Mario Garcia
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Mario Garcia

Counsel

Email

mario.garcia@aoshearman.com

Phone

+34 917829827

Offices

Madrid

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Mario is a counsel in the public law and regulated sectors team of our Madrid office. 

His main areas of expertise are energy, infrastructure, foreign investment and national security law, and government liability. He has experience in public procurement and PPP/concession-based businesses, environmental law, and sanctions.

His professional practice includes advising both international and Spanish clients on M&A and financing deals related to heavily regulated sectors. He also has broad experience advising listed companies on sensitive regulatory issues, and litigating complex administrative law cases before authorities and courts.

Mario also teaches law at the School of Legal Practice of the Universidad Complutense and at the Instituto Superior de Derecho y Economía (ISDE), both in Madrid. 
Mario is ranked as an “Up and Coming” public law lawyer in Chambers & Partners and as “Associate to Watch” in public law and energy in The Legal 500.

Published Work

  • Mario García (2019) Spanish Constitutional Court takes control of lower courts’ application of Cilfit – in a dubious way https://doi.org/10.21428/9885764c.6c14e297 
  • Mario García (2017) Cautious Openness: the Spanish Constitutional Court’s approach to EU law in recent national case law https://doi.org/10.21428/9885764c.cfec6f75 
  • Mario García (2014) STC 26/2014: The Spanish Constitutional Court modifies its case law in response to the CJEU’s Melloni judgment https://doi.org/10.21428/9885764c.86d8cb8d
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.