Managing Partner · Doctor of Laws (PhD) in Ibero-American Administrative Law · Practising lawyer
Doctor of Laws (PhD) in Ibero-American Administrative Law from the Universidade da Coruña (UDC), recognised in Best Lawyers Spain since 2019 in Administrative Law, Litigation, ADR and Insolvency Restructuring. Professor at UDC, URV and UNIR. President of COFER. Over 20 years practising public business law.
Cristóbal Dobarro Gómez founded Dobarro y Asociados in Ferrol (A Coruña) with a precise goal: to offer companies operating in highly regulated legal environments the level of technical specialisation usually found only at large generalist firms, but with the direct commitment and proximity of a boutique practice.
His doctoral thesis, defended Cum Laude at the Universidade da Coruña, focused on alternative dispute resolution methods in Ibero-American administrative law — a line of work that has led him to teach at Spanish and Latin American universities, publish legal monographs, and speak at international forums across four continents.
In parallel, he has built a leading litigation and advisory practice in environmental law, public procurement, planning and administrative law, with a portfolio of more than 500 active clients across every autonomous community in Spain.
External recognition
Dobarro y Asociados has been recognised as a Tier 2 firm in Administrative Law and Litigation, and Tier 3 in Arbitration and Mediation and Insolvency and Reorganization Law, in the 2027 edition of Best Law Firms™ - Spain (A Coruña).
Every matter begins with an honest conversation: what is the real legal problem, what is realistically achievable, and what would the lawyer do if the client were a family member. That is the standard applied to every file.
Cristóbal Dobarro personally leads every matter from initial assessment through to final resolution, without delegating strategy or client communication to junior lawyers. Every client has direct access — by phone, email or in person — throughout the process.
The combination of academic rigour (doctoral research, international publications, peer review) with active litigation practice (hundreds of administrative proceedings, judicial appeals and regulatory files per year) produces a level of technical precision uncommon among academics and practice-only lawyers alike.
From the current state of legal doctrine and case law, we can conclude that, having moved past earlier conceptions that excluded the possibility of resorting to mediation in disputes involving public administration, it is now widely accepted that mediation can serve as a highly suitable dispute resolution method to foster dialogue and citizen participation, grounded […]
Cristóbal Dobarro · 8 September 2026
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