IIEL Fellows Alumni

1999-2000 Academic Year

Bruce ABRAMSON (United States), IIEL Fellow
J.D., Georgetown Law; B.A., M.S., Ph.D. (Computer Science), Columbia University. After graduation Mr. Abramson became a consultant to Charles River Associates, Inc., conducting economic analyses for clients involved in antitrust matters and/or commercial litigation.

Nathalie BERNASCONI-OSTERWALDER (Switzerland), IIEL Fellow
LL.M., Georgetown Law; Lic. iur Université de Neuchatel. While at Georgetown Law, Ms. Bernasconi served as a research assistant to Professors Edith Brown Weiss and John H. Jackson. She formerly worked in Hanoi, Vietnam, for a legal reform project of the United Nations Development Programme and the Australian law firm Phillips Fox, dealing mainly with foreign investment issues. In Switzerland she worked for the Justice Department, Berne, in the Section for International Law.

Olivier CATTANEO (France), IIEL Fellow
Ph.D. Candidate, Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva; LL.M., Georgetown Law; Master of Public Policy, Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris. Before coming to Georgetown Law, Mr. Cattaneo worked in the Staff of the French Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, the French Parliament Committee on Finance, the UN Director General Office in Geneva, and the WTO.  In October 2005, he joined the International Trade Department of the World Bank.

Roberto ECHANDI (Costa Rica), Visiting Professorial Fellow
B.A. and Licenciatura en Derecho, Universidad de Costa Rica; LL.M., University of Michigan; M.Phil., University of Oxford. S.J.D. Candidate, University of Michigan.
Mr. Echandi was an Adjunct Professor of Law and Visiting Scholar at Georgetown Law, while on leave from his position as Director-General for International Trade at the Ministry of Foreign Trade of Costa Rica. Mr. Echandi formerly served as legal advisor to the Appellate Body Secretariat of the WTO in Geneva and as professor of international trade law at the Diplomatic Institute of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Costa Rica.

Barbara EGGERS (Germany), Visiting Fellow and JIEL Editorial Assistant
Ph.D. Candidate, University of Hamburg; First and Second State Exam in Law Bonn and Hamburg, Germany; LL.M., University of London. At Georgetown Law she served as the Editorial and Research Assistant to Professor John H. Jackson, responsible for the Journal of International Economic Law. Ms. Eggers formerly worked for the WTO team of the EC Commission's Legal Service and the law firm Bruckhaus.

Christoph-Beat GRABER (Switzerland), Visiting Fellow
Ph.D., European University Institute, Florence (focus on European and Comparative Law, Legal Theory, and Sociology of Law); Lic. iur., Universität Bern. Admitted to the Swiss Federation Bar. Dr. Graber was a lecturer in European and International Economic Law (with a special focus on Communications Law) at the University of Berne and at the World Trade Institute in Berne. He also directed a research project funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation on "Trade and Culture in the Law of WTO. Tension between Cultural Identity and Free Trade in the Field of Film and Television."

Tsuyoshi KAWASE (Japan), Visiting Professorial Fellow
B.Jur./M.Jur., Keio University, Japan; LL.M., Georgetown Law. Mr. Kawase was a Visiting Scholar (JSPS Fellow) at Georgetown Law, while on leave from his position as Associate Professor of International Trade Law at the Kobe University of Commerce in Japan. Mr. Kawase researches and has publications in various areas of international economic law, including multilateral environmental agreements and free trade regimes, historical development of reciprocity in the GATT/WTO, NAFTA and the environment, selective safeguards, and China MFN problems.

Sylvia A. RHODES (United States), IIEL Fellow
J.D., University of California Davis School of Law. At Georgetown Law Ms. Rhodes served as acting administrative and program coordinator for the IIEL. She had previously completed an internship at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and worked for two years for the Japanese government as a Coordinator for International Relations. After leaving Georgetown Law, Ms. Rhodes became an associate with the law firm of Bryan Cave.

2000-2001 Academic Year

Yves BOTTEMAN (Belgium), IIEL Fellow
LL.M. Georgetown Law. Mr. Botteman holds a Law Degree from the Université Libre de Bruxelles and a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science and International Relations from the Université Catholique de Louvain. Mr. Botteman is admitted to the Brussels Bar and had been an associate with the law firm of Van Bael & Bellis, Brussels, Belgium, where he practiced EC Trade and Competition Law.

Kirsten BURGHARDT PROPST (Belgium/Germany), IIEL Fellow

LL.M. Georgetown Law. Ms. Burghardt Propst graduated from the Universities of Cologne, Germany and Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne, France, holding two degrees: the French Maitrise en Droit and the German Staatsexamen with a specialization in International and European Law. Before coming to Georgetown Law Ms. Burghardt served as a trainee in the Competition Directorate General of the European Commission and in the Brussels office of Wilmer Cutler & Pickering.  After receiving her LL.M. degree from Georgetown in 2001, Ms. Burghardt Propst practiced international trade law at the law firm of Hogan & Hartson in Washington, DC for 3 years.  She joined the World Bank Legal Vice-Presidency in 2004 and is currently Counsel in the Europe, Central Asia, Middle East and North Africa Division, serving as lawyer for the West Bank and Gaza, Albania, Cyprus, the Red Sea-Dead Sea Basin, and as EU Accession coordinator. (Updated July 2008)

Pablo CHARRO, (Spain), IIEL Fellow
LL.M., Georgetown Law. Mr. Charro received his J.D. degree from the Universidad Pontificia de Comillas (ICADE) in Madrid, Spain and holds a Master's degree of the College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium, where he specialized in European Community Law. Before starting the LL.M. program at Georgetown Law, Mr. Charro worked as an Agent to the European Commission, where he focused on the integration of environmental considerations in the EU's Internal Market policy and on the revision of the EC approach to public purchasing activities. Previously, Mr. Charro practiced law in the Brussels office of B. Cremades y Asociados.

Benedicte CLAES (Belgium), IIEL Fellow
Ms. Claes holds LL.M. degrees from Georgetown Law and the College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium, specializing in International and European Trade Law. She obtained her J.D. degree from the Katholieke Universiteit of Leuven (KUL), Belgium. Before coming to Georgetown Law, Ms. Claes was a foreign intern in the antitrust department of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York and an attorney with Van Bael & Bellis, Brussels, Belgium. As of December 2004, she was in the Brussels office of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.

Matthew S. DUNNE (United States), IIEL Fellow
J.D. Georgetown Law; M.S.F.S., Georgetown University School of Foreign Service. Mr. Dunne obtained his M.A. in History and B.A., summa cum laude, in History and French from Emory University. While at Georgetown Law, he served as Research Assistant to Prof. John H. Jackson. As of December 2004, he was at Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, LLP. He previously worked for Dorsey & Whitney, Coudert Brothers, Nahigian Strategies, the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee, the Feinberg Group, the U.S. Agency for International Development, the U.S. Defense Department, and Congressman William Paxon.

Susan ESSERMAN (United States), Distinguished Visiting Fellow
Ms. Esserman holds a J.D. degree from the University of Michigan and a B.A. from Wellesley College. Before coming to Georgetown Law as a visiting scholar, she served as Deputy United States Trade Representative (1999-2000) and as General Counsel (1997 -1999) in the Office of the USTR. Before joining USTR, she served at the Department of Commerce, first as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, then as Acting General Counsel. Prior to joining the Clinton Administration in 1993, Ms. Esserman was a partner at Steptoe & Johnson where she specialized in international trade law, policy and litigation. She had also served as a law clerk for United States District Judge Oliver Gasch. After her fellowship year at Georgetown Law, Ms. Esserman returned to Steptoe & Johnson as a partner and chair of the firm’s international department.

Patricio GRANE (Costa Rica), IIEL Fellow
LL.M., Georgetown Law. Mr. Grane obtained his J.D. degree from the Universidad de Costa Rica. Before starting the LL.M. program at Georgetown Law, Mr. Grane worked for three years as Counselor with the Permanent Mission of Costa Rica to the WTO in Geneva. During his time in Geneva, he also served as a member of the Textiles Monitoring Body of the WTO, representing the Latin America constituency. Prior to his work as a trade negotiator, Mr. Grane practiced Corporate Law in the law firm Facio & Cañas, San José, Costa Rica, where he was an Associate. As of December 2004, Mr. Grane was an International Trade Adviser in the Washington office of Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP.

