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Three lawyers join the ACWL under the Secondment Programme for Trade Lawyers (2010-2011)
The ACWL’s Secondment Programme for Trade Lawyers gives lawyers from the governments of least developed countries (LDCs) and ACWL Members entitled to the services of the ACWL the opportunity to join the staff of the ACWL as paid trainees for a period of nine months. To date, 11 lawyers from 8 developing countries and three different LDCs have been trained under the programme. For the September 2010 to June 2011 term of the programme, the ACWL has selected three lawyers from the Philippines, Thailand and Turkey.
Mr. Jose Mario Elino Tan is a lawyer in the Office of the Solicitor-General of the Philippines, which represents the government of the Philippines before domestic courts and internationals tribunals such as WTO panels and the Appellate Body. Mr. Tan holds a law degree from Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines. He is a member of the California bar and the integrated bar of the Philippines.
Ms Gaewgarn Fuangtong is a trade officer in the Bureau of Trade Interests and Remedies in Thailand's Ministry of Commerce. Her responsibilities include assisting in anti-dumping proceedings initiated by Thailand as well as assisting Thai producers to defend trade remedy proceedings initiated by other WTO Members. She has law degrees from Thammasat University in Bangkok, the University of Chicago and New York University.
Mr. Mesut Aydin is a foreign trade expert in Turkey's Undersecretariat of Foreign Trade. His responsibilities include negotiating and concluding free trade agreements with the countries covered by the European Union's common commercial policy. He has law degrees from Gazi University Law School and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.
25 June 2010