Legal Consultant (Office Of General Counsel)
CurrentAssisting the Office of General Counsel (OGC) Legal Transition Team in various insolvency & debt restructuring, and access to finance projects.Non-exhaustive list of work includes:•assisting the team on a recently launched EBRD project in cooperation with the Ministry of Economy, Palestine, to produce a Concept Paper for the development of new insolvency legislation for both businesses and consumers in Palestine. The Concept Paper aims to assist the Drafting Committee in its work on the preparation of a new insolvency law. •assisting the team in the development and drafting of training materials covering various insolvency subjects, including financial accounting, ethics, professional standards, etc., for a technical assistance programme launched by EBRD in partnership with the Bankruptcy Supervising Agency in Serbia, aimed at training the bankruptcy administrators.•drafting and updating insolvency profiles on business reorganistaion, for the countries where EBRD invests, including the Czech Republic, Uzbekistan, and the Slovak Republic, in collaboration with local law firms and counsels. The economy profiles aim to guide businesses, banks, and investors on the institutional framework and reorganisation tools available.•participation in conference calls, videoconferences, and meetings on EBRD insolvency and debt restructuring projects with EBRD project consultants, implementing partners, international financial institutions, and government authorities.