Christina Benson Email and Phone Number

Prior to joining the faculty of Elon University, Ms. Benson practiced for 10 years in the Washington D.C. offices of several major international law firms (including White & Case LLP, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, and Arent Fox PLLC), where she represented a host of multinational companies, foreign government ministries, non-profits, and international non-governmental organizations on a wide range of legal matters. Ms. Benson's primary specialties include cross-border business transactions, international regulatory compliance matters, international trade regulation, import-export compliance, customs classification issues, US export controls and economic sanctions programs, international arbitration and dispute settlement matters, and antitrust/competition law compliance. Ms. Benson also served as a consultant in the Rules Division of the World Trade Organization Secretariat (WTO) in Geneva, and has advised numerous foreign government ministries in their free trade and investment agreement negotiations with the United States. Her research interests include international trade and commerce, import-export compliance, economic development, international aid programs, international dispute resolution, corporate social responsibility, sustainable business initiatives, business ethics, World Trade Organization, and regional free trade and bilateral investment agreements.Specialties: Business Law; International Trade Law; Import-Export Compliance; World Trade Organization; International Business Transactions; Corporate Social Responsibility; Business Ethics; Corporate Governance; Sustainable Business.