Georgia Mavropoulos

Attorney , consulting

Johannesburg,South africas, South Africa

A highly dynamic and skilled Professional boasting a strong Business awareness and extensive knowledge across various Industries regarding Customs, International Trade and Laws, Politics, Legal Systems, Statistical Analysis and Economics. Georgia possesses the ability to promote equitable, social, and sustainable Trade through the use of research, advocacy, and Economic literacy as to address an

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Area of Expertise:
  • Monitoring, Evaluation, Policy, Research, Analysis
Professional Experience:

Georgia is now a freelance international trade specialist lawyer and available for international trade and customs projects.
Georgia recent experience at Thomson Reuters, Johannesburg on 1 March 2016- 31 October 2016 as an International Trade Specialist in the Tax and Accounting Team assisting in building legal content for global trade management software for free trade agreements, special programs, import, export, restricted party screening and classification.
She recently worked for Ernst & Young in the Indirect Tax in the Customs and International Trade Practice from September 2012 to February 2016. As a qualified attorney her skills include tax consulting on all issues with regards to importing and exporting especially in providing customs and international trade advice, opinions on research in areas of South African and African Customs laws, rules, regulations and procedures, World Trade Organisation agreements and World Customs Organisations.
Prior to this Georgia has worked at South Africa Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) in Trade and Economic Diplomacy Unit, Frank Biccari Attorneys, the United Nations Headquarter, Department of Economic and Social Affairs in New York and Glyn Marais (SNR Denton) .

Education:

Masters of Laws (LLM) degree in International Trade and Investment in Africa (with distinction) – University of Pretoria
Advanced international trade law certificate Mandela Institute of School of Law / University of the Witwatersrand (WITS)
Admitted as an Attorney and is a registered member of the Law Society of Southern Africa (LAWSA).
Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) - the University of South Africa
Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com) in Financial Management at the University of Johannesburg

Affiliations and Achievements:

Law Society of South Africa

Admitted to the High Court of South Africa in 2008

Available for:

  • Consulting assignments
  • Job opportunities
  • Internships / Fellowships

Years of Experience:

5-10 years

Highest Qualification:

Masters

Languages:

English, afrikaans greek

Nationality:

South Africa

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