Douglas IERLEY (United States), IIEL Fellow
LL.M., Georgetown Law. Mr. Ierley holds B.S. and J.D. degrees from the University of Oregon. After receiving his LL.M. at Georgetown Law, he served as Program Director for the IIEL from 2001-2002. Prior to coming to Georgetown Law, Mr. Ierley was the head of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) governance program in the West Bank/Gaza. He also worked as a human rights researcher with the Gaza affiliate of the International Commission of Jurists, as a Justice Division Officer for the UN Operation in Somalia, and as head of a technical assistance program for UNAIS in the West Bank. Mr. Ierley has also consulted for U.S. NGOs, UNDP, and the World Bank, completing a study on law reform in conflict situations. As of December 2004, Mr. Ierley was in the International Trade Practice Group at King & Spalding LLP.

Jorge Luis INCHAUSTE (Bolivia), IIEL Fellow
LL.M., Georgetown Law. Mr. Inchauste holds a law degree from the Catholic University Law School, La Paz, Bolivia, and a Master of Laws degree from the Andean University, La Paz. Mr. Inchauste has been an associate with a Bolivian law firm involved in natural resource regulation and international project finance.

Alvaro JANA (Chile), IIEL Fellow
LL.M., Georgetown Law. Mr. Jana obtained his law degree from the Diego Portales University School of Law, Santiago, Chile where he graduated with the highest distinction awarded, the University Prize for the Most Outstanding Graduate. Mr. Jana was an associate in the Law Firm "Jana y Cia. Abogados" where he practiced Civil and Commercial Litigation and Arbitration and worked as a Corporate Legal Advisor. Mr. Jana also was a teacher and research assistant in the Private Law Department of the Diego Portales University School of Law, where he taught a course on the Economic Analysis of Private Law Main Institutions.

Bruno JULIEN (France), IIEL Fellow
LL.M., Georgetown Law. Mr. Julien holds a Masters degree in EC law from the College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium, a diploma in EC law from the University of Paris, and a degree in European affairs from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques of Paris. At Georgetown Law he served as Research Assistant to Professor John H. Jackson, while on leave as Administrator in the WTO Dispute Settlement Unit of the Directorate General for Trade of the European Commission. As Administrator, Mr. Julien had been involved in a number of Trade Barrier Regulation investigations as well as WTO cases. He also assisted in the drafting of the New Transatlantic Market Place Initiative.

Kenichi KOBAYASHI (Japan), IIEL Fellow
LL.M., Georgetown Law. Mr. Kobayashi holds a Bachelor of Law and a Master of Law degree from the Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan. He has served as an intern in the Intellectual Property Division of the WTO, where he mainly worked on issues relating to the interaction between trade and competition policy. He also was an intern in UNCTAD, in the Directorate-General for Trade of the European Commission and in the competition law group of the Brussels' office of Allen & Overy. Mr. Kobayashi was also a research fellow at the Matsushita Institute of Government and Management in Tokyo.

Jacqueline KRIKORIAN (Canada), Visiting Fellow
Jacqueline Krikorian was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to spend the 2001-2002 academic year at IIEL while she was a doctoral candidate in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto. She was called to the bar of Ontario in 1996. She had taught part-time in the political science department at Toronto and her doctoral dissertation examined the nature and impact of NAFTA and WTO dispute settlement mechanisms on the policy making processes, legislative autonomy and constitutional arrangements of Canadian and American governments.

Hideki MAKIHARA (Japan), IIEL Fellow
LL.M., Georgetown Law, LL.M. Mr. Makihara holds a Bachelor of Law Degree from the University of Tokyo, Japan. He also completed his legal training at the Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan. Mr. Makihara formerly was an associate in the international department of the law firm of Asahi Law Offices (formerly Masuda & Ejiri and Tokyo-Yaesu) in Tokyo, where he practiced several different areas of law, including international trade law. After returning to Japan in September 2003, Mr. Makihara (Macky) joined the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry as a legal advisor in dispute settlement and FTA negotiations.

Young Duk PARK (South Korea), IIEL Fellow
Georgetown Law, S.J.D. Candidate. LL.M., Georgetown Law; LL.M., Korea University; LL.B., Korea University. Mr. Park has worked as a senior researcher in the World Economic Law Research Center of Korea University (WELRC) and participated in various projects requested by governmental bodies and private institutions in Korea. His research at the Law Center for his S.J.D. dissertation focused on the involvement and role of developing countries in the WTO dispute settlement system.

Thomas REUTTER (Switzerland), IIEL Fellow
LL.M., Georgetown Law. Mr. Reutter holds both a law degree and a degree in business administration from the University of St-Gallen, Switzerland. During his business administration studies, Mr. Reutter spent several months as part of an exchange program at the University Bocconi in Milan. Mr. Reutter previously was an associate with the law firm of Froriep Renggli, Zurich, Switzerland where he practiced corporate law and securities. He also served as a research assistant to Professor Trechsel and as an intern in the law firm of Homburger Attorneys at Law, Zurich, Switzerland. Mr. Reutter wrote his doctoral thesis on public tenders.

J. Daniel STIRK (United States), IIEL Fellow
J.D. Georgetown Law. Mr. Stirk earned his B.A. at the University of Florida, where he studied Economics, English, and French. He worked as a summer associate for Stewart and Stewart in Washington, DC, in 2001. In 2001, he served as the IIEL’s Director of Information Technology, managing the IIEL web site. He previously served as a research assistant for Professor John H. Jackson and the IIEL. As of December 2004, Mr. Stirk was an Associate at Stewart and Stewart in Washington, D.C.

Mario UMAÑA (Costa Rica), IIEL Fellow
S.J.D., Georgetown Law. LL.B., Universidad Autonoma de Centroamerica, Costa Rica; LL.M, Georgetown Law. While at Georgetown Law, Mr.Umaña was on leave from his post as a Senior Researcher and Professor of Law at INCAE, a graduate business school in Central and South America. Mr. Umaña had been academic coordinator for INCAE-Georgetown Law joint executive programs in Central America and was a consultant on international trade law for the Inter American Development Bank and for various private sector organizations. He also served as General Manager of the Ministry of Agriculture of Costa Rica and a member of the Board of Directors of the Costa Rican National Investment Council. His S.J.D. thesis focused on building a conceptual framework for competition law and policy in small developing economies.

Georg UMBRICHT (Switzerland), Visiting Fellow and JIEL Editorial Assistant
At IIEL/Georgetown Law, Mr. Umbricht was a Visiting Scholar and Editorial and Research Assistant to Prof. John H. Jackson, responsible for the Journal of International Economic Law. He also was a LL.M. Candidate at the University of Michigan, and earned an LL.M. in European law and International Economic Law, University of Lausanne; and Lic. iur., University of Geneva. Mr. Umbricht was formerly an assistant to Prof. Dr. E.-U. Petersmann at the University of Geneva. Admitted to the Geneva Bar, he previously worked as an associate with the law firm Python, Schifferli, Peter & Associés in Geneva.

Kenichiro URAKAMI (Japan), IIEL Fellow
Mr. Urakami holds an LL.M. from Georgetown Law and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Tokyo. While he was at IIEL, he also was a Fellow in Foreign Service, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, and an official (on leave) of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI), Japan. At MITI Mr. Urakami served as an Assistant Director for General Coordination in the Industrial Finance Division of the Industrial Policy Bureau and as a staff member in the General Coordination Division of the Minister's Secretariat.

Naboth VAN DEN BROEK (Netherlands), IIEL Fellow
LL.M., Georgetown Law. Mr. van den Broek studied law at Leiden University, the Netherlands, the University of Bonn, and the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris where he specialized in international law, European law, international politics and international political economy. He developed extracurricular activities in fields such as international relations, political history and immigration law, and previously worked in the European Law/WTO law department of Stibbe Simont Monahan Duhot in Paris and Brussels. As of December 2004, he was in the Brussels office of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr.

Vicente Paolo B. YU (Philippines), IIEL Fellow
Mr. Yu received his LL.M. at Georgetown Law as a Fulbright Scholar. He obtained his B.A. in Political Science (cum laude) and LL.B. degrees from the University of the Philippines. As of December 2004, Mr. Yu was the Team Leader for Institutional Governance and New Issues in the Trade and Development Program (TADP) of the South Centre, a policy research-oriented intergovernmental organization of developing countries based in Geneva, Switzerland. He was formerly Team Leader and Staff Attorney for the Research and Policy Development Team of the Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center-Friends of the Earth, Philippines and was the WTO Program Officer of Friends of the Earth International (FOEI). He has also taught at the University of the Philippines College of Law (on public land law) as well as for the University of Tulsa College of Law (on international environmental law).

