Ambra Gobena is a legal advisor specialized in international trade and has worked at the World Bank since 2016. She has supported regulatory reform in 28 countries on matters relating to agricultural trade and natural resources governance. She has extensive experience in legislative drafting, bilateral negotiations, treaty accessions, and developing inter-institutional agreements. She has advised regional organizations in the harmonization of trade-related legal frameworks in member states. She is the author of several books on these subjects and is a US-licensed attorney, with LLB and LLM degrees from the UK.