The Firm

Global experience

We bring a solid and up-to-date international perspective thanks to our founders’ experience in leading law firms and foreign universities, providing advice with a global outlook and practical knowledge of different legal systems.

Legal excellence

We provide rigorous and creative legal advice, grounded in continuous training, specialised publications and years of practice in Administrative Law and Environmental Law.

Professional proximity

We prioritise constant communication with each client, understanding their goals and specific circumstances in order to provide effective and transparent legal solutions based on trust and a personalised relationship focused on concrete and lasting results.

Ethical commitment

We integrate sustainability, responsibility and ethical criteria into every legal decision, always seeking a balance between our clients’ interests, environmental protection and long-term sustainable economic and social development.

The story behind Araújo & Benetti

Araújo & Benetti is a law firm based in Palma de Mallorca, specialising in Administrative Law, Tourism, Environmental Law, Urban Planning and Public Procurement.

With more than ten years of experience, our commitment to specialisation and excellence has allowed us to become a leading firm in the Balearic Islands in these areas, offering rigorous, approachable and high-value legal advice.

Who we are

Founded in 2015 by Alejandro Araújo Barceló and Giulia Benetti, lecturers at the University of the Balearic Islands and with experience in leading international law firms, the firm combines professional practice with research and teaching. This connection between academia and legal practice ensures constant updating and allows us to provide solid, creative and strategic legal solutions.

We support our clients at every stage of their relationship with the Administration, from administrative planning and procedures to their defence before the courts. Our extensive experience in contentious-administrative jurisdiction enables us to handle judicial proceedings of particular complexity and importance with confidence and expertise.

Legal advice without borders

With a strong presence in the Balearic Islands and an international background, we provide services in Spanish, Catalan, English and Italian, assisting both local clients and national and international investors.

Our offices are located in Plaza de España, in the centre of Palma.

Meet us

Proximity is a value we have cultivated since our foundation in 2015, together with the legal excellence that defines us every day.

Alejandro Araújo Barceló
Abogado fundador en Araújo & Benetti
Giulia Benetti
Abogada fundadora en Araújo & Benetti
Mauro Mancuso
Abogado

Very committed and competent people. Very happy and grateful for the quality of their service.

Lau. A.C,

Very satisfied with the service received. Professional and trustworthy, I recommend them.

Luís S,

I have had to turn to them on several occasions and they have always attended to me with the utmost seriousness and professionalism.

David R,

We make things happen

We make things happen

Publications by our professionals

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Administrative Law and Public Procurement

  • Araújo Barceló, A. y Benetti, G. (aceptado para publicación). Razones de interés general en el rescate de las concesiones de obra… Anuario de Derecho Administrativo, 2024.
  • Benetti, G. (2024). ¿Puede ofrecerse un trato diferenciado a los licitadores…? Actualidad Administrativa, La Ley, nº 3.
  • Araújo Barceló, A. y González-Deleito Domínguez, N. (2024). El efecto disuasorio a la litigiosidad en el ámbito empresarial… Actualidad Administrativa, La Ley, núm.1.
  • Araújo Barceló, A. y González-Deleito Domínguez, N. (2024). Una revisión crítica de la negativa a modificar los contratos del sector público… Actualidad Administrativa, La Ley, núm. 3, 2023.
  • Araújo Barceló, A. (2018). El reequilibrio económico financiero y los límites a la modificación de los contratos… Contratación Administrativa Práctica, Wolters Kluwer, nº 155.
  • Araújo Barceló, A. y Gonzalez-Deleito Domínguez, N. (2014). La entrada de capital privado en Aena Aeropuertos, S.A… Anuario 2014, Civitas.
  • Araújo Barceló, A., Botella Carretero, J. y Gonzalez Deleito Domínguez, N. (2015). La RPA en las concesiones de obra pública… Anuario 2015, Civitas.
  • Benetti, G. (2014). Los procedimientos de adjudicación de las obras públicas a iniciativa particular… Ed. Tirant Lo Blanch, Valencia.
  • Araújo Barceló, A. (2013). La Colaboración Público Privada: Entre Indeterminación, Flexibilidad e Incertidumbre. Instituto de Estudios Fiscales.

02

Environmental Law and Tourism

  • Benetti, G. (2020). Dossier Justicia para el Planeta. Revista Missèr, ICAIB, núm. 124.
  • Araújo Barceló, A. (2016). Los recientes pronunciamientos del Tribunal Supremo sobre producción de energía eléctrica… Actualidad Administrativa, La Ley, nº 10.

03

State Liability and Contentious-Administrative Proceedings

  • Araújo Barceló, A. y González-Deleito Domínguez, N. (2024). La STS 1360/2023… excluye la responsabilidad patrimonial del Estado… Actualidad Administrativa, La Ley, núm.1.
  • Araújo Barceló, A. y González-Deleito Domínguez, N. (2023). La antijuridicidad del daño en las reclamaciones de responsabilidad patrimonial… Actualidad Administrativa, La Ley, núm. 9, septiembre 2023.
  • Araújo Barceló, A. (2021). Las indemnizaciones, un camino incierto. Revista Missèr, ICAIB, núm. 131.

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Urban Planning and Regulated Sectors

  • Araújo Barceló, A. y Benetti, G. (2016). El nuevo escenario jurídico en materia urbanística. Última Hora, 28 de enero 2016.
  • Benetti, G. (2012). La gestión urbanística y las Directivas comunitarias de contratos… Instituto Pascal Madoz, Madrid, Marzo 2012.

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