RAFEL AUDIVERT ARAU

Rafael Audivert holds a degree in Law from the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (Bellaterra). He holds a Diploma in Real Estate and Urban Planning Law from the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (1993). He studied for his doctorate at the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, where he presented his thesis “Régimen jurídico de la etiqueta ecológica”, with which he obtained the highest qualification.

He began practicing law on his own account, and in 1998 he became a partner in the law firm Sicart, Santos & Asociados, with which he continued to collaborate until December 2002.

In 2003 he joined the firm Roca Junyent, SLP where he has practiced as a partner in the Public Law department until June 2017, when he joined the firm Tornos Abogados.

He has been an associate professor of Administrative Law at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, where he teaches the subjects of Administrative Law and Environmental Law from 1996 to 2022. He has also taught specific modules at Esade (Universitat Ramon Llull), at ISDE, at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, at the Institut Químic de Sarrià and has been a collaborating professor of Environmental Law at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya.

He is a specialist in Administrative Law and, in particular, in Environmental Law. Author of numerous publications on this specialty, with special attention to environmental certification systems, industrial safety and vectors applicable to industrial activities. He has been a member of the Environmental Section of the Barcelona Bar Association, of the Editorial Board of the Revista Catalana de Derecho Ambiental, as well as of the Environmental Commission of Fomento del Trabajo. He is currently a member of the Editorial Board of the Revista Món Jurídic, of the Barcelona Bar Association, and of the Revista Catalana de Dret Ambiental.

He has been a member of the Barcelona Bar Association (ICAB) since 1993.

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