Priti Suri, an international lawyer from India

Priti Suri, an international lawyer from India

Priti Suri is an international lawyer who won the “Mayre Rasmussen Award” winner for the Advancement of Women in International Law by the American Bar Association. From 2016 to 2018, India Business Law Journal has consecutively rated her as one of India’s top 100 lawyers and Indian Corporate Counsel Association has listed her as one of India’s top 100 corporate advisers.

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Nani Jansen Reventlow

Nani Jansen Reventlow

Nani Jansen Reventlow is an Associate Tenant at Doughty Street Chambers and a Fellow at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. She is a recognised international lawyer and expert in human rights litigation, responsible for ground-breaking freedom of expression cases across several national and international jurisdictions. Nani has also developed and delivered training sessions on freedom of expression and human rights litigation strategy to dozens of lawyers worldwide.

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Nancy Hollander

CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER | FREEDMAN BOYD HOLLANDER GOLDBERG URIAS & WARD P.A.

To start with the basics, as a criminal defence lawyer, what do you do?

I represent people accused of crimes, organisations accused of crimes, businesses accused of crimes. That's what I do. People who've been accused of crimes or who are afraid they're going to be accused of crimes or have been convicted of crimes and want someone one to represent them on appeal... I also do tangential things to that. There are people who have property forfeited. There are civil suits and I also have done some civil rights lawsuits but mostly criminal defence.

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Monica Feria-Tinta

Monica Feria-Tinta

PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW BARRISTER | 20 ESSEX STREET CHAMBERS

You’re initially from Peru, which operates a civil law system, but you are practicing in the UK, which uses a common law system. How does that work

I am trained in both systems. I originally studied law in Latin America. I then practised international law for a number of years before becoming a barrister. I was called to the Bar in 2014, becoming the first Latin American lawyer to be practising at the Bar of England and Wales.

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Vani Sathisan

Vani Sathisan

INTERNATIONAL LEGAL ADVISER (MYANMAR) | INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION OF JURISTS

What do you do as International Legal Advisor for the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ)?

I'm almost entirely working on rule of law reform and human rights in Myanmar. I have been undertaking field research that leads advocacy and policy work aimed at strengthening the role of stakeholders such as the government, judges, lawyers, prosecutors, legal aid groups, lawyer networks and civil society organisations. I work on capacity building initiatives and devise and deliver training on the independence of the judiciary, bilateral investment treaties and development, environmental laws, and economic, social and cultural rights.

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