2001-2002 Academic Year

Eric CANAL-FORGUES (France), Visiting Professorial Fellow
Professor Canal-Forgues spent Fall 2001 at Georgetown Law as an IIEL visitor. He received his Ph.D. in 1990 from the University of Paris I, Sorbonne, after which he served as a Legal Officer with the UN in Rome from 1991 to1993. From 1994-1999, he taught law in the University of Lyon III, Paris V, and the University of Saint Josephé (Beirut). He was the Director of the Institute of International Business Law in Cairo from 2000-2001. Professor Canal-Forgues also worked as a consultant to the Secretariat of the WTO Appellate Body in 1998.

Ms. Kristien CARBONEZ (Belgium), IIEL Fellow
LL.M., Georgetown Law. Mrs. Carbonez obtained her J.D. degree from the Katholieke Universiteit of Leuven (KUL), Belgium and holds an LL.M degree from the University of Heidelberg, Germany, where she conducted research on International and European law at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Law. She formerly served as a trainee in the Directorate General for the Internal Market of the European Commission and as an attorney with Bird & Bird, Brussels. She is admitted to the Brussels Bar.

Chi CARMODY (Canada), Visiting Professorial Fellow
LL.B. 1992 (Ottawa), LL.M. 1997 (Michigan), S.J.D. 2001 (Georgetown). Professor Carmody was a Visiting Scholar and Adjunct Professor at Georgetown Law while on leave as an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada since 1999. His teaching areas include Public International Law, International Trade, International Business Transactions, International Intellectual Property and Contracts. He was Visiting Professor at Université Montpellier I in Montpellier, France in May 2000.

Serge CLERCKX (Belgium), IIEL Fellow
LL.M., Georgetown Law. Mr. Clerckx holds a J.D. Degree (cum laude) from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, and graduated magna cum laude from the Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium, where he obtained a Master in Economic Law. Prior to starting the LL.M. program at Georgetown Law, Mr. Clerckx practiced as an associate at the Brussels office of Hunton & Williams. His practice focused mainly on corporate law, international business transactions and EC competition law. Mr. Clerckx is a member of the Brussels bar. As of December 2004, he was an Associate in the Brussels office of Jones Day.

Liang DING (China), IIEL Fellow
LL.M., Georgetown Law. Mr. Ding obtained a BA degree in economics from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, and a JD degree from the Law School of the University of International Trade and Economics in Beijing, China. Before starting his LL.M. degree at Georgetown, Mr. Ding was the Director and Deputy Manager of Chinatex Oriental Trading Corporation in Beijing. Formerly, he was in-house counsel in the largest Import and Export Textile Company of China, where he handled many trade-related disputes.

Zviad GURULI (Georgia), IIEL Fellow
LL.M., Georgetown Law. Mr. Guruli has a LL.B. degree (with honors) from Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University Faculty of International Law and Relations, Georgia, and a J.D. degree from Loyola University School of Law, New Orleans. Mr. Guruli formerly served as a trainee at the International Law Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia and as an Assistant to the President of Eduard Shevardnadze Foundation "Democracy and Revival." He also worked as a personal interpreter for the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia. He is admitted to practice as a lawyer in the Republic of Georgia and the State of Louisiana, USA.

Meinhard HILF (Germany), Visiting Professorial Fellow
At the invitation of the IIEL, Professor Dr. Hilf came to Georgetown Law from the University of Hamburg as a Visiting Scholar and Visiting Professorial IIEL Fellow during the month of February 2001. He came to Georgetown Law to prepare a paper on the Constitutionalization of the WTO, which he was asked to present before the German Society of International Law in March 2001. Professor Hilf is Professor for Public, European and Public International Law and the Director of the Department for European Law at the University of Hamburg. A renowned scholar of European Union law as well as a panelist in several WTO disputes, Professor Hilf served as Special Advisor during the EU exercise to formulate a Charter of Fundamental Human Rights. For a more comprehensive biography of Professor Dr. Hilf, please visit the University of Hamburg's website at http://www.jura.uni-hamburg.de/~europa/profhilf.htm

Umida KHAKNAZAR (Uzbekistan), IIEL Fellow
LL.M., Georgetown Law. Ms. Khaknazar obtained her LL.B. from the University of World Economy & Diplomacy (UWED) Department of International Law. Prior to her enrollment at Georgetown Law, she worked as a representative of the Business Information Service at the Foreign Commercial Service of the U.S. Department of Commerce in Tashkent. She was also a research fellow at UWED on Business & Economic Law.

Jiro KIDA (Japan), IIEL Fellow
LL.M., Georgetown Law. Mr. Kida obtained his Bachelor of Law degree from the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law. Before enrolling at Georgetown Law, he served in Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), as a chief assistant director in the International Economic Affairs Department, and was involved in preparations for a new round of multilateral trade negotiations, participating in the Quad Trade Ministers Meeting and the Seattle WTO Ministerial Meeting. He also served at the Minister's Secretariat and Nuclear Energy Policy Planning Division in the METI.

Young-jae KIM (South Korea), Visiting Postgraduate Fellow
LL.M.,Harvard Law School, LL.B. Seoul National University, Korea. Mr. Kim came to Georgetown Law as a Visiting Researcher, on leave from his post as a Korean government official and diplomat specialized in international trade. Mr. Kim started his career as an antidumping investigator and later worked on bilateral trade issues with the United States, Korea's dispute settlement cases in the WTO, and preparation for a new round of negotiations in the WTO. He was a trainee of the WTO in its trade policy course and he studied U.S. taxation and international taxation at Harvard Law School.

Werner MENG (Germany), Visiting Professorial Fellow
Professor Meng , Dr. iur., teaches at the University of Saarbruecken, where he has been Professor of Law and Director of the Institute of European Studies since 1999. He came to Georgetown Law in the early Fall of 2001 as a Visiting Professorial Fellow at the IIEL, and returned to Georgetown Law in the same capacity in the early Fall of 2002, 2003, and 2004. He has been a visiting professor at Chicago Kent University, World Trade Institute Bern (Switzerland), Amsterdam Law School, University of Rijeka Law School (Croatia), and Tulane Law School (New Orleans). Professor Meng studied law at the Universities of Mainz and Lausanne.

Marion PANIZZON (Switzerland), IIEL Fellow and JIEL Editorial Assistant
Ms. Panizzon received a LL.M. degree from Duke University School of Law and received her law degree from the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, with a specialization in European Community Law. While at Georgetown Law, she served as Editorial and Research Assistant to Prof. John H. Jackson, responsible for the Journal of International Economic Law. Ms. Panizzon previously had been a research assistant to Prof. Thomas Cottier at the Institute of International Economic Law of the University of Bern, Switzerland, where she worked on the compliance of Swiss and EC external trade laws with the WTO legal system.

Panagiota T. PYRIDI (Greece), IIEL Fellow
LL.M, Georgetown Law. Ms. Pyridi was a Fulbright and Onassis Scholar at Georgetown Law. She obtained her law degree from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), Greece. Before starting the LL.M program at Georgetown Law, Ms Pyridi practiced as an attorney trainee at the law office of Professor Aristeides Kazakos and Partners and in the legal department of the Commercial Bank of Greece.

Robert RANDOLPH (United States), IIEL Fellow
LL.M., Georgetown Law. Robert Randolph was a Presidential Appointee in the Clinton Administration, serving as the Assistant Administrator of USAID (Asia and Near East Bureau) from 1998-2001. From 1994-1997 he was the Washington State Trade Representative, prior to which he worked with Washington Arbitration and Mediations Services, and the law firm of Hendricks & Lewis. Mr. Randolph was the managing director of Chloride Eastern Industries in Singapore from 1988-1991 and was a partner in the law firm of MacDonald, Hoague and Bayless in Seattle. He received his J.D. from Harvard Law School, his M.A. from Magdalen College, Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar, and his BA from Virginia Military Institute.

J. Michael TAYLOR (United States), IIEL Fellow
LL.M., Georgetown Law. Mr. Taylor has a B.A. degree in Political Science from Duke University and a J.D. degree from the University of Alabama School of Law. Before staring the LL.M. program at Georgetown, Mr. Taylor worked as an assistant in the Admiralty Department of Fowler, White, Gillen, Boggs, Villareal & Banker, P.A. in Tampa, Florida. He also worked as a legal officer for Regions Financial Corporation in Birmingham, Alabama, where he handled financial litigation regulatory matters.

