Christina Pak

Principal Counsel, Office of the General Counsel
, ADB
Profile / Bio: 

Christina specializes in international development finance, law and policy reform, dispute resolution and ESG standards and drives thought leadership on sustainable development issues. She is currently a Principal Counsel of the Asian Development Bank and leads the Office of General Counsel's Law and Policy Reform Program which designs and implements legal and judicial reform technical assistance projects across the Asia and the Pacific region. Christina oversees a diverse portfolio in the areas of environmental protection and climate change, gender equity, private sector development, public-private partnerships and digital economy. She also serves as ADB’s Accountability Mechanism Policy Counsel advising the Board of Directors, the Office of the Compliance Review Panel and the Office of the Special Project Facilitator. In her previous role as a project counsel at ADB, Christina worked on complex multi-sector projects across the Central and West, Southeast and East Asia regions. She is a Steering Committee Member of the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law and a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Christina is a US-qualified lawyer, admitted in the States of New York and New Jersey.

Materials

Title Date Learning Materials Topic
Overview of International Arbitration Reform in the South Pacific 17 March 2021 Slides Capacity Development, Finance, Industry and Trade, Knowledge Management, Private Sector
Conference Book 25 March 2019 Document Capacity Development, Finance, Industry and Trade, Knowledge Management, Private Sector
Pacific Needs a Voice in International Arbitration 13 February 2018 Document Capacity Development, Industry and Trade, Knowledge Management, Private Sector, Finance
Legal Readiness to Attract Climate Finance: Towards a Low-Carbon Asia and the Pacific 13 February 2018 Document Capacity Development, Industry and Trade, Knowledge Management, Private Sector, Finance