JavierMoya

Javier Moya has more than a decade of experience advising public and private sector companies in their interactions with administrative agencies in Spain. He has advised entities assigned to the Spanish Ministry of Environment and Development in authorizations for discharges and environmental impact statements in large infrastructure projects. Javier has advised, litigated, and arbitrated, in Spain and internationally, on construction projects, financing and operation of public infrastructures (PPPs), sanctioning procedures, administrative contracting (tenders and contractual claims), authorizations, and concessions. His experience covers regulated sectors, including energy, infrastructure, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, transport, and the environment, particularly as it relates to water resources.

Before joining Jones Day in 2018, Javier worked in the public sector. During this time he served as a state lawyer before The Spanish National Court in the sectors involving competition, energy, and telecommunications issues before the Spanish Authority; the Spanish securities market; banking; accounting and auditing; credit institutions and investment firms; and the Court of Contract Appeals. He also was a legal adviser to the board of directors of Adif and Adif Alta Velocidad, including as deputy secretary of its integration companies, and a director of legal advice and deputy secretary of Acuamed, Spain's public water management company.

Javier has been a professor of administrative law at Universidad Deusto and at Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED). He is a member of the International Desalination Association (IDA) and the Asociación Española de Desalación y Reutilización del Agua. He also participated in the drafting committee for the preliminary Water Law project (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food).