Mr. Andrew THOMSON (Australia), IIEL Fellow
LL.M., Georgetown Law. Andrew Thomson was was educated at the University of Melbourne B.A./LL.B.), the Taipei Language Institute, Taiwan, ROC, and Keio University in Tokyo. He is admitted to practise as a lawyer in the State of Victoria and in the High Court and Federal courts of Australia. In addition to practising as a solicitor, he has worked as an investment banker, and golf course constructor. In 1995 he was elected to the House of Representatives in the Federal Parliament of Australia where he served as Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Minister for Sport, Tourism, and Minister Assisting with the Sydney Games, and as Chairman of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties from 1998 until September 2001 when he retired upon the Parliament being dissolved for a general election. His other languages are Japanese and Mandarin Chinese. As of December 2004, Mr. Thomson was serving as Assistant Executive Secretary for the Inspection Panel of the World Bank.

Mr. Wang YI (China), IIEL Fellow
LL.M., Georgetown Law. Wang Yi received his LL.B. from Xiamen University Law School, where he specialized in international economic law. He served as assistant to the Director General of the Treaty and Law Department of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation (MOFTEC) in the People's Republic of China, where he was responsible for Bilateral Investment Treaties, and for reviewing foreign investment proposals, trade activities, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and foreign-owned enterprises. He also participated in drafting new regulations related to China's WTO obligations. Wang Yi was an intern with the International Department at the National Headquarters of American Red Cross in Washington, D.C., where he assisted research projects relating to cross-border disaster response in international humanitarian law. He was also a Faculty Research Assistant for the Georgetown Law Edward Bennett Williams Law Library.  As of December 2005, he was serving as a Law Clerk in the Washington, D.C. office of White & Case, LLP.

2002-2003 Academic Year

Mauricio BECERRA DE LA ROCA (BOLIVIA), IIEL Fellow
LL.M.,Georgetown Law (Fulbright Scholar). Master in Economic Law (Andean University Simon Bolivar), Abogado (Catholic University, La Paz - Bolivia). Mr. Becerra de la Roca has been a Professor of Economic Law at Universidad Nuestra Señora de La Paz and has participated in conferences related to Commercial Law. He was the In House Counsel of the Legal Department of a Bank in Bolivia (Banco Bisa S.A.). He also has worked as a Foreign Trade Advisor of the Industry, Commerce and Tourism Committee of the Senate, and as a Legal Consultant of the Presidency of the Republic of Bolivia.

Tobias BENDER (Germany), IIEL Fellow
LL.M., Georgetown Law. Doctoral candidate. After passing the first state exam in law in Germany, Mr. Bender worked as a research assistant to Professor Meinhard Hilf at Hamburg University. His doctoral thesis in WTO law deals with the regulation of trade in Domestically Prohibited Goods. In 2000, he worked with the UN Joint Appeals Board in New York. Mr. Bender published his exam thesis on differentiated integration in EC law in the Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht (2001).

Michael CAPLAN (United States), IIEL Fellow
Mr. Caplan received his B.A., with honors, from Northwestern University where he participated in the Honors Program of Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences and received his J.D., with honors, from the University of Maryland School of Law where he participated in an externship at the Environmental Protection Agency Multi-Media Division. He has been published in the Environmental Law Reporter, and his article has been cited with approval by the federal bench. Mr. Caplan practices environmental law in the Washington D.C. office of Willkie Farr & Gallagher. Prior to joining Willkie Farr, Mr. Caplan practiced corporate and securities law at Hogan & Hartson and at Piper & Marbury. Mr. Caplan served as a law clerk to Chief Judge Alan M. Wilner on the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Claudio DORDI (Italy), Visiting Professorial Fellow
Professor Dordi received his Ph.d. in 1995 in International Economic Law from Bocconi University, Milan. From 1995 to 1996 he worked as a consultant for the UNCTAD, Geneva and as a researcher at Bocconi University. Beginning in 1997, he was a faculty member of the Master in International Economic Management (MIEM) of SDA Bocconi where he teaches International Organizations, and since 1999 he has been professor of international trade law at University of Brescia and lecturer of international institutions at Bocconi University, Milan. He also has taught trade in services in the Master of International Law and Economics (MILE) program at the World Trade Institute (Bern, Switzerland) . He has published a book on trade discrimination in international law, La Discriminazione Commerciale Nel Diritto Internazionale.

Yuka FUKUNAGA (Japan), IIEL Visiting Fellow
Ms. Fukunaga came to Georgetown Law as a Visiting Researcher. She received her two LL.M. degrees from the University of Tokyo and the School of Law, University of California, Berkeley, after which she was admitted to the New York Bar. She also served as an intern at the WTO Appellate Body Secretariat. She has been an assistant professor of international trade law at University of Shizuoka, Japan, since 2000.

Alvaro GALINDO (Ecuador), IIEL Fellow
LL.M. International Legal Studies, Georgetown Law. During his time at IIEL, Professor Galindo was on leave from his post as Vice Dean of the School of Law at the University San Francisco de Quito. At Georgetown Law he served as a Research Assistant for the IIEL. Professor Galindo obtained his Law degree from the Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador. He teaches Mediation and Arbitration, and has worked as a Mediator in the Quito Chamber of Commerce and in the Mediation Center at the Attorney General's Office of Ecuador. He served as a Coordinator of the working group in charge of writing the Mediation and Arbitration Bill for Ecuador. This project later became the relevant law of the Republic, with his advice to the Legislators during the project's debate. His articles have been published in various law journals in the fields of Alternative Dispute Resolution and Intellectual Property Law.

Youngjin JUNG (South Korea), Visiting Professorial Fellow
Professor Youngjin Jung received his JSD in 2002 from Yale Law School, after which he worked at Steptoe & Johnson while teaching a course on Korean Trade Law and Practice at Georgetown University Law Center as an Adjunct Professor. He was previously deputy director of the Multilateral Trade Negotiation Division and European Trade Division of the Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

Sungjin KANG (South Korea), IIEL Visiting Fellow
Sungjin Kang came to Georgetown Law in Spring 2002 as a Visiting Researcher and Law Ph.D. candidate supervised by Prof. Nohyoung Park at Korea University. He received his LL.M.at the University of Michigan and completed his undergraduate studies at Korea University, College of Law. He had worked for the Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade as an intern between September 2001 and March 2002. Prior to that, he worked as an intern at Vermulst, Waer & Verhaeghe during the summer of 2001.

Abdul Aziz KONARE (Mali), IIEL Fellow
Georgetown Law LL.M. Candidate. Mr. Konare holds a B.A. degree in Finance with minor in Economics and General Business from Western Michigan University, Juris Doctor (J.D) from Michigan State University-Detroit College of Law. Prior to joining Georgetown Law, Mr. Konare worked as a financial advisor for American Express Financial Advisors . Subsequently, Mr. Konare worked as a customer service agent for Electronic Data System (EDS),a networking company based in Texas and as a consultant for Maximus Inc., a consulting company based in McLean, Virginia.

Songtao LIU (China), IIEL Fellow
LL.M.,Georgetown Law. Mr. Liu graduated from the Civil Engineering Department and the School of Law of Tsinghua University (China), where he obtained his bachelor of engineering degree and his first law degree. Prior to starting the LL.M. program at Georgetown, Mr. Liu practiced as an associate lawyer in the Beijing Office of King & Wood PRC Lawyers for about three years. His specialty is international trade law, including antidumping, safeguards and WTO-related dispute settlement. Mr. Liu is a licensed PRC lawyer, and qualified PRC certified public accountant (CPA). After leaving Georgetown Law, Mr. Liu returned to King & Wood.

Petr ONDRUSEK (Czech Republic), IIEL Fellow
LL.M.,Georgetown Law. Mr. Petr Ondrusek holds a Master of Laws and a Doctor of Laws degree from Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic, where he specialized in international law. During his university studies, Mr. Ondrusek also spent a year at the University of Neuchatel and the University of Berne, Switzerland, where he worked on a research project relating to the national and international regulation of foreign investment flows. Mr. Ondrusek was formerly an intern in the Trade and Finance Division of WTO and later worked with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization in Vienna as a consultant for investment promotion and industrial development projects in third world countries. After return to his home country, Mr. Ondrusek worked as a legal counsel in the antitrust department of the Office for the Protection of Economic Competition and as a project manager and legal specialist in Czechinvest, the Czech Republic's leading investment promotion agency, where he advised foreign investors on Czech and EU law.

