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    <periodOfReport>2016-07-21</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000791908</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>XOMA Corp</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>XOMA</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001349376</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Walbert Timothy P</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O XOMA CORPORATION</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>2910 SEVENTH STREET</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>BERKELEY</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>94710</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Shares</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2016-07-21</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
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                    <value>48246.0</value>
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                </transactionShares>
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                    <value>129314</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Non-Qualified Share Option (right to buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>0.5599</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2016-07-21</value>
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                    <value>0.0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2026-07-21</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">These shares were acquired pursuant to a grant of restricted stock units under the Amended and Restated XOMA Corporation 2010 Long Term Incentive and Stock Award Plan and are scheduled to vest in full one year after the grant date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">This option is exercisable in twelve equal monthly installments, beginning one month from the vest start date, which is the same as the grant date.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>By: Diane Wilcock For: Timothy P. Walbert</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2016-08-02</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
