MORAGUES AND SCADE ABOGADOS SA

Their core work

Moragues and Scade is a Spanish law firm based in Bilbao that provides legal, regulatory, and public procurement expertise to EU-funded innovation projects. Their participation centers on Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP) processes for environmental remediation, where they likely handle legal frameworks, procurement design, and regulatory compliance. More recently, they have expanded into innovation actions in sustainable agriculture, suggesting a broader environmental law and innovation support practice.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Their early work (2015-2016) focused squarely on brownfield soil remediation through PCP preparation, with a strong Bilbao-centered multi-stakeholder dimension. By 2018-2023, they continued in soil decontamination but shifted toward buyer group enlargement and scaling PCP networks across more cities. Their most recent project (2020-2024) marks a pivot into sustainable greenhouse farming, suggesting the firm is applying its innovation procurement expertise to new environmental domains beyond remediation.

Moving from narrow soil decontamination legal support toward broader environmental innovation consulting, applying PCP and procurement expertise to new sectors like sustainable agriculture.

How they like to work

MAS operates exclusively as a participant, never leading consortia — consistent with a specialist legal services role within larger project teams. With 25 unique partners across 9 countries from just 3 projects, they work in mid-to-large consortia and appear comfortable in internationally diverse partnerships. Their value to a consortium is as a reliable legal and procurement specialist rather than a technical driver.

Despite only 3 projects, MAS has built a network of 25 partners across 9 countries, reflecting the large consortium sizes typical of PCP and innovation actions. Their geographic connections span Southern and Western Europe, anchored from their Bilbao base.

What sets them apart

MAS is a law firm — not a research lab or tech company — which makes them an unusual but valuable consortium partner. Their deep experience with Pre-Commercial Procurement processes means they understand how to structure innovation purchases by public buyers, a niche legal competence that few firms bring to EU project consortia. For any project involving PCP, public procurement innovation, or regulatory compliance for environmental technologies, they offer a ready-made legal backbone.

Highlights from their portfolio

• POSIDON
  Five-year PCP project on polluted site decontamination with a buyer group enlargement network — demonstrates long-term commitment to scaling public procurement of environmental solutions.
• TheGreefa
  Marks a strategic expansion from remediation into sustainable greenhouse farming, and carries their largest single EC contribution (EUR 266,438).