##  [María Cristina Maestro Cortizas](/en_GB/team/maria-cristina-maestro-cortizas) 

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 María Cristina Maestro Cortizas  Senior associate 

 <maria.cristina.maestro@garrigues.com> - [A Coruña](/en_GB/office/acoruna)+34 981 12 46 30





- Registered lawyer, nº 6404
    
    I. Colegio de Abogados de A Coruña



 

 

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Cristina Maestro is a senior associate in the Administrative, Planning and Zoning and Environmental Law Department of the Garrigues’ office in A Coruña.

She has provided legal advice in Administrative, Environmental and Food Law, among other areas.

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Cristina Maestro is a senior associate in the Administrative and Urban Planning Law Department of the Garrigues’ office in A Coruña, which she joined in 2018.

She has provided legal advice to public and private entities and to non-profit organisations in different matters in administrative and contentious administrative proceedings:

- Administrative law: public procurement, enabling titles, public subsidies, administrative sanctioning procedures, liability of public authorities, etc.
- Environment: environmental assessment, waste and packaging , water, contaminated soil, atmospheric pollution, natural and cultural heritage, etc.
- Food and feed: labelling, nutrition and health claims, technological ingredients, sanitary registration, hygiene, food crises and alerts, quality designations, organic production, etc.
- Agribusiness: agricultural, livestock and forestry operations; food and feed; fertilisers; subsidies, etc.
- Regulated industries, such as energy, mining, ports, gambling, transport, etc.

Additionally, she has participated in due diligence processes and the preparation of draft laws.



 

 

 

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- Bachelor’s Degree in Law (Universidade da Coruña).
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and Management (Universidade da Coruña).
- Master’s Degree in Business Legal Advice, specialization in Environmental Law (Universidade da Coruña). Extraordinary prize.
- Master’s Degree in Legal Practice (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya).

 

 

 

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Since 2022, she has lectured at the Master’s Degree in Legal Practice offered by the University of A Coruña and the A Coruña Bar Association (Environmental Law).

 

 

 

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Member of the A Coruña Bar Association (number 6404).

 

 

 

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Extraordinary prize Master’s Degree in Business Legal Advice, specialization in Environmental Law (Universidade da Coruña).

 

 

 

 





 

 



 

 

### Services

 

[ **Administrative and Constitutional Law** ](/en_GB/services/administrative-and-constitutional-law)



[Agribusiness and Food ](/en_GB/services/agribusiness-and-food)



[Environmental ](/node/1423)



 

 



 

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