Tsunemasa TERAMOTO (Japan), IIEL Fellow
LL.M., Georgetown Law. Mr. Teramoto obtained his Bachelor of Law degree from the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law. In the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), he served in the International Economic Affairs (WTO) Department as a chief assistant director, and was involved in preparations for the new round of multilateral trade negations (Doha Development Agenda) and participated in the relating Minister level meetings and the Doha WTO Ministerial Meeting. He also served at the Environmental Protection and Industrial Location Policy Bureau in the METI.

Simon VANDE WALLE (Belgium), IIEL Fellow
LL.M., Georgetown Law. Simon Vande Walle attended Georgetown as a fellow of the Belgian American Educational Foundation. He obtained his law degree, magna cum laude, at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium and the University of Lyon III, France. He had formerly served as a trainee at Altius, a Brussels Law Firm, and Kyushu Electric Power Company in Japan. Before coming to Georgetown, he was a Japanese Government Scholar and studied at Kyushu University, Japan, where he obtained a Master of Laws degree specializing in international economic law. In 2001, he took first place in the Jean Pictet International Moot Court.

Vicky Hui WANG (China), IIEL Fellow
J.D., Georgetown Law. Ms. Wang obtained her B.A. in Political Science and Diplomacy, with honors, from Foreign Affairs College in Beijing, China. She also holds Master of Law on International Private Law (International Conflict of Laws) from China's Institute of International Law of Foreign Affairs College. Before coming to the United Statues, she worked as a legal consultant for Winterthur Swiss Insurance in China, Asia-Pacific Region, and later for Credit Swiss Group, in several European countries. During her course of J.D. studies, she worked as a summer associate at Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt and at Stafford Frey Cooper.

Zhiyong WU (China), Distinguished Visiting Fellow
Mr. Wu received his Bachelor Degree of Law from Chinese Peoples' University in Beijing and Master Degree of Law from Xiamen University, where he specialized in international economic law. He was a high ranking official of the Fujian Administration for Industry and Commerce, a governmental agency in charge of management of industry and companies including Fair Competition Maintenance, Consumer Rights Protection and Intellectual Property Rights Protection. In 1993 and 1994, he participated in drafting two local laws that were proved and issued by the Fujian Provincial People's Congress. Over a dozen of his articles have been published in various national journals. From 2001 he participated in a project of the Governmental Research Program that focused on the impact of the WTO on China. His work has included an analysis of the interaction between anti-dumping laws and competition policies under the WTO's legal framework and the impact of China's accession to the WTO.

Sacha WUNSCH-VINCENT (France/Germany), Visiting Fellow
MSc Int. Economics (Scholar of the Swiss National Science Foundation), Economics Degrees from the University of Maastricht. His main research interests are trade in services (particularly cross-border transactions - audiovisual, etc.) and Research & Innovation Economics. He has served as a consultant to the German Parliament and the OECD on matters relating to the GATS and electronic commerce. He was previously employed by the International Trade Center (UNCTAD/WTO) and also has been active in the field of R&D and innovation-related studies for the European Commission (1999-2000). At the University of Maastricht and especially the Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT), he was a fellow of the German National Merit Foundation -Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes-(1996-2000).

Xiuwen ZHAO (China), Visiting Professorial Fellow
Professor & Director of International Law Studies in Renmin University of China Law School. She graduated from Beijing Foreign Studies University and Renmin University of China and got her master and doctoral degrees from Renmin University of China Law School. She has been teaching international economic law and commercial arbitration. In addition, she has been an arbitrator for the China International Economic & Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC), Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot in March 1995, Vienna, Austria and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Arbitration and Conciliation Center.

2003-2004 Academic Year

Matthew ARCHER-BECK (United States), IIEL Fellow
Mr. Archer-Beck was an IIEL Fellow while he was a J.D. student at Georgetown Law. He also served as a Research Assistant to Professor John H. Jackson. He worked on WTO dispute settlement and other international trade issues while a summer associate at Sidley Austin Brown & Wood in Washington, D.C. He also served as an articles editor on the Georgetown Law Journal and as a Senior Writing Fellow.

Rafael Tiago Juk BENKE (Brazil), IIEL Fellow and JIEL Editorial Assistant
Mr. Benke, a licensed Brazilian attorney, came to Georgetown Law as a visiting scholar and Editorial and Research Assistant to Prof. John H. Jackson, responsible for the Journal of International Economic Law. He holds a Master in Law (MSc) from the Catholic University of Sao Paulo, Brazil; an LLM from the University of Warwick, UK; and is a PhD candidate at the World Trade Institute in Switzerland. Before coming to Georgetown Law, Mr. Benke held positions in both private and public sectors in Brazil. In Government, he was the legal advisor to the Brazilian Secretary of Foreign Trade, monitoring trade remedies, licensing and trade practices in general. In the private sector, he was the coordinator of international affairs for the Brazilian Textile and Apparel Industry Association, dealing with customs matters, trade remedies, international negotiations, and trade promotion. He was also an international trade consultant for the Trade Unit of the Organization of American States (OAS), and an intern in the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization (WTO). After leaving Georgetown Law, Mr. Benke was a Foreign Associate with the international trade team of Steptoe & Johnson LLP, in Washington DC, and as of December 2004 he had returned to Brazil to serve as International Advisor to the President of the Federation of Industries of the State of Sao Paulo.

Claudio DORDI (Italy), IIEL Visiting Professorial Fellow
Professor Dordi received his Ph.d.in International Economic Law from Bocconi University in Milan. His final dissertation was on the legal aspects of rules of origin in international trade. He has worked as a consultant for the UNCTAD in Geneva, and has been a professor of international trade law at University of Brescia and lecturer on international institutions at the Bocconi School of Management. He also has taught trade in services in the Master of International Law and Economics program at the World Trade Institute in Bern, Switzerland .

Angela Teresa GOBBI ESTRELLA (Brazil), IIEL Fellow
LL.M. Georgetown Law.

Kaoru HARADA (Japan), IIEL Fellow
LL.M., Georgetown Law. Ms. Harada holds a Bachelor of Law degree from Keio University in Tokyo, Japan, where she concentrated on the study of Antimonopoly Law of Japan, Antitrust Law of the U.S. and International Trade Law. After graduation from Keio University, she worked for the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC), where she participated in several investigations of anticompetitive behavior, researched issues on investigation of international anticompetitive conduct, and was in charge of hearing procedures to determine the amount of administrative surcharges of cartel or bid-rigging participants.

Kyla HENRIKSEN (Canada), IIEL Fellow
LL.M., Georgetown Law. Ms Henriksen graduated with an undergraduate degree with honours in history from Concordia University in Montreal and a graduate degree in history from the University of Toronto prior to completing her studies at the Faculty of Law at the University of British Columbia. She then served as a law clerk at the British Columbia Court of Appeal in Vancouver. Following her call to the British Columbia Bar in 2000, Ms Henriksen practiced in the area of commercial insolvency at the Vancouver office of Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP until August 2003. As counsel and junior counsel, she acted in various cross-border and international insolvency matters, in actions arising from fraudulent transactions, and for both secured and unsecured creditors in respect of realizations and bankruptcy remedies. While at Georgetown she served as research assistant for the IIEL’s Oral History Project on the World Trading System.  As of January 2006, Ms. Henriksen was in Ottawa serving as Counsel, Department of Finance, Government of Canada.

Moshe HIRSCH (Israel), IIEL Visiting Professorial Fellow.

Ko-Jen HSIANG (Taiwan), IIEL Fellow
LL.M., Georgetown Law. Ms. Hiang graduated from the National Taiwan University (Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.), where she obtained her Bachelor of Laws degree with a focus on Economic and Financial Laws. Prior to starting the LL.M. program at Georgetown, Ms. Hsiang worked as an Enforcement Officer in the Administrative Enforcement Agency, Ministry of Justice in Taiwan for about two years. She supervised compulsory execution, against protest, of decisions on monetary obligations set forth in public laws with a focus on tax enforcement and tax evasion investigations. Ms. Hsiang also passed the Taiwan bar exam and was a patent agent in Taiwan. 

Upon graduation, she took a position handling WTO and other international trade issues for the Bureau of Foreign Trade in Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs.

Ruth JIN (China), IIEL Fellow
LL.M., Georgetown Law.

