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Shirmila Ramasamy is Senior Counsel at the World Bank’s Legal Vice Presidency and a capital markets lawyer who works on innovative financing mechanisms for targeted development priorities. She has been with the World Bank since 2008 and is part of the team responsible for the design and structuring of the International Finance Facility for Immunisation (IFFIm), the Advance Market Commitments (AMC), the Pilot Auction Facility for Climate Mitigation (PAF) and other financing initiatives. Ms. Ramasamy advises on capital markets instruments pioneered by the World Bank, including the Wildlife Conservation Bond and the most recent Amazon Reforestation Bond. She is also the lead lawyer for the International Development Association. Prior to joining the World Bank, she had worked in London, New York and Singapore—managing cross-border structured finance transactions as Managing Associate at Linklaters LLP.