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Senior Legal Officer in the UNCITRAL secretariat and the Secretary of UNCITRAL Working Group V (Insolvency Law). She also oversees the UNCITRAL secretariat’s projects of technical cooperation and assistance, capacity-building and judicial training in the areas of insolvency law, public procurement and other areas of international trade law. She previously worked in the areas of security interests, electronic commerce, public-private partnerships and negotiable multimodal transport documents as well on UNCITRAL procedural matters and on positioning of UNCITRAL in the United Nations broader agenda. Before joining the UNCITRAL secretariat in 2004, she worked as an associate legal officer in the Codification Division of the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs and before that, as an associate lawyer in an international law firm, dealing with privatization and concession projects in energy, telecommunication and construction sectors. Holds diploma in law with distinction and LL.M. in Comparative Legal Studies with honor.