Our Team
Lucy Claridge
Executive Director
Lucy is the Executive Director of the International Lawyers Project.
Prior to joining ILP, she was the Senior Counsel and Head of the Strategic Legal Response Centre at Forest Peoples Programme.
Her work focused on helping forest and indigenous people across the globe secure their rights to their lands and their livelihoods before international, regional and domestic bodies and courts.
Megan Musni
Senior Legal Manager
Governance and Accountability
Megan is a qualified lawyer in the Philippines with 6 years' experience working in the Philippines' Supreme Court, where she lectured and managed a number of judiciary reform programs, including on the Code of Conduct for Public Officials.
Antonella Vallejos
Legal Fellow
Antonella is a lawyer from Buenos Aires with experience in anti-corruption, having worked at the Argentine chapter of Transparency International. She also serves as an Assistant Professor at the University of Buenos Aires. Currently, Antonella is pursuing a Master’s degree in Constitutional Law and Human Rights from the University of Palermo.
She is passionate about human rights, transparency, and open government.
Emily Horsbrugh
Operations Manager
Emily is an accomplished operations professional with a strong background in non-profit operations and administration.
Emily brings a wealth of experience from her previous roles at WE Charity, where she led change programs and oversaw cross-functional areas of responsibility.
Eva van der Merwe
Senior Programmes Director
Eva is ILP's Senior Programmes Director, having previously served as the charity's Executive Director.
Before joining ILP, Eva worked at Transparency International for several years, as TI UK’s legal counsel and for TI’s global Defence Program, where she managed governance projects in Ukraine, Georgia, Nigeria, Tunisia and Lebanon, among others.
Maria Cristina Mundin
Senior Legal Manager
Environment and Sustainable Development
Maria Cristina Mundin is a qualified lawyer in the Philippines and holds a Master's degree in Environmental Law (Distinction) at Queen Mary University of London.
She leads International Lawyers Project's Environment and Sustainable Development programme.
Carter Cheng
Legal Fellow
Carter is a Master of Public Policy candidate at the University of Cambridge. Carter has developed broad experiences in climate action at various UN agencies, including ESCAP, SDSN, and the UNCCD Youth Caucus.
Carter also served as a climate negotiations trainer with the Ministry of Youth and Children of Spain and advised on the drafting of the Madrid Agreement on coordinated youth-led efforts to combat climate change in Europe.
Louise Curd
Operations Manager (Maternity Cover)
Louise is a qualified solicitor in England and Wales (non-practicing) and spent more than a decade working as a commercial litigator in Manchester and London.
Louise has always been passionate about using the law for those most in need and has provided pro bono and other voluntary support to many charities. Following a career break to raise her family, Louise decided to transition into the non-profit sector.