Andra Matei is an award-winning lawyer specialised in art law. She has represented artists before national and international courts and is known for developing innovative legal strategies that combine the expertise of lawyers and art professionals to protect artists and the creative process. Before [...]

Laura joined our team in September 2020. She is a technical and operational adviser, trainer and researcher in the area of gender, including gender-based violence prevention and response, within the humanitarian, international relief and human rights fields. She regularly supports gender [...]

Daria is a case officer at AGL. She is a human rights and IP lawyer specializing in freedom of expression. She holds a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in law from the Higher School of Economics in Saint-Petersburg, and a master’s degree in IP law from the university of Strasbourg. Before joining [...]

Natalia is a legal professional with over 15 years of experience. She worked as an in-house Legal Counsel in major multinational companies, gaining experience in different areas, including commercial, competition, corporate, procurement, IT, IP, media, privacy, and others. Now she is working as a [...]

Askold is an award-winning Documentary Filmmaker from Russia. He has directed and co-directed several critically acclaimed films, including Winter, Go Away! (2012), Children 404 (2014), and The Trial: The State of Russia vs Oleg Sentsov (2017). Askold’s films have been screened at several reputed [...]

Alice is an LLB graduate from the University of Glasgow currently pursuing a master’s degree in Human Rights Law. Her interest in freedom of expression was piqued when she wrote her dissertation on Salman Rushdie and the repeal of the blasphemy offence in Britain. Fascinated by how artistic freedom [...]

Francesca joined Avant-Garde Lawyers in 2023. She holds a Bachelor Degree in Latin American Studies, Spanish, and English from the University of Toronto and is currently pursuing her LLB at the University of York in the UK. She is the Property Law and Equity Section Editor of the Eborlex Law Journal [...]

Alessia holds a Master’s Degree in Law from the University of Milano Bicocca and a European Master’s Degree in Human Rights and Democratisation from the Global Campus of Human Rights. In deciding whether to pursue a traditional legal career in Italy or broaden her horizons, she chose to continue her [...]

Kelsey joined the AGL team as the Programmes and Operations Lead in January 2026. Having first connected with AGL several years prior as a volunteer translator, she brings a decade of research, analysis and project management experience in the field of international humanitarian and human rights [...]