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Macau Special Administrative Region of People’s Republic of China Jurisdiction by Raquel Ferreira Alves at http://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/Macau.html.
Raquel Ferreira Alves earned LL.B. from the Faculty of Law at Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal (1998-2003) and Advanced LL.M. in International Business Law from Católica Global School of Law, Portugal and Duke University School of Law, United States (2015/2016). She is an Associate Lawyer at Abecasis, Moura Marques, Alves Pereira & Associates (AAMM), a law firm in Lisbon, Portugal where she works mainly in the areas of administrative and public law, procurement law and litigation. Raquel’s research interests include primarily medical law and life sciences. She is now taking a Post-grade course of Health & the Law in the Institute for Criminal Law and Criminal Sciences of the University of Lisbon School of Law for master thesis research purposes. From 2007 to 2015, Raquel had lived and worked in the Macao Special Administrative Region (Macao) of the People’s Republic of China, firstly as a local Lawyer in a Luso-Chinese law firm, and afterwards as a Legal Consultant/Adviser at the Macau Government Health Bureau. Raquel is a permanent resident of Macao and is registered at the Macao Lawyers Association.
UPDATE: A Basic Guide to International Environmental Legal Research by Heidi Frostestad Kuehl at http://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/International_Environmental_Legal_Research1.html.
Heidi Frostestad Kuehl is the Law Library Director and Associate Professor of Law at the Northern Illinois University College of Law’s David C. Shapiro Memorial Law Library. She holds a Law degree from Valparaiso University School of Law with a specialization in International Trade and Development and a Master’s Degree in Library and Information Science from the University of Iowa.
UPDATE: Nuclear Law Research Guide by Linda Tashbook at http://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/Nuclear_Research1.html
Linda Tashbook is the Foreign International Comparative Law Librarian at the University Of Pittsburgh School Of Law’s Barco Law Library, a Fulbright Senior Specialist, and an attorney in private practice. Prior to becoming the foreign and international librarian, she was the Barco Law Library’s Electronic Services Librarian. Before law school, she worked as a public librarian. Her Juris Doctor and Master of Library Science degrees are from the University of Pittsburgh.
UPDATE: A Guide to Legal Research in Bosnia and Herzegovina by Mirela Rožajac-Zul?i? at http://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/Bosnia_Herzegovina.html.
Mirela Rožajac-Zul?i? graduated in comparative literature and library science from the Department of Comparative Literature and Library Science of Faculty of Philosophy in Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina). She obtained MA degree on Gender Studies at the Center for Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Studies at the University of Sarajevo in 2008. Since November 2003, she has worked as an Expert Counselor in the Library of Law Faculty in Sarajevo. She edited four bibliographies in co-authorship. Since 2009 she is a member of the South East European Association of Law and Related Libraries and since 2016 she is a member of Committee of Experts of the Association of Librarians of FBiH. In 2006, the International Association of Law Libraries awarded her a professional development bursary to attend the 25th Annual Course in International Law Librarianship, which was held in St. Petersburg.
UPDATE: Researching French Law by Stéphane Cottin and Jérôme Rabenou at http://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/France1.html.
Stéphane Cottin is special envoy of the Secretary General of the French government. Formerly, he was the creator of the documentation office, then of the website of the Constitutional Council of France. He teaches legal research at the Institut d’études politiques de Paris (Sciences-Po) and to professionals with the Association of French Documentation Specialists (ADBS). He received an LL.M from Lille II University, a master’s degree in Public Law, and a master in Library Science from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques of Paris (Sciences Po Paris). He has published several articles in French and in English in law reviews, and a couple of books in the field.
Jérôme Rabenou has been the internet master of the Constitutional Council of France for ten years. He used to work for the Prime minister’s department: ANSSI, Agence Nationale de la Sécurité des Systèmes d’Information (FNISA, French Network and Information Security Agency). Since 2010, he has been working for ARJEL, Autorité de Régulation des Jeux en ligne (French online gaming regulatory authority). He created the first French legal newsgroup (news: fr.misc.droit), website, and mailing-list. He received an LL.M in business law from the University Paris-XIII.
UPDATE: German Business and Commercial Laws – Guide to Translations into English and Select Auxiliary Sources by Dr. Sebastian Omlor at http://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/Germany_Business1.html.
UPDATE: Legal Research in Germany Between Print and Electronic Media – An Overview by Dr. Sebastian Omlor at http://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/Germany1.html.
Dr. Sebastian Omlor is Professor of Law and Director of the Institute for Comparative Law at Marburg University School of Law at Saarland University, Germany. He holds a master’s degree in EU law (2008) and a PhD degree in corporate law (Dr. iur., 2009) from Saarland University, Germany, and a master’s degree from NYU School of Law (2012).
UPDATE: A Guide to the Tunisian Legal System by Aviva Zimbris at http://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/Tunisia1.html.
Aviva Zimbris is a French national. She is a political analyst who received her Master’s degree in International Conflict Studies from King’s College (London) in 2010. She has since been working in Paris, London, Tel Aviv, Brussels, Geneva, and Prague.
UPDATE: A Research Guide to Ukrainian Law by Nazar Chernyavsky & Marta Lozenko at http://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/Ukraine1.html.
Nazar Chernyavsky is a partner at Sayenko Kharenko Law Firm from Kyiv, Ukraine, specialized in banking, capital markets, secured and structured finance. Mr. Chernyavsky advises clients on a wide range of major private and public securities offerings, syndications and secured finance transactions. He has extensive experience of handling the most complex financing projects in the Ukrainian market, which include the first securitizations in Ukraine, Rule 144A share offerings, Tier II Eurobond offerings, UAH linked LPN issues, etc. Prior to joining Sayenko Kharenko, Mr. Chernyavsky worked for the leading Ukrainian law firms. Nazar has been recognized in banking and finance by Chambers Global, The Legal 500, IFLR 1000, The Best Lawyers International and ranked among leading lawyers in Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, Restructuring, Information Technologies, Telecommunications & Media by Ukrainian Law Firms 2016 compilation by Yuridicheskaya Practika, the leading legal publishing house in Ukraine. Nazar holds a Master of Laws degree from Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University School of International Law and Intercollegiate LL.M. from Queen Mary College of the University of London.
Marta Lozenko is an associate at Sayenko Kharenko Law Firm from Kyiv, Ukraine, a leading law firm internationally recognized, specialized in complex cross-border and local matters. Marta specialises in finance and capital markets. She has advised on a number of finance and capital markets projects in Ukraine, which include project financings as well as secured financings to Ukrainian banks and corporate groups. Marta holds Master’s degree from Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University School of International Law.
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