Carlos Miguel de Vera

*Counsel, Department of Justice Canada – 2020 – Present

*Senior Legal Counsel, Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation (Ottawa, Ontario) – 2018 – 2020

*Associate Director, Senior Counsel, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (London, UK) – 2010 – 2018

*Lawyer (Finance and Capital Markets), Clifford Chance LLP (London, UK) – 2007-2010

*Lawyer (Litigation and Intellectual Property), Baker McKenzie LLP (Toronto, Ontario) – 2004-2007

Senior corporate lawyer with experience in advising on institutional, corporate and public international law matters, as well as commercial contracts and cross-cultural negotiations, IP, outsourcing, technology, litigation, procurement and co-financing matters for a treaty-based international organization. Past experience in international finance law (corporate/banking regulatory advice and transactions), commercial dispute resolution, data protection and cybersecurity, intellectual property (contentious and non-contentious), litigation, post-conflict institution-building and NGO capacity support, political analysis, electoral logistics and operations and election observation

Specialties: IFI institutional law, administrative law, corporate law, internal justice systems, corporate governance, IP and technology corporate procurement, supply chain law, finance law, derivatives products negotiation and transaction documentation, financial regulation, payment services, capital markets, emerging markets finance, public international law, intellectual property, copyright, trade marks, media law, commercial litigation, and the law of international organizations