Master in Energy Law and Ecological Transition
Program director:
Alfonso Codes and Juan Moreno
Campus:
Madrid
Date:
September 2026
LANGUAGE:
Spanish
The energy transition is not just a global challenge, it is your professional opportunity.
ISDE’s Master in Energy Law and Ecological Transition is designed to educate the legal professionals who will lead the shift toward a sustainable and responsible energy model. This pioneering program prepares you to master the legal frameworks governing renewable energy, electricity market regulation, energy project finance, and compliance in a constantly evolving sector.
With a strongly practice-oriented approach and a faculty composed of active experts from leading companies, law firms, and regulatory bodies, you will acquire the tools needed to advise on M&A transactions, supply agreements, environmental permitting, and the implementation of sustainability policies. In addition, the program covers key topics such as green hydrogen regulation, energy storage, carbon markets, and how companies can adapt to new European Union standards on a just transition. Are you ready to become the specialist that companies and institutions need to drive the energy revolution with legal certainty?
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Introduction and objectives
In recent years, more than half of the completed transactions in Spain have taken place in the energy sector, particularly in renewable generation assets, and energy departments are the largest sectoral practice of law firms. In the near future, this trend will intensify, as technologies with high energy demand, such as AI, the progressive electrification of the economy, and the transition to new forms of production, will make this sector the leading one in the economy.
As a consequence of this prominence, the demand for well-prepared professionals in the energy sector will increase. Among them, and in a prominent position, will be lawyers. Lawyers who will need specialized training that combines a general knowledge of regulated markets with specific preparation in the energy area.
To acquire this training, essential for anyone who wants to become a key player in the legal area of the energy sector, it is necessary to do so with the most outstanding professionals and with a method that allows both an adequate understanding of theoretical and legal principles and the acquisition of the skills to apply them in practice. These are the two things that this program offers and that will turn its students into the best professionals.
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Structure, location and calendar
On Mondays, students are provided with videos and study material to work with throughout the week.
On Friday afternoons (Spanish time) the classes take place in face-to-face or Streaming format. The preparation of the material throughout the week allows these classes to have a much more practical and Socratic format.
Students who so wish may also contract an internship, with a duration of between 3 and 6 months.
In all cases, students will be required to complete a Master’s thesis (TFM).
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ACADEMIC PROGRAM
- General concepts: the functioning of regulated sectors in Spain.
- Essential concepts and practical dynamics of M&A and financing operations.
- Energy Transition and Climate Change: Principles of Energy Policy in Europe and Spain.
- Legal Regime and activities of the Electricity Sector: Transmission, distribution, generation, and commercialization.
- Remuneration regimes for Renewable Energies I: International and global vision.
- Remuneration regimes for Renewable Energies II: Development of facilities in Spain.
- Development of production facilities with renewable energies: permits, financing, and operation.
- New energy management models: self-consumption and distributed generation.
- New generation modules: Hybridization and energy storage.
- Legal Regime and activities of the Hydrocarbons Sector.
- Development of renewable gases and hydrogen.
- ESG policies: From corporate governance to sustainability.
- Mobility and sustainability: electric vehicles and chargers.
- Energy markets.
- Implications of energy beyond the legal scope: competition, urban planning, consumers, and users.
- Energy and Economy: the role of investments and restrictions on foreign investments.
- Energy M&A transactions and financing operations.
- Energy taxation: the role of green taxation.
- Companies in the sector: business and marketing.
FACULTY
- Alfonso Codes – Partner at CMS
- Amaia Rivas – Partner at Pinsent Masons
- Ana Muñoz Pedraz – Director of Corporate Governance and Legal Compliance at PwC
- Antonio Banon – Partner at Squire & Patton Boggs
- Antonio Fernández de Buján y Arranz – Senior Manager at KPMG
- Clara Cerdán – Director of Legal Advisory at Soloarig
- Fernando Carretero – Head of Renewable Energies at ARPA Abogados
- Ginés Valera Gómez – Global Legal Manager at Soltec
- Gonzalo Sanz – Senior Associate at Linklaters
- José María Codes Calatrava – Parliamentary Counsel
- Juan Moreno – Partner at CMS
- Julia Durán Domínguez – Head of Corporate Governance and Corporate Structure at Iberdrola
- Julio Acinas – Head of Legal at Gestagua
- Julio Acinas – Former Head of Legal at Solaria
- Justo Garzón Ortega – Director of Legal Operations at Iberdrola
- Luis Miguel de Dios and Elena Alcázar – Partners at CMS
- Marc Casas – Senior Associate at Clifford Chance
- Mario García – Senior Managing Associate at Linklaters
- Manuel Somacarrera – Partner at Baker & McKenzie
- Pablo Dorronsoro – Partner at EY
- Pablo Gutiérrez – Partner at CMS
- Pedro Calzada – Partner at Baker & McKenzie
- Pedro Rubio – Partner at Andersen
- Pilar Pueyo – Head of Legal Advisory at REE
ACCREDITED DEGREE
Once the relevant Program has concluded and ISDE has verified that the STUDENT has completed their work satisfactorily, the STUDENT will receive the corresponding Degree certificate for each PROGRAM.
In compliance with current legality and, specifically, as set forth in article 4.4 of decree 84/2004, it is noted that ISDE’s programs are professionally oriented and therefore, unless explicitly stated otherwise, they are courses that do not lead to the acquisition of a title with official value, but to that of a proprietary title from ISDE.