Norberto Javier de la Mata Barranco (born in Bilbao on 9 February 1962) is a Basque lawyer, legal scholar and professor of law.

[3][4] Norberto de la Mata was born in Bilbao (Basque Country) on 9 February 1962.

He studied a licentiate degree in law at the University of Deusto and graduated with honours in 1986.

[5] Later he obtained a doctorate in law at the University of the Basque Country in 1992, with the thesis "Criminal protection of property and appropriation crimes.

", directed by the Spanish full professor and magistrate of the Constitutional Court Adela Asúa Batarrita.