Woojung KIM (South Korea), IIEL Fellow
J.D. candidate, Georgetown Law; M.Phil. in International Relations, University of Oxford, United Kingdom, Swire Scholar; B.A. in Business Administration, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea. Miss Kim worked as a reporter for Joongang Daily Newspaper in Seoul, Korea. She also worked as a researcher at the Institute for Far Eastern Studies (IFES) and as assistant editor of Asian Perspective, published by the IFES and Portland State University. While at Georgetown she worked as a research assistant for Professor John H. Jackson and the IIEL.

Natalia LAZAROVA (Bulgaria), IIEL Fellow
LL.M. candidate Georgetown Law.

Songtao LIU (China), IIEL Fellow
S.J.D. candidate Georgetown Law. LL.M., Georgetown Law. Mr. Liu graduated from the Civil Engineering Department and the School of Law of Tsinghua University (China), where he obtained his bachelor of engineering degree and his first law degree. Prior to starting the LL.M. program at Georgetown, Mr. Liu practiced as an associate lawyer in the Beijing Office of King & Wood PRC Lawyers for about three years. His specialty is international trade law, including antidumping, safeguards and WTO-related dispute settlement. Mr. Liu is a licensed PRC lawyer, and qualified PRC certified public accountant (CPA).

María Eugenia LLOREDA (Colombia), IIEL Fellow
Ms. Lloreda earned her M.S. in Foreign Service at Georgetown University and her J.D. from Los Andes University in Bogota, Colombia. She was an IIEL Fellow in 2003-2004 and again in 2004-2005 as an LL.M. candidate. Before coming to Georgetown, she served in the Ministry of Foreign Trade in Bogota in various capacities as: the coordinator for trade relations with the U.S. and Canada, Colombia’s representative on the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) Institutional Committee, and an attorney in the Economic Integration Department. She also was a summer intern at Transparency International, where she analyzed the free trade agreements (FTAs) signed by the U.S. and drafted recommendations to the U.S. government on transparency provisions for future FTAs, particularly in government procurement and investment.

Gustavo LUENGO (Spain), IIEL Fellow
LL.M. Candidate, Georgetown Law. Mr. Luengo was a Ph.D. candidate in International Law at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (U.A.M.). His research focused on subsidies and international trade. Prior to coming to Georgetown Law, Mr. Luengo was an associate lawyer at Van Bael & Bellis (Brussels, Belgium), giving advice on antitrust and trade issues. His background includes an LL.M. in European Law (U.A.M), being honored as the best student, and a nine-month internship at the European Commission (DG COMP), where he was actively involved in the reform of the Block Exemption Regulation on Motor-Vehicle Distribution.

Werner MENG (Germany), Visiting Professorial Fellow
See entry for 2001-2002 Academic Year, above.

Andrew MITCHELL (Australia), Visiting Fellow
Mr. Mitchell came to Georgetown Law as a Visiting Researcher, undertaking a PhD at the University of Cambridge on 'Core Principles of the WTO' as a WM Tapp Scholar at Gonville & Caius College and an Honorary Cambridge Commonwealth Trust Scholar. He practised law for several years in Australia with Allens Arthur Robinson and has also worked for law firms in New York and Vancouver. During his graduate studies he held positions as an economist with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), an intern in the Intellectual Property Division of the WTO, and a consultant to the Trade Directorate of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), working on issues related to the Joint Group on Trade and Competition. He was a Senior Fellow at the University of Melbourne Law School. He completed his undergraduate degrees in Law and Commerce at the University of Melbourne and completed graduate programmes in law at Harvard Law School and the University of Melbourne.

Kazumi NISHIKAWA (Japan), IIEL Fellow
LL.M., Georgetown Law. Kazumi Nishikawa graduated from the Faculty of Law of University of Tokyo in 1996. He worked at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI, formerly known as MITI), dealing with legal affairs and international trade policy. He received an LL.M. degree (business law) from Northwestern University School of Law in May 2003. At Georgetown University Law Center, he concentrated on international trade law studies for his future career as a Japanese international trade policy administrator.

Kayo NISHIMURA (Japan), IIEL Fellow
LL.M., Georgetown Law

Pauni de Jesus OBREGON ORTEGA (Nicaragua), IIEL Fellow
LL.M., Georgetown Law (Fulbright Scholar); Licenciado en Derecho from the Universidad Centroamericana at Managua, Nicaragua. Mr. Obregon has lectured in Introduction to Law I, II and Tax Law at the Universidad Centroamericana School of Law. A contributor to the op-ed pages of the Nicaraguan daily “EL Nuevo Diario” he is also the author of “Evolución histórica de las Contrataciones Administrativas del Estado: La ficción de fiscalizar”, Marco Jurídico de la Participación Ciudadana“ and “Nombre de Dominio de las Sociedades Anónimas en Nicaragua”.

Zarana OOMRIGAR (India), IIEL Fellow
LL.M. Candidate, Georgetown Law

Jose Antonio RIVAS-CAMPO (Colombia), IIEL Fellow
S.J.D. Candidate, LL.M., Georgetown Law (Fulbright Scholar); Law and Economics degrees, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia. Mr. Rivas-Campo researches the economic and legal consequences, under the WTO and GATT Article XXIV, of free trade agreements (FTA) and their rules of origin, on non-FTA members. He is currently research assistant to Professor John H. Jackson and during year 2000, he also assisted Georgetown Law Professor Viet Dinh. Previously, he was a Professor of International Public Law and a researcher of humanitarian law at Los Andes University in Bogotá where he co-wrote a textbook on Public International Law. In 2001 and 2002 he served as an intern to Judges Ricardo M. Urbina and Henry H. Kennedy Jr. at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Also, before coming to the U.S. he served as intern to Judge Eduardo Cifuentes-Muñoz of the Constitutional Court of Colombia working primarily on human rights cases.

Andreas SENNEKAMP (Germany), IIEL Fellow
LL.M., Georgetown Law. Mr. Sennekamp is a graduate of the University of Münster, Germany and he pursued legal studies at the Universities of Passau, Germany and Lausanne, Switzerland. He obtained the Second State Examination in Law at the Cologne County Court. He worked as a Law Clerk with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Cologne and the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development in Berlin. His academic experience includes serving as a Research Assistant to Prof. Kadelbach at the Institute of Public International and European Law at the University of Münster, Germany and working as a Teaching Assistant for Prof. Santalla Vargas, Catholic University of Bolivia, La Paz, Bolivia. His research focuses on the relation between Regional Trade Agreements and the Multilateral Trading System. While at Georgetown Law, he participated on the winning Team in the 2004 Sidley – IIEL WTO Moot Court Competition, and in summer 2004 he served as a research assistant at the IIEL. After graduating from Georgetown, he was selected as a fellow of the Robert Bosch Foundation and the German National Academic Merit Foundation. As a Bosch Fellow he worked at the OECD Trade Directorate in Paris and the Appellate Body Secretariat at the WTO.  In the fall of 2005, he joined the Geneva office of Sidley Austin, and in 2006 he accepted a position in the WTO Appellate Body Secretariat..

Michael SOLURSH (Canada), IIEL Fellow
LL.M., Georgetown Law. Prior to attending Georgetown, Mr. Solursh worked for over two years at a prominent Canadian law firm, practising trade, corporate, and environmental law. In his trade law practice, Mr. Solursh had the opportunity to work on both the Bahamian and Russian accession bids to the WTO, and also participated in antidumping and safeguard disputes. Mr. Solursh holds a LL.B. from the University of Windsor Law School in Canada, and previously completed an honors political science degree in which he graduated with distinction from the University of Western Ontario. Mr. Solursh also worked with the Organization of American States, Secretariat for Legal Affairs, conducting research and writing scholarly papers respecting trade and investment agreements in the Western Hemisphere.

Natalia SLUGA (Argentina), IIEL Fellow
LL.M., Georgetown Law

Isabelle VAN DAMME (Belgium), IIEL Fellow and JIEL Editorial Assistant
LL.M., Georgetown Law. Ms. Van Damme graduated in June 2002 magna cum laude from the Ghent Law Faculty, Belgium. She worked as an intern at the United Nations Information Office of the Benelux and Liaison Office for the EU Institutions (Brussels, Belgium), and as a research assistant to Prof. Marc Cogen at the International and European Research Unit of the University of Ghent. She published several reports concerning the UN and international trade in co-operation with the United Nations Association of Belgium. She graduated with a Master in Law with "distinction" from Georgetown University Law Center in May 2003, attending Georgetown as a fellow of the Belgian American Educational Foundation and of the Francqui Foundation. During the Summer of 2003, she was an intern with the Appellate Body Secretariat of the WTO, and during the 2003-2004 academic year she remained at Georgetown Law as Editorial Assistant and Research Assistant to Professor John H. Jackson, responsible for the Journal of International Economic Law.

