Ereño

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GA_P advises Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale and Banco Santander on the financing for Garnacha Solar

Gómez-Acebo & Pombo has advised Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale, Germany’s largest bank in the issuance of domestic and international bonds, and Banco Santander, a world leader in financing renewable energy projects and one of the three largest banks in the world by number of transactions, in a financing in favour of Garnacha Solar, as borrower, for…

30 Nov, 2022

Verónica Romaní, Juan Pérez, Cristina Matía, Anna Spuche, Álvaro Obregón

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GA_P advises Impax on the sale to Sonnedix of a 36 MW operating photovoltaic plant (COD)

Gómez-Acebo & Pombo has advised Impax Asset Management on the sale to Sonnedix of Fraile Hive, S.L., owner of a 36 MWp plant located in Herencia, Ciudad Real and in operational status (it has recently reached the Commercial Operation Date -COD-). UK-based Impax Asset Management acquired the rights to this project in 2019 and has…

18 Nov, 2022

Pablo Fernández Cortijo, Diego Martínez Colino, Samara Schaar, Cristina Matía, Paula García, Natalia Lastres, Remedios García,

Cristina Matía

Cristina is an associate in the Public Law and Regulated Sectors practice at Gómez-Acebo & Pombo. She specialises in energy and administrative law.

Areas and sectors in which she collaborates

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