23 Sep 2026
Auren opens Legal practice in Seville with partner Francisco José Fernández Romero
"Auren appoints Francisco José Fernández Romero as partner in Seville to open its Legal practice and lead a national Public-Private Collaboration area, focusing on public procurement, public-sector and infrastructure work."
Fernández Romero holds a doctorate in Law and has more than 25 years of experience advising the public sector. Before joining Auren, he served as managing partner of Cremades & Calvo-Sotelo in Andalusia. Over his career he has held senior legal positions including corporate and risk legal director at Ayesa, legal director at KPMG in Andalusia, and head of procurement for public infrastructure companies at the Junta de Andalucía. He is a professor at Universidad Loyola, where he previously directed the Master’s programmes in Legal Practice and Corporate Legal Advisory, and he was awarded the Gold Medal for Professional Merit by Spain’s Ministry of Labour.
His practice specialises in the public sector, public procurement and governance, advising both public administrations and private companies in sectors such as infrastructure, energy, water, transport and technology. He has worked on complex tender processes, administrative restructuring, concessions, operational audits, public asset sales and corporate transactions linked to technological innovation, and in recent years has concentrated on public-private collaboration, investment attraction, digital transformation, artificial intelligence, data governance and compliance.
With Fernández Romero’s arrival, Auren is establishing a national Public-Private Collaboration area to advise on public procurement, technology, innovation, governance and investment projects, serving administrations and private companies in areas including infrastructure, energy, water, education, healthcare, ports, transport and social services.