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Erik Wilbers
Director
Languages: Dutch, English, French, German
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| Following studies in the United States and The Netherlands, Erik Wilbers was a research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property Law in Munich. Before joining WIPO in 1996, he practiced with the law firm of Clifford Chance in Amsterdam, worked for one of the Chamber Chairmen of the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal in The Hague, and headed a division of the United Nations Compensation Commission dealing with claims arising from the Gulf War (1991). Erik Wilbers is a national of The Netherlands. |
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Ignacio de Castro
Deputy Director
Head - IP Disputes Management Section
Languages: Spanish, English, French
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| Ignacio de Castro is a Spanish lawyer and an English solicitor. Ignacio holds an LL.M degree from King's College London. Before joining WIPO in 2002, he was on the legal staff at the United Nations Compensation Commission in Geneva and, prior to that, practiced with the law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, London in the areas of international arbitration and litigation. Ignacio is a national of Spain. |
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Eun-Joo Min
Head - Legal Development Section
Languages: Korean, English, French
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| Eun-Joo Min, a national of the Republic of Korea, holds a Ph.D. in law from Yonsei University in Seoul. She was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Michigan Law School. Prior to coming to WIPO she taught international law and international economic law at the International Division and College of Law at Yonsei University. |
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Adam Rattray
Head - Information and External Relations Section
Language: English
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| Adam Rattray, a national of the United States of America, holds a J.D. degree from American University’s Washington College of Law. Before joining WIPO he worked at the Geneva office of the law firm White & Case as a member of the WTO and international trade law practice. Prior to that, he was on the legal staff at the United Nations Compensation Commission where he led the review of instalments of corporate and individual claims arising from the Gulf War (1991). |
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David Roache-Turner
Head - Domain Name Dispute Resolution Section
Language: English
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| Following studies in economics and law at the University of Sydney, David Roache-Turner was admitted as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales. Before joining WIPO in 2006, he worked as an Executive Officer in copyright at the Australian Government Department of Communications, and prior to that, practised in the Sydney offices of the law firm Clayton Utz in Intellectual Property and e-commerce litigation. David Roache-Turner is an Australian national. |
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Leena Ballard
Legal Officer - Domain Name Dispute Resolution Section
Languages: Finnish, English, French and Swedish
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| Leena Ballard, a national of Finland, holds a Master of Laws from the University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland. She obtained qualification as a judge following training with the District Court of Tampere. Before joining WIPO in 2001 she worked at the Court of Justice of the European Communities in Luxembourg. |
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Francisco Ríos
Legal Officer - Domain Name Dispute Resolution Section
Languages: Spanish and English
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| Following studies in law at the Universidad Central de Chile, Francisco Ríos was admitted as an attorney by the Supreme Court of Chile in 1999. Before joining WIPO he worked in the private sector in his home country, where he trained as a trademark attorney in contentious and non-contentious matters. Francisco Ríos is a Chilean national. |
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Brian Beckham
Legal Staff - Legal Development Section
Language: English
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| Brian Beckham, a national of the United States of America, holds a J.D. and LL.M. in information technology from the John Marshall Law School in Chicago, Illinois. Prior to joining WIPO, Brian was employed in private practice at the DC area law firm of Gammon & Grange representing clients in trademark, telecommunications, and non-profit matters. |
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Judith Schallnau
Legal Staff - Legal Development Section
Languages: German, English, French
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| Judith Schallnau is a lawyer from Germany specialized in intellectual property law. In addition to her German qualifications, she holds a master's degree from the College of Europe in Bruges. Before joining WIPO in 2008, she worked in her home country in a law firm and most recently, in the public sector on cross-border technology transfer. |
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Sarah Theurich
Legal Staff - IP Disputes Management Section
Languages: German, English, French, Spanish
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| Sarah Theurich, a national of Germany, holds a Master in industrial property from the University Panthéon-Assas in Paris and an LL.M in intellectual property and arbitration from the Queen Mary University of London. Before joining WIPO in 2006, she worked in an intellectual property law firm in Paris. |
