Profile

Clara joined Pérez-Llorca’s Land Planning and Environment practice in 2018, after several years of professional practice in the Public Law department of other renowned Spanish law firms.

Studies:

• 2022 Academy for the Advancement of women in law “RISE: Resilient, Inspired, Strategic, Empowered”, Fordham University
• 2017 Master’s degree for Access to the Legal Profession, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
• 2016 Joint Honours degree in Law and Political Science and Public Administration, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

She speaks Spanish and English.

Experience

Clara provides advice to national and international companies on land planning matters.

She acts as secretary to urban development entities such as compensation boards and urban development conservation entities, providing advice to their governing bodies, assessing all types of consultations, preparing information documents and processing the various projects to be developed within the scope of the relevant Administrations. She is also responsible for coordinating, assisting and managing urban development entities, advising members in both majority and minority shareholding situations.

She leads the legal management of administrative and contentious-administrative proceedings in relation to various land planning and environmental matters, such as changes of ownership of controversial licences, challenging proceedings within land planning bodies or related to the land planning status of architecturally protected buildings.

Leading land planning and environmental advice on the sale and purchase of all types of residential assets, offices, shopping centres, logistics projects, retirement homes, land under development and hotels.

In particular, she analyses new housing models and assesses strategies for the implementation of these models, according to the regulatory framework of different municipalities and autonomous communities.

She also manages important land developments, including drafting and monitoring the processing of different land planning instruments (i.e. General Plans, Partial Plans, Land Planning Agreements, Detail Studies, Re-Plotting Projects, etc.) throughout Spain, with special emphasis on the northern area, Madrid, Catalonia and Andalusia.

Academic and Publishing Collaborations

Clara lectures on land planning and environmental matters for MBAs and specialised courses on land planning and the environment, including:

• CIARE: “Cómo Destacar como Gestor Profesional de Suelo” and “Cómo destacar como Gestor de cooperativas de viviendas”.
• “Asset, Property & Real Estate Management”, organised by the Fundación Escuela de la Edificación.
• “Planeamiento, Gestión Urbanística y Licencias” at the CEU Institute of Advanced Management, since 2018.
• Real Estate Business School: The “MBAi Inmobiliario” master’s degree.

She also regularly writes and contributes to magazines and specialised publications including El Economista, Revista Agua y Medio Ambiente and Diario La Ley. Some of her recent publications include:

• “Contaminación difusa de las masas de aguas por los nitratos procedentes de fuentes agrarias” – Revista Agua y Medio Ambiente – El Economista (2022).
• “Modificación del Reglamento 1367/2006: un paso más hacia la transparencia medioambiental” – Revista Agua y Medio Ambiente – El Economista (2021).
• “El impacto de las nuevas necesidades sanitarias y económicas en la normativa urbanística y turística de las Islas Baleares. Simplificación administrativa y fomento de la actividad económica.” – Diario La Ley (2020).
• “«Madrid 360»: la estrategia sostenibilidad de la capital, La carrera por los derechos de emisión de GEI” – Revista Agua y Medio Ambiente – El Economista (2019).
• “La carrera por los derechos de emisión de Gases de Efecto Invernadero” – Revista Agua y Medio Ambiente – El Economista (2019).

Professional Organizations

The Madrid Bar Association (ICAM).