Partner

Nuria Cortés

Nuria Cortés

Profile

Nuria is a partner at Bartolome & Briones in the Infrastructure practice, which she joined in 2025.

She has an extensive experience in advising on large infrastructure and public service projects, acquired after working for more than 20 years for large international groups such as Grupo ACS, Grupo Ferrovial, and Grupo Globalvía.

From the various positions she has held in these companies, she has participated in numerous public tenders, drafting partnership, PPP, EPC, and project finance contracts.

In the corporate field, Nuria has led numerous M&A transactions, Due Diligence processes, Joint Venture, Corporate restructuring, and shareholder dispute resolution transactions. She has also served as a director and/or secretary of various companies linked to public services and concessions, both nationally and internationally, some of which were owned by the public sector.

Her experience is extensive as well as protecting the interests of companies contracting with the public sector against various events that could negatively impact the proper development of their assigned projects.

Experience

Project Finance

  • Financing of the project awarded to Autovía de la Mancha, S.A., concessionaire of the Regional Government of Castile-La Mancha.
  • Financing of the design, construction, operation, maintenance, and exploitation of the Ionia Odos Highway from Antiro to Ioánina (Greece).
  • Financing of the project awarded to TP Ferro Concesionaria, S.A.
  • Financing of the Route 27 project (Costa Rica) through two types of bonds, one subject to Costa Rican local law and the other to New York law.
  • Refinancing of the project managed by Autovía Necaxa-Tihutlán, S.A. de C.V. (Mexico)
  • Refinancing of the project managed by Sociedad Concesionaria Autopista del Aconcagua, S.A. (Chile)
  • Refinancing of the project managed by Sociedad Concesionaria Autopista del Itata, S.A. (Chile)
  • Financing of the project managed by Sociedad Concesionaria Autopista Costa Arauco, S.A. (Chile)

Public Tenders

  • Tender for the award of the contract for the design, construction, financing, operation, maintenance, and exploitation of the Ionia Odos Motorway from Antiro to Ioánina (Greece).
  • Tender for the award of the contract for the design, construction, financing, operation, maintenance, and exploitation of the Central Greece Motorway (E65) (Greece).
  • Tender for the award of the design, construction, operation, maintenance, and financing of the “N25 Waterford By-Pass PPP Scheme” project (Ireland)
  • Tender for the operation and maintenance of the “M3 Clonee to North of Kells Scheme PPP Scheme” project (Ireland)
  • Tender for the design, supply of equipment, construction and installation, financing, operation, and maintenance of the railway line between Johannesburg and Tshawane and Johannesburg International Airport (South Africa).
  • Tender for the design, construction, financing, operation, and maintenance of the tunnel to the Port of Miami and access improvement (USA).
  • Tender for the design, construction, financing, and operation of the connection to Oakland International Airport (USA).
  • Tender for the construction, financing, and maintenance of the Highway 407 East Extension in Ontario (Canada)
  • Tender for the operation of the Melbourne Tram (MR5) (Australia).

EPC CONTRACTS

  • Contract for the construction of the Alicante Ring Road Toll Motorway.
  • Contract for the construction of the Ionia Odos Motorway from Antiro to Ioánina (Greece).
  • HoT for the contract for the construction of the “N25 Waterford By-Pass PPP Scheme” project (Ireland)
  • Contract for the construction of the Perpignan-Figueras international railway section.
  • TS (Term Sheet)for the construction of the Highway 407 East Extension in Ontario (Canada)

M&A

  • Acquisition of Autopista del Sol, S.A. (Costa Rica)
  • Acquisition of Concession Company Acciona Concesiones Ruta 160, S.A. (Chile)
  • Acquisition of Brookfield Americas Infrastructure Holdings Chile I, S.A. (Chile)
  • Acquisition of a significant stake in Go-Ahead Group plc (UK)
  • Transfer of shareholding in Autovía Necaxa-Tihuatlán, S.A. de C.V (Mexico)
  • Transfer of shareholding in Túnel d’Envalira, S.A. (Andorra)

Education

  • Law Degree, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.
  • Master's Degree in Legal, Economic, and Social Organization of the Environment, EOI, Madrid.
  • Postgraduate Degree in Compliance, Carlos III University, Madrid.
  • Finance Program for Non-Financial Professionals, ESADE, Madrid.
  • Executive Development Program, IESE

Member of

  • Madrid Bar Association.