Javier has been a partner in Garrigues’ Administrative, Zoning and Planning, and Environmental Law Department in Madrid since 2011. 

He specializes in providing public procurement advice on incidents arising during the preparation, award, performance and termination of public sector contracts.

Particularly worthy of note is his involvement in the preparation and interpretation of numerous special administrative terms of tender (especially in relation to the construction, operation and financing of major infrastructure and public services); in the design of public-private partnership models for the execution of such infrastructure (especially using alternatives allowing for budget separation); and in providing advice to companies on filing special procurement appeals before the courts handling contractual appeals. 

Furthermore, Javier is an expert adviser in relation to all types of administrative procedures and appeals and judicial review proceedings (including cassation appeals). 

In addition, Javier has participated as an expert in due diligence reviews and in all kinds of administrative and regulatory matters in numerous M&A and restructuring transactions performed by Spanish companies in recent years, and has provided advice on several privatization processes involving public industries and companies.

In the course of his professional career, Javier has also advised the public and private sectors on the applicable legislation and the interpretation of numerous legal rules across a range of industries, in particular in matters relating to trade and consumer goods, transportation and logistical services, life sciences, energy, infrastructure, public property, planning and zoning, the environment, condemnation, telecommunications, etc.

He has assisted public authorities with the drafting of statutes and regulations and has participated in the implementation of international technical assistance projects financed by multilateral bodies such as the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank and the European Commission. He is also experienced in the area of subsidies and public aid (in particular, those from European Union funds for the construction of major infrastructure).

• Degree in Law (E-1), Universidad Pontificia Comillas (ICADE).
• Associate’s Degree in Business Law, Universidad Pontificia Comillas (ICADE)
• Javier also has recently obtained the Certificate from the University of Pennsylvania in the Course on Key Constitutional Concepts and Supreme Court Cases and from the SciencesPo University in the Course on Geopolitics of Europe. 

Alongside his professional practice, Javier Manchado has been a lecturer on the Company Law Master’s course organized by Universidad Pontificia Comillas (ICADE), and has also taught on the public procurement course offered by Escuela de Negocios CEU-Recoletos.

He has also been a member of the teaching staff on the Advanced PPP Infrastructure Financing Program, organized by Instituto de Empresa Business School (I.E.) and has lectured on an array of administrative law-related subjects on the Executive Master’s Degree in Business Law, organized by Centro de Estudios Garrigues in conjunction with Harvard Law School.

Furthermore, he has spoken at IMAP (Madrid Institute of Public Administration) on several occasions and at CEOE (Spanish Confederation of Employers’ Organizations) as well as at numerous public law conferences organized by prestigious institutions and organizations such as Unidad Editorial, IFAES and IRR, etc.

Javier Manchado is a member of the Madrid Bar Association and has been a member of the PPP Infrastructure Forum (an association that aims to promote partnerships between the public and private sectors throughout Spain for the development of public infrastructure projects using PPP methods).

He is a member of the Public Procurement Observatory.

Javier has been recognized by various legal directories, such as Best Lawyers, Legal 500, etc.

Javier Manchado has published various articles on a range of administrative law-related areas in the specialist press and has been a contributor to the newspapers Expansión and El Mundo, as well as to the Public Procurement Observatory.