Ms. Sylvana Sinha

Sylvana Q. Sinha has wide-ranging experience in government relations and public and private international law issues. She has advised governments in Afghanistan, Asia, and the Middle East on governance and legal reform. Her legal practice has included Investor-State and international commercial arbitrations and U.S. federal court proceedings relating to international disputes, representing clients in the energy, extractives, telecommunications, hospitality, and insurance industries, among others. She has particular expertise in business and human rights, including representation of a Canadian oil company in human rights (Alien Tort Statute) litigation involving allegations of international law violations in Sudan and research for the Special Representative to the UN Secretary General on business and human rights issues. Ms. Sinha also served as a foreign policy advisor to the 2008 Presidential campaign of then-Senator Barack Obama. Ms. Sinha has a law degree from Columbia university, a master’s in international development from Harvard University, and a B.A. from Wellesley College (philosophy and economics). She is also a member of the South Asian Women’s Leadership Forum and Asian Women in Business. She is a Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations.