Rafel Audivert Arau

Born in Barcelona in 1968. Partner of Tornos Abogados, S.L.P.

He graduates in Law at the Autonomous University of Barcelona in 1992. Diploma in Real Estate and Urban Law at Pompeu Fabra University in 1993. In the Autonomous University of Barcelona, he has defended the Thesis “Legal Regime of the Ecological Label”, obtaining the maximum qualification. He started practicing law on his own, and in 1998 he joined Sicart, Santos & Asociados, until December 2002.

In 2003 he joined Roca Junyent, SLP in which, as a Partner of the Department of Public Law, he worked until June 2017, when he joined the firm Tornos Abogados. He is a specialist in Administrative Law, and especially in Environmental Law where he stands out for his practice throughout his professional career. He has published several articles and monographs on this subject.

He is Associate Professor of Administrative Law at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, teaching the subjects of Administrative Law and Environmental Law, from 1996 to the present. Professor at ESADE, ISDE, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, IQS and Associate Professor of Environmental Law at the UOC.

He is a lawyer and member of the Bar Association of Barcelona.

He is the author of numerous publications on administrative law, with special attention to matters of renewable energy, Environmental Law and Local Law, he is a member of the Environmental Section of the Bar Association of Barcelona. Also, he is Member of the Editorial Board of the Catalan Journal of Environmental Law and Member of the Editorial Board of the Barcelona Bar Association Magazine, and Member of the Environment Commission of the Entity for the Promotion of Labor.