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Cristian Barroso

Regulatory Compliance Specialist

Cork, Ireland

Cristian is a Regulatory Compliance Specialist with over nine years of experience in environmental law and human rights, working in various legal positions in Mexico and Ireland. 

 

Cristian is a qualified Mexican lawyer who joined Compliance and Risks in 2024 after working in top-tier law firms, the Mexican National Commission on Human Rights and the Mexican Environmental Protection Agency, and most recently, within a WEEE & Battery EPR Scheme in Ireland.

 

He has a law degree from the National Autonomous University of Mexico and two LLM master’s degrees: one in Human Rights from the University of Alcalá in Spain and another in Environmental and Natural Resources Law from UCC in Ireland.

 

He has particular interests in ESG Human Rights, WEEE, Circular Economy, Ecodesign, Energy Efficiency, and Sustainable Resource Use.

Expert Topics

  • Circular Economy
  • Ecodesign
  • Energy Efficiency
  • Human Rights-Affected Communities
  • Human Trafficking and Slavery
  • Sustainable Resource Use
  • Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment (WEEE)
Cristian Barroso
Experience Highlights
  • Over 9 years of legal experience advising and auditing international and domestic companies on environmental, regulatory, energy, and human rights law compliance.
  • Participation in several working groups on circular economy,  WEEE, and batteries, hosted by CIRCULEIRE, Eucobat, and WEEE Forum. 


Author and co-author on papers such as:

  • Monitoring of regulatory updates in countries in Latin America and Europe.
Qualifications
  • Bachelor of Law (National Autonomous University of Mexico).
  • Masters in Human Rights (University of Alcala, Spain).
  • Masters in Environmental and Natural Resources Law (UCC, Ireland).
  • Postgraduate Diplomas in Environmental and Energy Law (UNAM and Escuela Libre de Derecho, Mexico)

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