Ms. Rabea Benhalim (Arabic) is a lawyer, with focus on oil and gas finance, and Islamic law. She has been in-house counsel to Maersk Oil on a major Angola oil and gas facility, and worked as a finance attorney assisting major financial institutions with multi-million and multi-billion dollar oil and gas deals. At the Brookings Institution, Ms. Benhalim was Legal Fellow in Governance Studies where she researched and published papers on law and policy related to detention and privacy. She has previously worked for the Carter Center in the Democracy Program, researching democratic developments in the Middle East and North Africa. She has an established family business network in Libya. Ms. Benhalim studied at the University of London School of Oriental and African Studies, and holds a Master of Public Policy Degree from the University of Michigan and a J.D. from the University of Texas. She is currently completing her PhD in Islamic Studies at the University of Texas.
