Feature Team Members

Yulia Valerio is an Analyst and is currently the acting Topic Lead of the Financial Services topic (Secured Transactions and Credit Information systems) of the Business Ready Unit. She also leads the Global Contributors Outreach function. Yulia previously worked on the Getting Credit – Legal Rights indicator within the Doing Business project in 2018–2021 and the Arbitrating Commercial Disputes indicator within the IFC’s Investing Across Borders project in 2009–2010. Prior to joining the World Bank Group, she practiced litigation in the US, international arbitration in France, and project finance and international dispute resolution in the Dominican Republic. Yulia holds a Masters of Laws (LL.M.) in International Legal Studies from American University Washington College of Law and a J.D. from Seattle University School of Law. She is admitted to practice law in New York and Washington, DC. She speaks Russian and is conversant in Spanish.