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ADB’s LPR Program is comprised of lawyers and other professionals with expertise, operational experience, and long-term relationships with legal and judicial stakeholders.

The program is supported by a dedicated team that provides advisory, coordination, and support services. We work together with other ADB teams and development partners to support inclusive and sustainable development across developing member countries.

Thomas M. Clark

"Under the LPR Program, our lawyers design, process, and implement technical assistance in areas relating to legal and judicial reforms. Through targeted interventions that address the specific needs of each country we serve, we have made huge strides over the years to reduce inequities, strengthen institutions, spur economic activity, and foster inclusive and sustainable growth across Asia and the Pacific."

Thomas M. Clark

General Counsel, ADB

"Our team has enormous passion for what they do. I am extremely proud of their dedication to strengthening legal systems and institutions to support inclusive and sustainable development in ADB's developing member countries. They are true development professionals."

Damien Eastman

Deputy General Counsel, ADB

"Our LPR Champions understand the challenges of legal reform - working to reform policies, pass new laws, and change mindsets takes time, patience and determination."

Christina Pak

Principal Counsel and Team Leader, Law and Policy Reform, ADB

Our LPR Champions

Abigail Palanca Gotengco
Associate Legal Operations Administrator
Ankita Chaudhary
Senior Counsel
Baurzhan Konysbayev
Principal Counsel
Ben Sandstad
Principal Counsel, Trade and Supply Chain Finance Programs Office of General Counsel
Briony Eales
Team Leader, ADB Environment and Climate Change Judicial Capacity Building Program (Consultant)
Daniele Quaggiotto
Principal Counsel
Enrico Pinali
Regional Head, Private Sector Development Central and West Asia Region
Fiona Connell - ADB Commercial Judicial Capacity Building Program (Consultant)
Team Leader, ADB Commercial Judicial Capacity Building Program (Consultant)
Gee Ann Burac
Associate Legal Operations Administrator, LPR
Hannah Lim
Senior Counsel
Hyacinth E. Rafael-Antonio
Knowledge Management Specialist, Judicial Capacity Building Program (Consultant)
Joana Custoias
Senior Counsel
Joyce Lucena
Design and Multimedia Specialist, (Consultant)
Maria Agatha Sindico-Nacario, Senior Legal Officer
Principal Legal Officer
Martin Cosier
Environment and Climate Change Law and Policy Expert, LPR Consultant
Melinda Tun
Senior Counsel
Minh Day, Principal Counsel
Principal Counsel
Miro Capili
Associate Legal Operations Officer, LPR
Narine Avetisyan
Senior Private Sector Development Officer
Nicholas McBride
Principal Counsel
Nicholas Moller, Principal Counsel
Principal Counsel
Nigel Chin
Principal Counsel
Patricia Rhee
Assistant General Counsel
Patsharamon Manathat
Senior Counsel
Rizalyn Ruth Aguantia
Legal Operations Administrator, (Consultant)
Samantha Sy
Counsel
Summa Pollard, Senior Counsel, ADB Office of the General Counsel
Senior Counsel
Yashna Shrawani, Counsel
Senior Counsel