Tania VOON (Australia), Visiting Fellow
An Australian lawyer, Tania Voon came to Georgetown Law as a Visiting Researcher while pursuing a PhD at the University of Cambridge, as a WM Tapp Scholar at Gonville & Caius College, an Honorary Cambridge Commonwealth Trust Scholar, and Senior Fellow of the University of Melbourne Law School. Her research focused on Cultural Products in the World Trade Organization (WTO). She graduated with a Master of Laws from Harvard Law School and Bachelors of Laws and Science from the University of Melbourne. Before enrolling at Cambridge she practiced law for three years, first with the Australian Government Solicitor and later with Mallesons Stephen Jaques, a leading commercial law firm. Her practice focused on intellectual property, competition, technology and communications. During her graduate studies she has held positions as an intern with the Appellate Body Secretariat of the WTO, a consultant to the Environment Directorate of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and an intern with the Office of Legal Affairs of the United Nations headquarters in New York.

Li-Dar WANG (Taiwan), IIEL Fellow
LL.M. candidate, Georgetown Law. Mr. Wang obtained LLB and LLM degrees from National Taiwan University (Taipei, Taiwan). His LLM thesis he wrote on legal and policy issues of government technology transfer to computer and semiconductor industries. Prior to Georgetown Law, Mr. Wang worked for 5 years at the Taiwan Fair Trade Commssion (TFTC). During the first half of that period, he engaged in investigations of anticompetitive business practices and unfair competition cases, especially relating to the liberalization of the petroleum industry. During the second half, he was the assistant to the Vice Chairperson, advising him on administrative law, antitrust and unfair competition issues. During 2002-2003, Mr. Wang was also an adjunct lecturer of law in National Taiwan University of Science and Technology. He has several publications on competion law and policies, administrative law, industrial policy and compusory licensing of pharmaceutical patents.

Chen ZHANG (China), IIEL Fellow
J.D. candidate, Georgetown Law. Mr. Zhang holds a B.A. degree in English from Ocean University of Qingdao, a L.L.B. degree in Diplomacy from Foreign Affairs College, Beijing, an M.A. degree in Political Science from Washington University in St. Louis and an M.B.A. degree in Finance from University of Miami at Coral Gables. Prior to coming to Georgetown Law, Mr. Zhang worked as a senior analyst in the area of international business and direct marketing. He worked for a number of Fortune 500 companies and his latest position was senior research analyst for Sears Roebuck and Co. world headquarters in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. He also worked on anti-dumping proceedings as a law clerk with Grunfeld, Desiderio, Lebowitz, Silverman & Klestadt LLP, and as a law clerk for the international trade group of White & Case LLP.

2004-2005 Academic Year

Andenas, Mads (Norway), Visiting Professorial Fellow, IIEL (Spring 2005)

Professor Andenas was the Director of the British Institute of International & Comparative Law (BIICL) at the time of his IIEL Fellowship.  He is Norwegian by citizenship, and had been in the United Kingdom for some fifteen years. He previously was on the Faculty at King’s College, University of London where he directed the Centre of European Law.  Professor Andenas was also a Senior Fellow in European Community Law at the Institute of European and Comparative Law, University of Oxford and a Fellow of Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford.  He joined IIEL as a Visiting Professorial Fellow from January to March 2005.

Anh, Bui Ngoc (Vietnam) – IIEL Fellow
Prior to attending Georgetown Law, Mr. Anh was a legal expert at the Institute of Americas Studies, Vietnamese Academy of Social Sciences, and at the U.S.-Vietnam Trade Council. He graduated from Hanoi Law University in 1995 and spent six months in 1999 in the Post-Graduate Diploma Program in International Law and Organizations for Development at the Institute of Social Studies, the Hague, the Netherlands, with a particular focus on International Trade Law. He completed his LL.M. degree on trade laws in Vietnam in 2001 and participated in a six-week program at Lafayette College, Center for Government and Law under the Fulbright Program in 2003. He is pursuing his S.J.D. at Georgetown, and hopes to teach international trade law in Vietnam.

Avriel, Gil (Israel) - IIEL Fellow
LL.M. (with distinction) 2005, Georgetown Law.  Mr. Avriel received his LL.B (with distinction) from Netanya Academic College in Israel. After graduation, Mr. Avriel worked as an intern at the National Public Defender Chamber, in the Israeli Ministry of Justice, where he handled promotion of human rights legislation, and indigents’ appeals to the Israeli Supreme Court. Prior to attending Georgetown, Mr. Avriel was a Guest Research Fellow at the China National Center of WTO Studies at the University of International Business and Economics (U.I.B.E) in Beijing, P.R. China.

Bajwa, Zartasha (Pakistan) – IIEL Fellow

LL.M. 2005, Georgetown Law.  Ms. Bajwa obtained her LL.B. in 2003 at the University of London (external program) in Islamabad, Pakistan, where she was Editor in Chief of the Law Journal and President of the International Law Society.  Before coming to Georgetown, she was a Legal Associate with Masroor Shah & Associates is Islamabad.  Concurrent with her studies at Georgetown, she was a consultant to the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, advising on a project dealing with economic development, diversity issues and minority rights in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Barral, Welber (Brazil), Visiting Professorial Fellow, IIEL
Prof. Barral is Professor of International Economic Law at Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina in Brazil, where he teaches in the undergraduate and graduate law programs. He is a visiting professor at the Universidad de Valencia (Spain) and at Vytautas Magnus Universitas (Lithuania). He is also on the roster of panelists for MERCOSUR and for WTO. Prof. Barral is the author of numerous publications on international trade and regional integration in Latin America. While at IIEL, Prof. Barral concentrated his research on trade remedies policy.

Berer, Felipe (Brazil) - IIEL Fellow
LL.M. (with distinction) 2005, Georgetown Law.  Mr. Berer is an International Trade Adviser at Bryan Cave LLP.  Beforehand, he was a legal trainee with the Trade Policy Division of the Brazilian Embassy in Washington, DC.  Prior to attending Georgetown, he practiced as an associate lawyer at Barbosa, Müssnich & Aragão Advogados (Brazil), where he advised clients on corporate and banking matters as well as capital markets regulations and investments in Brazil.  Mr. Berer holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Biondi, Andrea (Italy), Visiting Professorial Fellow, IIEL (Fall 2004)
Prof. Biondi is Senior Lecturer and Co-Director of the Centre of European Law at Kings College London. He is also Professor at the College of Europe in Natolin (Poland). He is a member of the Bar of Florence as well as being an Academic Member of 2 Harcourt Buildings Chambers in London. Prof. Biondi is on the International Advisory Board of European Public Law and serves as Annual Rapporteur on Internal Market Affairs for the Yearbook of European Law. Among his publications is The Law of State Aid in the European Union, published in 2003, for which he served as editor. He taught European Union Law I at Georgetown Law in Fall 2004.

Carcelén, Jerónimo (Chile) - IIEL Fellow
LL.M. 2005, Georgetown Law.  Mr. Carcelén is a law graduate of the Universidad Catolica de Chile and holds a Master’s in Economics and Finance for Lawyers from Universidad de Chile. His thesis topic was entitled “Free Trade Agreement Between Chile and South Korea.” In 2000, he was a member of the official delegation of Chile at the meeting of the Legal Working Group of the Basel Convention on the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal. Starting in 2001, Mr. Carcelén had been an associate in the mining law group of the Santiago law firm of Cariola, Diez, Perez-Cotapos & Cia.

