On 10 November 2026, the Valencian PSPV-PSOE submitted a complaint to the Fiscalía Superior de la Comunitat Valenciana, asking prosecutors to examine two Finestrat council legal-services contracts awarded in 2018 and 2023. The filing came 42 days after the party announced legal action against Juan Francisco Pérez Llorca over his time as mayor and contracting authority. The contracts covered legal advice and courtroom representation.
Both contracts went to Estudi General Advocats i Assessors, a firm linked in reporting to David Serra, a former PP deputy during Francisco Camps’s period in office. Serra was convicted in the Gürtel case in 2018 and sentenced to three years and eight months in prison. The contracts were valued at €154,880 and €232,320 respectively, about €387,200 in total including VAT. The second award was around 50% higher than the first.
The PSOE alleges possible administrative prevarication, fraud against the administration in public procurement and bribery. Its complaint questions the 2018 exclusion of the lowest-priced offer, which the party says was rejected for an alleged missed deadline. It also asks prosecutors to examine the firm’s economic solvency and insurance in the 2023 procedure. The party questions whether the successful bidder could meet a commitment to assign ten lawyers, and challenges points awarded for defending municipal authorities and employees, a service it says the tender specifications excluded. These remain allegations in the PSOE’s complaint, not findings by prosecutors or a court.
The party asks prosecutors to obtain the complete administrative files, including tenders and bids, technical reports and solvency documents, as well as invoices and payment records. It also seeks identification of the lawyers assigned to the municipal service and an examination of the firm’s staffing and professional resources. The complaint additionally asks prosecutors to examine possible professional or economic connections involving lawyers who represented or advised Pérez Llorca’s family in a corporate dispute. The contracts were processed through open procedures.
The PSOE, led by minister Diana Morant, also wants checks on staff attendance and inquiries into the lawyers involved in the family-related corporate dispute. The complaint is directed against whoever may be responsible and refers specifically to Pérez Llorca’s conduct as mayor between 2015 and 2025 and as contracting authority. It sets out possible offences for prosecutors to examine; it is not a judicial finding.
The filing was a political development involving a public institution. Separately, RUSSPAIN.COM has reported on the Tarragona unit closure.
