Tornos Abogados strengthens growth with Dr. Alfredo Galán

Tornos Abogados has reinforced its trajectory of growth with the appointment of Dr. Alfredo Galán as Academic Counsel, underscoring the firm’s commitment to academic talent and legal excellence.

Dr. Galán is Professor of Administrative Law at the University of Barcelona and brings a distinguished career spanning academia, institutional roles, and professional practice. His expertise covers multiple areas of Administrative Law and European Union Law, with a particular focus on local government law, territorial organization, public procurement, public-private partnerships, sources of law, state liability, and compulsory expropriation.

A Law graduate from the University of Barcelona and Doctor of Law from the University of Bologna (summa cum laude), he currently serves as Director of the Foundation for Democracy and Local Government, co-director of the International Academic Network on Administrative Oversight (RAICA), and President of the Spanish Section of the Italo-Spanish Association of Administrative Law Professors.

Throughout his career, he has held prominent positions including member of the Legal Advisory Commission of the Government of Catalonia, Director of the Department of Administrative Law, Procedural Law, and Financial and Tax Law at the University of Barcelona, and Spain’s representative on the Council of Europe’s Group of Independent Experts on the European Charter of Local Self-Government.

The addition of Dr. Alfredo Galán marks a further step in consolidating the firm’s Administrative Law team. His academic depth and legal expertise will bring significant value to the firm’s growth and evolution, opening a new chapter in the development of its Administrative Law practice.