Cárdenas, Emilio (Argentina), Distinguished Visiting Fellow, IIEL (Spring 2005)

Ambassador Cárdenas was President of the International Bar Association for the period 2003-2005, and is the former Executive-Director of HSBC Argentina Holdings S.A.  Since 1998 he has been a member of the United Nations Pension Fund Investment Committee. In 2004 (winter term) he was a visiting professor at the University of Michigan Law School.  For more than twenty years he was a Professor of Law at the University of Buenos Aires, Catholic University of Argentina and the University of Illinois.  He is the author of several books and numerous articles on oil and gas legal matters, foreign investment topics, privatizations and financial and other related matters.  He also practiced law as the Senior Partner at Cárdenas, Cassagne & Asociados, a firm he helped organize, advising national and foreign clients in the fields of international business transactions, oil and gas, joint-ventures, privatizations, infrastructure projects, and project financing.  During the 1990’s, he served as Ambassador and Argentina’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations and Argentina’s Ambassador to Dominica and Guyana. As such, he was a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council for two years.  He chaired the Sanctions Committee for the former-Yugoslavia and was Vice-President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council. He also was appointed Personal Representative of the UN Secretary General to Iraq and negotiated in Baghdad with Saddam Hussein’s regime on various issues related to weapons of mass destruction. In 1996 he returned to the private sector.

Cassidy, Kate (Australia) - IIEL Fellow
LL.M. (with distinction) 2005, Georgetown Law.  Ms. Cassidy earned both her Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Laws degrees from the University of Adelaide. Prior to attending Georgetown, she was employed as a Foreign Intern in the Washington, D.C. office of the law firm Willkie, Farr, & Gallagher LLP, where she participated in defending Vietnam in the U.S. anti-dumping case of Frozen and Canned Warmwater Shrimp. Prior to that, she worked as a Foreign Intern at the law firm of Olsson, Frank & Weeda, also in Washington, where she was responsible for researching and publishing an article promoting improved trade practices in meat and poultry.

Chamratrithirong, Jaratrus (Thailand) - IIEL Fellow
LL.M. 2004 and LL.M. 2005, Georgetown Law.  Before coming to Georgetown as a Thai Government Scholar, Ms. Chamratrithirong earned her LL.B. and M.A. from Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok. Previously she served as assistant to the Prime Minister’s Advisor in the Thai Government House in Bangkok. Prior to that, she was a summer law clerk at the firm of Baker & McKenzie, also in Bangkok. Her interests include international trade and health, international trade and environment, and free trade agreements (FTAs).  Following her graduation from Georgetown Law, she enrolled at Duke University Law School to pursue doctoral studies, and she was invited to serve an internship in the Legal Affairs Division of the WTO Secretariat in 2006.

Chen, Chen-Ju ( Taiwan ) - IIEL Fellow

LL.M. 2005, Georgetown Law.  Ms. Chen was a first-year SJD student of the Institute of the Law of the Sea, National Taiwan Ocean University before attending Georgetown, and she earned a Master of Law degree in June 2004 from the same school. She earned a Bachelor of Laws degree from the Department of Law, National Taiwan University, in February 2002. When she was a research assistant at National Taiwan Ocean University, her studies were focused on the Law of the Sea.  After obtaining here LL.M. at Georgetown, she pursued her PhD study at the International Max Planck Research School for Maritime Affairs at the University of Hamburg, Germany. Her PhD research focuses on fisheries subsidies.

Coffee, Brett (United States) - IIEL Fellow
Mr. Coffee was a Fellow while enrolled in the LL.M. program in Taxation at Georgetown Law. He holds an LL.M. in Corporate and Business Law and a Diploma in Taxation from the University of San Diego School of Law, and he obtained his J.D. from Fordham University Law School and his B.A.from the University of Illinois. Mr. Coffee previously worked as in-house counsel to two international technology companies headquartered in California, and he also was in private practice in New York City, most recently with the international firm of Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, engaged in international corporate transactions with a focus on securities, corporate finance, and technology transactions.

Dixit, Govind (India) - IIEL Fellow
LL.M. candidate, Georgetown Law.  Mr. Dixit is an officer from the Indian Customs Service with more than 15 years of experience in the formulation and implementation of trade and customs policy in India. Prior to his studies at Georgetown Law, he obtained a mid-career Master's degree from the Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, in the International Policy and Practice Program with a concentration in International Trade and Development. He holds an LL.B. from Delhi University, and a Master of Arts degree in History with a concentration in Medieval European History. At Georgetown he is pursuing his LL.M. as a part-time student while working at the International Monetary Fund.

Farah, Paolo (Italy), Visiting Fellow, IIEL (Fall 2004)
Mr. Farah holds a Masters degree in European Community law from the College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium, and a J.D. in International and European Law from Paris X Nanterre University. He is a Ph.D. candidate in International Law at University of Milan and University of Aix Marseilles III. His thesis is entitled “China’s accession to the WTO and the Problem of Regionalism.” Mr. Farah’s professional experience includes an internship with the Legal Affairs Office of the WTO in Geneva and a junior associateship with the law firm of Baker & McKenzie in Milan.

Harada, Kaoru (Japan), Visiting Fellow, IIEL (Fall 2004)
Ms. Harada earned an LL.M. in General Studies from Georgetown Law in May 2004. She holds a Bachelor of Laws from Keio University in Tokyo. Prior to attending Georgetown, Ms. Harada worked for the Japan Fair Trade Commission for four years, most recently as a Senior Officer in the Surcharge Affairs Office of the Investigation Bureau, where she worked on hearing procedures to determine the amount of administrative surcharges to be levied against cartel members and bid-rigging participants. She returned to Georgetown Law as a Visiting Researcher in 2004.

Jadeja, Kirti (Canada) - IIEL Fellow
LL.M. with distinction 2005, Georgetown Law.  Ms. Jadeja is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada and the New York State Bar, and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of International Trade. She received her LL.B. from Dalhousie Law School in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and her B.A. from Dalhousie University. Since January 2000, she had served as Counsel in the Trade Law Bureau, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Government of Canada, representing Canada in interational trade disputes arising under the WTO and other trade agreements. She also served as a Trade Policy Officer in the DFAIT Investment and Trade Policy Division, and as legal assistant to a panelist on two binational panels under Chapter 19 of the NAFTA. Prior to her government service, she was an Articled Clerk at Perley-Robertson, Hill & McDougall, LLP in Ottawa.

Kim, Unyoung (Korea) - IIEL Fellow
LL.M. 2005, Georgetown Law.  Ms. Kim holds a Ph.D. in economics from New York University and has been an associate professor and dean (2001-2003) at the Halla University School of Economics and Trade in the Republic of Korea since 1998. Before that, she held several research positions, including with the Kangwon Provincial Office in their Department of Industry and Trade and Korea Institute of Science and Technology. She earned her Bachelor of Laws from Korea National Open University (KNOU) while working as a professor, and she is particularly interested in enhancing Korea’s ability to negotiate in international society.

Larouer, Christophe (France) - IIEL Fellow
LL.M. with distinction 2005, Georgetown Law.  Mr. Larouer earned the WTO Certificate in addition to earning his  LL.M in February 2005. At Georgetown, he wrote his graduate paper on consumers’ rights and the European legislation regarding labeling of genetically modified organisms. Prior to enrolling in the LL.M. program at Georgetown Law, Mr. Larouer gained experience in international intellectual property law working for the firm of Deprez-Dian-Guignot in Paris. While at Georgetown, Mr. Larouer  worked for the U.S. Department of State at the National Foreign Affairs Training Center as an International Relations and Language Instructor teaching U.S. diplomats.

Lemenez de Kerdelleau, Guillaume (France) - IIEL Fellow
LL.M. (with distinction) 2005, Georgetown Law.  Mr. Lemenez de Kerdelleau earned a master’s degree in international law with a major in international economic law at Panthéon-Sorbonne University (Paris I) and remained there for post-graduate studies in international economic law where his research focused on the environmental considerations of international construction projects, with particular emphasis on water infrastructure projects. Mr. Lemenez de Kerdellau also conducted part-time legal research for the law firm of Marc Frilet & Associés, specializing in international investment project consulting. Additionally, he was captain of his moot court team focused on an international commercial legal issue.

Lloreda, Maria Eugenia (Colombia) - IIEL Fellow
LL.M. (with distinction) 2005, Georgetown Law.  Ms. Lloreda earned her M.S. in Foreign Service at Georgetown University and her J.D. from Los Andes University in Bogota, Colombia. She was an IIEL Fellow in 2003-2004 and continued as a fellow in 2004-2005. Before coming to Georgetown, she served in the Ministry of Foreign Trade in Bogota in various capacities as: the coordinator for trade relations with the U.S. and Canada, Colombia’s representative on the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) Institutional Committee, and an attorney in the Economic Integration Department. Ms. Lloreda also was a summer intern at Transparency International, where she analyzed the free trade agreements (FTAs) signed by the U.S. and she drafted recommendations to the U.S. government on transparency provisions for future FTAs, particularly in government procurement and investment.

Long, Han (China),