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Louise Lecaros De Cossio

Louise Lecaros De Cossio

Counsel, SBS

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AREAS OF EXPERTISE
  • Anti-Corruption
  • Law and Justice

Louise, a dual national of France and Peru, joined the Sanctions Board Secretariat as Counsel in September 2025. Before joining the World Bank Group, she served as an Investigator in the Office of Institutional Integrity at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), where she conducted external investigations into Prohibited Practices in IDB-financed activities. She previously worked as a legal analyst in the Anti-Corruption Division of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and, on secondment, with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). Earlier in her career, Louise practiced law for several years in Paris, London, and Madrid, focusing on white-collar crime and public international law, including investment arbitration. She also served as Legal Adviser to the Peruvian Vice Minister of the Interior. Louise holds LL.M. degrees from the University of California, Berkeley, and the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, as well as a joint law degree from the Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne and the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. She is admitted to the bar in New York, France, and Spain.

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