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Yasmin Waljee OBE
Work Department
Litigation
Position
Senior Counsel
International Pro Bono Director, London
Career
Yasmin Waljee OBE helped establish a pro bono culture within Hogan Lovells designing and delivering the firm’s pro bono practice. Yasmin is an international human rights lawyer and has advised on issues relating to compensation for victims of crime and terrorism. She has worked on human rights issues relating to sexual violence in conflict. She is undertaking a ground-breaking case in the New South Wales Court of Appeal to seek reparations on behalf of Yazidi women survivors of acts of genocide perpetrated by Islamic State fighters. Yasmin co-leads the firm’s award-winning Social Impact Practice, HL BaSE https://www.hoganlovellsbase.com/ which advises purpose-led business and social enterprise focussed on delivering impact on the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Her appointment in 1997 as a legally qualified, full-time Pro Bono Director was the first appointment of its kind in Europe. Yasmin is the vice-chair of the advisory Board of Mosaic, the His Royal Highness Prince of Wales-led initiative to support young Muslims and their peers growing up in deprived areas whilst breaking down the barriers and suspicions with British Society.
She sits on the advisory panel to the United Kingdom’s Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner and is an adviser to the UK’s Independent Commission on Counter-Extremism. In 2010, Yasmin was awarded an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the Her Majesty Queen’s New Year Honours list.
Languages
English.
Memberships
FRSA
Education
Bachelor of Arts, University of Durham.
Master of Arts, University of Essex.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Investment fund formation and management > Listed funds
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Finance > Trade finance
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Risk advisory > Corporate governance
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property finance
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Finance > Securitisation
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Transport > Aviation
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – mid-large cap
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition: trade, WTO anti-dumping and customs
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Employment > Health and safety
- Finance > High yield
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Mining and minerals
- Real estate > Planning
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £250m)
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Transport > Rail
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Corporate and commercial > VAT and indirect tax
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Water
- Investment fund formation and management > Fund finance
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Employment > Employers
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Insurance > Insurance litigation: for policyholders