Lilian Richieri Hanania is an attorney (Paris Bar and São Paulo Bar) with a PhD in International Law from the University Paris 1 – Panthéon-Sorbonne. She is also qualified by the International School of Alternative Dispute Resolution Methods (EIMA, Paris Bar), an accredited mediator with the Centre National de Médiation des Avocats (CNMA) in Paris and a Collaborative law practitioner.

She graduated from the Law School of the University of São Paulo (USP – Brazil) in 2001. She obtained a Master’s Degree in International Economic Law in 2003 and a PhD in International Law in 2007 at the University Paris 1 – Panthéon-Sorbonne.

She is a member of the EU/UNESCO Expert Facility on the governance, the monitoring, and evaluation on culture, and creativity, a member of the UNESCO Reflection Group on the diversity of cultural expressions in the digital environment, a member of the “Groupe d’accompagnement découvrabilité” (Support group for discoverability) of the OIF (Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie) and advisor to the OIF, as well as an expert selected by the European Commission to join the list of arbitrators and experts on trade and sustainable development under the European Union’s trade agreements. She is also a member of the Association of European Mediators (AME).

Besides her activity as a consultant in International Law since 2003, she worked in law firms in São Paulo, Paris and Houston (TX, USA) and as senior in-house legal counsel. She taught International Law and International Relations at the University Paris 1 – Panthéon-Sorbonne and worked at the International Economic Affairs Division of the French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs. She currently teaches at the University Sciences Po Paris and at the University Paris Cité. She works as an attorney in international projects from her office in Paris.