Ms Elif Bilgen Eris, from Türkiye, is an Assistant Trade Expert at the Department of Dispute Settlement and Regional Trade Agreements of the Ministry of Trade in Ankara. Her responsibilities include handling WTO dispute settlement proceedings in which Türkiye is a party, drafting dispute settlement chapters in international and regional trade agreements and providing legal opinions on issues of WTO law. She is also involved in Türkiye’s bilateral trade negotiations with its trading partners. Before joining the Ministry of Trade, Elif worked as a lawyer in international corporate and commercial disputes in the private sector.

Ms Bilgen Eris holds a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degree from Bilkent University (with a full scholarship) and a Master of Law (LL.M.) degree in Commercial Law from Ankara University. She has also successfully completed several short-term training courses on trade policy, dispute settlement, and intellectual property law.