Cristian Feijoo | Associate

Cristian has been a state civil servant for almost a decade and has been on voluntary leave of absence for personal reasons since 2017; he practices as a registered lawyer specializing in public and administrative law. He has published academic work on the rights of civil servants and in the field of public procurement, in which he has specialized after more than 500 hours of specific training.

Before joining MAIO, Cristian practiced as a lawyer in the public and administrative law practice of Vento Abogados & Asesores at its Vigo office.

He has provided comprehensive advice to companies on public procurement, from the tendering stage through to the performance of the public contract, and has handled administrative appeals before contracting bodies and administrative tribunals, as well as before the contentious-administrative courts. He has also advised public administrations in this field, from the preparation of the tender and drafting of the specifications, applying strategic public procurement criteria (green public procurement, innovation, socially responsible procurement, promotion of SMEs…), through to the performance stage (price revisions, extensions, termination, special performance conditions…).

 

His professional career as a civil servant gives him first-hand knowledge of the internal workings of public administrations and of the issues affecting public employment, with experience as counsel defending the individual and collective rights of public employees (salary claims, professional reclassifications, merit-based competitions and transfers, access to and termination of civil service employment, civil service pensions…).

 

Cristian has also advised on urban planning (land regime and uses; urban planning; management of its implementation through equitable distribution under cooperation, agreement and compensation systems; and planning discipline) and has advised companies in regulated sectors of economic activity such as energy, transport, healthcare and pharmaceuticals, agri-food, waste management, the environment…

 

He also acts as lead counsel in all types of administrative proceedings at all administrative and judicial levels.