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Lara Douvartzidis is an Australian-qualified lawyer with a background in environment and planning law, ESG, sustainability, climate change, disputes, and business and human rights law. With experience spanning private practice, NGOs and international legal policy—including representing the International Bar Association at UNFCCC COP27 and COP28—she also serves as an Officer of the IBA Business and Human Rights Committee and Associate Fellow at the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL). She previously served as the Associate to the Honourable Chief Justice Kourakis of the Supreme Court of South Australia and holds an Advanced Masters in European and International Human Rights Law (Ad. LLM) from Leiden University in The Netherlands and a double degree in Law (LLB) and Environmental Policy and Management (BEnvs) from the University of Adelaide, South Australia. She was listed as an Australasian Rising Star in 2021, a Finalist in the Australian Lawyers Weekly 30 Under 30 Awards for Planning, Native Title and Environment Law in 2021, and a Finalist in the Women in Law Awards for Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year in 2020 and 2021.