Natalie G. Lichtenstein
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Ms. Lichtenstein recently retired after nearly 30 years as a lawyer at the World Bank. Her most recent position was Senior Advisor to the Corporate Secretary, where she led the work on reforms to enhance voice and participation of developing countries, and advised on institutional governance. She was previously Assistant General Counsel, serving nearly 10 years as the senior lawyer in the Legal Vice Presidency on institutional legal matters and adviser to the General Counsel, especially on legal and policy interpretation. She joined the Bank in 1980 and spent 15 years as counsel for World Bank lending operations in numerous countries, including China and Viet Nam. From 1994-99, she was the Bank's Chief Counsel for the East Asia & Pacific Region. She was an Attorney-Adviser (International Affairs) at the U.S. Department of Treasury from 1978-80, where she worked on normalization of US-China relations. Ms. Lichtenstein is currently teaching Law and Society in China as a Professorial Lecturer in China Studies at SAIS, where she has taught since 2007. She also taught Chinese law at the George Washington University Law School in 2010, and at the Georgetown University Law Center from 1982-86. She has lectured on Chinese legal reforms in various fora and published occasional articles and papers on Chinese and Vietnamese law. Ms. Lichtenstein received received her A.B. degree (East Asian Studies) from Radcliffe College and Harvard University and her J.D. degree from Harvard Law School. | 
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